The movie dramatized Max Baer’s character to capture the audience and make Braddock appear more heroic. Baer was a ferocious hitter, but he never taunted Braddock, and he was “villianized” for the sake of the movie. In a 1930 match, Baer killed a man, Frankie Campbell, but he was not the remorseless killer the movie made him out to be. Truthfully, Baer was a kind man who was devastated by the death of Frankie Campbell. In fact, Baer’s son, Max Baer Jr. stated, “My father cried about
The Hero in Boxing Gloves Cinderella Man is the story of James J. Braddock, a struggling boxer who was faced with many hardships during the great depression, and learned to overcome these obstacles to provide for his family. Cinderella Man illustrates the journey of how James Braddock became a hero for his family. His quest is driven solely by his will to provide for his family. The Hero’s Quest can be categorized into 3 steps: Departure, Initiation, and Return. The Departure of any hero is
After the Stock Market Crash his career took a downturn. He lost many matches and crushed his right hand. Later, desperate for money, he participates in another match. Surprisingly he wins and becomes next in line to fight the heavyweight champion Max Baer. In a great upset he defeats the defending heavyweight champion. James Braddock’s story is told in the film: The Cinderella Man. The Cinderella Man refrains from adding inaccurate thematic elements and accurately portrays James J. Braddock’s life
by Mae Braddock, Jimmy’s wife. It is, “You are the Bulldog of Bergen. You’re everybody’s hope and the kids’ hero. You are the champion of my heart.”. This quote shows, “Hope” as it shows how much everyone believes in Jimmy and his ability to beat Max Baer and how much they hope that he does. It shows that they see his hope for the future and they share that as well. It also shows the hope that he represents for the people of New York and all the other people in the country that were affected by the
defeat more world-class boxers, granting Jim a nickname termed The Cinderella Man. With Braddock’s continuous victories, James gives himself an opportunity to fight the best boxer in the world, Max Baer. Just as The Cinderella Man has done in the past, Braddock shows no fear and magnificently defeats Baer. Braddock’s accomplishment earns him the heavyweight champion of the world. With James’
This is not a problem since Braddock had made a hefty chunk of change from the first match. The Cinderella Man trains and works his way up to fighting in the championships with famous boxer, Max Baer (played by Crain Bierko). Baer is known to hurt his opponents badly, and Mae does not want to allow her husband to participate in the fight. James longs so badly to give his family a happy life, so he continues with the fight. Because Joe is quickly running out
...st. Braddock demonstrates no fear. The arrogant Baer attempts to intimidate him, even taunting Mae in public that her man might not survive. When he says this, she becomes so angry that she throws a drink at him. She cannot bring herself to attend the fight at the Madison Square Garden Bowl or even listen to it on the radio. On June 13, 1935, in one of the biggest achievements in boxing history, Braddock defeats the seemingly invincible Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world. In
Movie Review PART 1: During the Great Depression, James J. Braddock (The Cinderella Man) became one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, his career appeared to be finished, after losing fights and a broken right hand the boxing chairman, Jimmy Johnston revoked his license to fight. Down on his luck, James began working at the New York docks and go on Public Relief. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot
The Great Depression was definitely a gruesome to live through, but it built the character of America. The Depression was a revenge on how carefree Americans were during the roaring twenties. This was a pivotal point where many laws and regulations were set in place to ensure America would never face these tough times ever again. James J Braddock was a fairly wealthy man in the Roaring twenties, but it didn’t take him long to become just the average American living in the Great Depression working
The Cinderella Man In the movie the Cinderella man who is called James jay Braddock and he is a fighter and in his first fight he broke his hand and had a cast on for 6-8 weeks when he broke his hand the second time he got deregisted from the boxing industry until his hand was healed he could get back into the boxing industry so he could fight again and he fights to keep his family out of poverty. At the start of the movie he was fighting a boxer and he won a lot of money and then in a week or two
The Great Depression of the 1930’s caused widespread poverty, but the popular culture of the time did not reflect this. People wanted to escape from this harsh time so movies, dancing and sports became very popular. Radios broadcasted boxing matches and boxers became stars. The heavyweight champion James J. Braddock aka “Cinderella Man,” gained popularity. James Braddock gained fame by winning many fights and proving everyone wrong when they said he was too old and couldn’t win. James Braddock took
Ron Howard’s film Cinderella Man tells the real-life story of James Braddock and his family before and during the Great Depression. The film begins with his first light heavyweight championship during the Roaring 20s, and then fast-forwards to his Great Depression, when he struggles with a broken right hand and eventually loses his right to box after too many losses against minor opponents. Braddock then tries to find work on the docks but only succeeds some of the time, and even has to resort
Jim broke his hand while boxing and his wife Mae became seriously worried about Jim’s job at the docks as that was their only income with Jim unable to fight. The second scene of emotional distress was when Mae tried to stop Jim from fighting Max Baer with the risk that Jim may be killed leaving the family without income and potentially homeless.Once Jim reassured her she remained extremely nervous until the fight was over. Jim’s main priority to survive the depression was to have his family
coaches encouraged him to pair up with a more experienced, connected coach so Joe found George Slayton who was manager of the Detroit Athletic Club. Under his direction, Joe made it to Detroit's Golden Gloves competition in 1933, but was defeated by Max Merak, a Notre Dam football star. Three months after winning his next decisive victory, the National AAU light-weight championship in St. Louis, Joe went pro. In his 54 amateur fights, Joe had won fourty-three by knock-out, seven by decision and lost
The Man, the Father, the Legend In Damon Runyon's Cinderella Man From its title, one gets the idea this story is going to be a myth about redemption and empowerment. In actuality, this is a tremendous true story about a man named Jimmy Braddock who lives out a fairy tale, not a sugar coated fairy tale, but more of a grimace one. Cinderella Man is a film of survival and people finding strength within, to do what they have to do to carry on, particularly for what it takes a man to provide for his
In “Cinderella Man” a man named James J. Braddock is a man of many words. The movie shares controversial sightings of constant struggle with Braddock and his family of four: his wife Mae Fox and children James jr., Howard, and sweet little Rosemarie. The movie is cast upon true events of how this man not only fought for his family but fought in the ring. He’s an outstanding heavyweight champion back during the Great Depression years. He was unstoppable, an unlikely source. He grew doubt in himself
Many events occurred in the movie “Cinderella Man”. The main character in this movie was James J. Braddock. Some other people that were in the movie were the Braddock family and Joe Gould, Max Baer and Father Roddick. The story takes place in New Jersey. It was about his family and other people's lives when the depression started. It showed how people were losing money and had a very hard time, some even had to sell all of their items just to keep food on their table. The main focus of the movie
“I will work harder” (Sinclair 22), a quote spoken by Lithuanian Immigrant Jurgis Rudkus. Jurgis is a fictional character in the book “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair. Whenever things get hard, he says these words and gives himself and his family hope. James Braddock is an American boxer who was most definitely making enough money to live, however with the great depression his life soon got turned upside down. James is a nonfiction character who was portrayed by Russel Crowe in the movie “Cinderella
The 1920’s era was a prosperous time in which most Americans lived carefree, simple lives. Without warning, the Great Depression entered the U.S, tearing families apart and killing jobs. In “Cinderella Man”, James J. Braddock was a boxer whose family had a difficult time coping with the economic changes in New York City. Although his life had been altered negatively, his viewpoint toward his morals grew to be more apparent. His honesty, dedication and toughness helped shed a light of hope to his
Cinderella Man, released in 2005, stars Russell Crowe playing James J. Braddock. James is a husband, father, and a champion boxer. In the late 1920’s, the Braddock family is very well off. James or The Bulldog of Bergen is becoming more and more popular with each fight. He is able to bring home more than enough money to support him and his family, then the Great Depression hits. Even though Braddock is a wealthy, nationally known man, him and his family fall into the crisis. They move out of their