Deliberate "mistake": To make Jim Braddock look more heroic, Max Baer is portrayed as being very mean and hateful. In fact, the real Max Baer was an extremely pleasant man who was devastated when Frankie Campbell died after fighting him. Many boxing historians and sportswriters have complained about this inaccurate depiction of Baer.
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Rosemarie DeWitt, who plays Sarah Wilson a wife of one of the characters in the movie, is the real life granddaughter of Jim Braddock, the subject of the movie. And according to Ron Howard she was able to provide copies of letters her grandfather wrote her grandmother. See more...
Cinderella Man (2005) - 1 major mistake
Directed by Ron Howard, starring Craig Bierko, Paul Giamatti, Renée Zellweger, Russell Crowe (add more)
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