Research Paper On Cinderella Man

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Cinderella Man
The film “Cinderella Man” directed by Ron Howard, is nonfiction movie created in 2005. The story is based on a boxer named James J. Baddock, played by Russell Crowe. Braddock starts off as a wealthy man living in a time where the economy was at a strong point. He owned a nice home and lived in a friendly neighborhood. However, this is all changed in the 1930’s when the biggest economy downfall caused unemployment to rise and money became scarce. This movie accurately depicts what life was like for people living in the Great Depression by telling a real story of a man who struggled to be a hero in tough times.

The beginning of the film exercised the fact that Braddock was in a good place economically. His dependency on the

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