Cinderella Man

0:01:06 > 0:01:08Attaboy! Keep him busy!

0:01:12 > 0:01:14- One....- Ah, Jesus!- Two...

0:01:14 > 0:01:16- You got it!- Three... - He ain't getting up!

0:01:16 > 0:01:19Four...five...

0:01:19 > 0:01:22six...seven...

0:01:22 > 0:01:26eight...nine...ten.

0:01:26 > 0:01:29- Out! - BELL RINGS

0:01:32 > 0:01:33Come here, Jimmy.

0:01:33 > 0:01:35Get that sleeping beauty out of here!

0:01:36 > 0:01:37Ten in a row, Jimmy!

0:01:37 > 0:01:39- Ten!- By a knockout,

0:01:39 > 0:01:42at one minute 46 seconds in the second round,

0:01:42 > 0:01:45tonight's light heavyweight winner,

0:01:45 > 0:01:46from the great state of New Jersey,

0:01:46 > 0:01:50the Bulldog of Bergen, James J Braddock!

0:02:00 > 0:02:02You're gonna be the next champ, Jimmy!

0:02:02 > 0:02:03Hey, how you doing?

0:02:03 > 0:02:05Just give them a few. Leave them want.

0:02:05 > 0:02:08- You wanna my name for me, too? - At least then they can read it!

0:02:12 > 0:02:15You've been getting stronger with every fight. I've been seeing it.

0:02:15 > 0:02:19You may favour the right, sure, but you got no stage fright or nerves.

0:02:19 > 0:02:21And you've never been knocked out. You're in line.

0:02:21 > 0:02:24That's all I'm saying, Jimmy. You're gonna get your shot.

0:02:25 > 0:02:28All right, let me see what we got here.

0:02:28 > 0:02:33886 for Jeanette, 772 for Lou and Whitey, thousand bucks for the ring fees,

0:02:33 > 0:02:36my 26.58 and your 35.44...

0:02:36 > 0:02:39makes 8,860.

0:02:39 > 0:02:42Stick that in your mattress, Irishman.

0:02:42 > 0:02:44Hey, when we get there, you gonna come and see the kids?

0:02:44 > 0:02:48- It's been a while. Come on. They miss their Uncle Joey. - That's very sweet.

0:02:48 > 0:02:52- You still married to the same girl? - I was this morning.

0:02:52 > 0:02:55Well, congratulations. Maybe I'll take a rain check.

0:02:55 > 0:03:00And will you tell her I undercharged on the gym fees and no load on the towel? Would you do that for me?

0:03:00 > 0:03:03- I'll be sure to point it out. - Oh, I appreciate it!

0:03:03 > 0:03:05You stop up at the corner here somewhere, Frank.

0:03:05 > 0:03:08Home to Jersey for Mr Adventure over here.

0:03:08 > 0:03:12All right, see you, Frank.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34Oh, I could kill you!

0:03:35 > 0:03:37I like the sound of that.

0:03:37 > 0:03:40Yeah, I like the sound of that a lot.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Jimmy!- Yeah?- My sister!

0:03:43 > 0:03:45Daddy, did we win?

0:03:45 > 0:03:48Hey! Yeah, we won!

0:03:48 > 0:03:52- How are you, Alice?- Good. That's wonderful, Jimmy.

0:03:52 > 0:03:54Hey, Howard.

0:04:00 > 0:04:01Thank you.

0:04:03 > 0:04:05So, tell me about him.

0:04:05 > 0:04:08Was he a real slugger? Hmm?

0:04:09 > 0:04:11You know...

0:04:12 > 0:04:15- ..you could come and watch.- Mmm-mmm.

0:04:17 > 0:04:18No.

0:04:18 > 0:04:23You get hit, every time it feels like I'm getting hit, too.

0:04:25 > 0:04:27And I'm not half as tough as you are.

0:04:29 > 0:04:33So, tell me about the girls.

0:04:35 > 0:04:36Girls?

0:04:36 > 0:04:37Mmm-hmm.

0:04:38 > 0:04:41I was at the Garden, it was a fight night...

0:04:41 > 0:04:43Come on. There was one.

0:04:43 > 0:04:44There must've been one.

0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Nah.- Blonde?

0:04:47 > 0:04:49Brunette.

0:04:49 > 0:04:51Oh! Tall?

0:04:56 > 0:04:57Like a gazelle.

0:04:58 > 0:05:00I don't know how it is she breathed up there.

0:05:00 > 0:05:03Oh, Mr Braddock!

0:05:04 > 0:05:08You're so strong!

0:05:09 > 0:05:13Oh, and your hands, they're so big!

0:05:13 > 0:05:16Oh, you're so powerful!

0:05:19 > 0:05:21Oh, Jimmy.

0:05:22 > 0:05:24I'm so proud of you.

0:05:24 > 0:05:26I'm so proud of you.

0:05:29 > 0:05:34Introducing two-time state Golden Gloves title holder

0:05:34 > 0:05:38in both the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions,

0:05:38 > 0:05:4121 and 0 at 16 wins coming by way of knockout,

0:05:41 > 0:05:44the Bulldog of Bergen,

0:05:44 > 0:05:46the Pride of New Jersey

0:05:46 > 0:05:48and the hope of the Irish

0:05:48 > 0:05:52as the future Champion of the World...

0:05:52 > 0:05:55James J Braddock!

0:06:11 > 0:06:12CAR ENGINE IN DISTANCE

0:06:21 > 0:06:23MAE LAUGHS JOYFULLY

0:06:28 > 0:06:31< Ma, you woke me up.

0:06:32 > 0:06:34< Well, you kicked the covers off, honey.

0:06:34 > 0:06:37< Now you go back to sleep, all right?

0:06:37 > 0:06:38< Night, Mom.

0:06:38 > 0:06:40< Good night, sweetheart.

0:07:43 > 0:07:46- LOUDLY:- I can't find my socks. - Ssshhhh! Jim!

0:07:46 > 0:07:47- QUIETLY:- I'm sorry.

0:07:48 > 0:07:49Mama?

0:07:50 > 0:07:51Great(!)

0:07:51 > 0:07:53Oh, I'm sorry, baby.

0:07:53 > 0:07:57I washed them last night. Took 'em right off your feet.

0:07:57 > 0:07:59- Don't you remember?- No.

0:08:00 > 0:08:03Well, you were out like a light.

0:08:11 > 0:08:13How do I keep them this warm?

0:08:14 > 0:08:16Mama, I want to eat, too.

0:08:16 > 0:08:19Mommy will get you some, honey.

0:08:22 > 0:08:23Hey, Rosy-Rosy.

0:08:23 > 0:08:25Good morning, good morning!

0:08:27 > 0:08:28Oh...

0:08:28 > 0:08:32Got a notice yesterday. Gas and electric.

0:08:32 > 0:08:34Come on.

0:08:35 > 0:08:36Okey-dokey, there we go.

0:08:36 > 0:08:39I'll get the milk.

0:08:59 > 0:09:01Oh.

0:09:01 > 0:09:03Well, I think there's some left over.

0:09:06 > 0:09:08Yep.

0:09:08 > 0:09:12You know I got that fight tonight at the Armoury?

0:09:12 > 0:09:16Yeah, one guy, Abe Feldman. It's 50 bucks win or lose.

0:09:17 > 0:09:19Oh, that's good.

0:09:19 > 0:09:22If I beat him, maybe I can get my purses back up to 75.

0:09:22 > 0:09:24That would be great.

0:09:25 > 0:09:29Rosy, use your fork, please.

0:09:31 > 0:09:34Who needs a cow, huh?

0:09:34 > 0:09:36Mama, I want some more.

0:09:37 > 0:09:40Oh, I'm sorry, sweetheart. We need to save some for the boys.

0:09:45 > 0:09:47Here you go.

0:09:47 > 0:09:48You know, Mae,

0:09:48 > 0:09:51I dreamed last night that I was having dinner at The Ritz

0:09:51 > 0:09:54- with Mickey Rooney and George Raft. - Really?!

0:09:54 > 0:09:57Yeah. And I dreamed I had a steak.

0:09:57 > 0:10:00- A thick, juicy steak. Like this, Rosy.- Well!

0:10:00 > 0:10:03And then I had a mountain of mashed potatoes,

0:10:03 > 0:10:06and I went back for ice cream three times.

0:10:06 > 0:10:07Oh!

0:10:07 > 0:10:09I'm stuffed. I'm absolutely full.

0:10:09 > 0:10:11I cannot eat another thing.

0:10:12 > 0:10:13Wanna give me a hand?

0:10:14 > 0:10:16Jim.

0:10:17 > 0:10:19Jimmy!

0:10:41 > 0:10:44Boys, hurry up. Don't dawdle.

0:10:44 > 0:10:46Let's try and sleep a little more.

0:10:54 > 0:10:57# Sure, business is bunk

0:10:57 > 0:10:58# And Wall Street is sunk

0:10:58 > 0:11:01# We're all of us broke

0:11:01 > 0:11:03# And ready to croak

0:11:03 > 0:11:05# We've nothing to dunk

0:11:05 > 0:11:07# Can't even get drunk

0:11:07 > 0:11:08# And all the while

0:11:08 > 0:11:11# They tell us to smile

0:11:11 > 0:11:13# Cheer up, gentle citizens

0:11:13 > 0:11:15# Though you have no shirts

0:11:15 > 0:11:17# Happy days are here again

0:11:17 > 0:11:18# Cheer up! Smile! Nertz!

0:11:18 > 0:11:20# All aboard prosperity

0:11:20 > 0:11:22# Giggle till it hurts

0:11:22 > 0:11:25# No more bread line charity

0:11:25 > 0:11:27# Cheer up! Smile! Nertz!

0:11:27 > 0:11:28# Sunny smilers we must be

0:11:28 > 0:11:31# The optimist asserts

0:11:31 > 0:11:33# Let's hang the fat-head To a tree!

0:11:33 > 0:11:34# Cheer up! Smile! Nertz! #

0:11:34 > 0:11:36SHOUTING

0:11:36 > 0:11:37- Over here.- Come on!

0:11:37 > 0:11:39I need nine men and only nine.

0:11:40 > 0:11:41< One.

0:11:41 > 0:11:43Two.

0:11:43 > 0:11:44Three.

0:11:44 > 0:11:45< Four.

0:11:45 > 0:11:47Five.

0:11:48 > 0:11:49< Six.

0:11:52 > 0:11:54Seven.

0:11:55 > 0:11:56< Eight. Nine.

0:11:56 > 0:11:58That's it!

0:11:59 > 0:12:01< All right, let's get a move on!

0:12:02 > 0:12:04Come on, get going!

0:12:04 > 0:12:06Got a lot of work today!

0:12:21 > 0:12:23- Hey, Dad.- Hey.

0:12:23 > 0:12:26- No shifts today, Dad? - What're you doing, son?

0:12:26 > 0:12:28I'm being good. I'm being quiet. I'm being have.

0:12:28 > 0:12:30Great.

0:12:31 > 0:12:33Daddy! Daddy!

0:12:33 > 0:12:36Hey, Rosy-cheeks. How you doing?

0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Daddy, Jay stole!- What?

0:12:39 > 0:12:40Jay stole.

0:12:49 > 0:12:50What's all this about?

0:12:50 > 0:12:55- See? It's a salami.- Young lady, your brother's in enough trouble without you telling. Understand?

0:12:57 > 0:13:01It's from the butcher's. He won't say a word about it, will you, Jay?

0:13:01 > 0:13:03- LOUDER:- Will you, Jay?

0:13:07 > 0:13:08OK, pick it up. Let's go.

0:13:11 > 0:13:13Do not test me, boy. Right now.

0:13:19 > 0:13:21Howard, stay here.

0:13:50 > 0:13:54Marty Johnson had to go away to Delaware to live with his uncle.

0:13:55 > 0:13:57Why?

0:13:57 > 0:14:00His parents didn't have enough money for them to eat.

0:14:05 > 0:14:08Yeah, well, things ain't easy at the moment, Jay, you're right.

0:14:09 > 0:14:13But there's a lot of people worse off than what we are.

0:14:15 > 0:14:17And just cos things ain't easy,

0:14:17 > 0:14:20that don't give you the excuse to take what's not yours, does it?

0:14:20 > 0:14:22That's stealing, right?

0:14:22 > 0:14:23And we don't steal.

0:14:23 > 0:14:26No matter what happens, we don't steal.

0:14:26 > 0:14:28Not ever. You got me?

0:14:34 > 0:14:36- Are you giving me your word?- Yes.

0:14:37 > 0:14:40- Go on.- I promise.

0:14:44 > 0:14:47And I promise you

0:14:47 > 0:14:50we will never send you away.

0:14:55 > 0:14:56It's OK, kid.

0:14:57 > 0:14:59You got a little scared. I understand.

0:15:00 > 0:15:01It's OK.

0:15:21 > 0:15:24He's a very slow guy.

0:15:24 > 0:15:26Just plants himself there.

0:15:26 > 0:15:28So you just keep him steady.

0:15:28 > 0:15:32- Keep him trapped in the middle. Keep dancing around him, OK?- Hm-hm.

0:15:32 > 0:15:35You know what to do. You know this type.

0:15:36 > 0:15:38That guy's a bum.

0:15:43 > 0:15:45Two bits will get a guy a seat.

0:15:45 > 0:15:49And that guy gets to watch you bleed and call you a bum.

0:15:50 > 0:15:53And I know I gotta take it from him, cos he's a paying customer.

0:15:55 > 0:15:57I see.

0:15:57 > 0:15:59Well, well, well, well, well.

0:15:59 > 0:16:02Pardon me, miss.

0:16:02 > 0:16:04Allow me to restate my position.

0:16:05 > 0:16:08Mr Abraham Feldman is a novice fighter

0:16:08 > 0:16:10whose ass you should gently kick

0:16:10 > 0:16:14until it is humped up between his shoulder blades.

0:16:14 > 0:16:17That is, if it doesn't offend your overly sensitive nature.

0:16:17 > 0:16:19God knows.

0:16:29 > 0:16:30Oh.

0:16:31 > 0:16:33You see, that break's still a few weeks away.

0:16:33 > 0:16:37- I know.- Yeah. You were gonna tell me about this when?- It'll be fine.

0:16:37 > 0:16:40It's not fine. No, it's not. What the hell? You don't tell me?

0:16:40 > 0:16:45- What the hell kinda crap is that? - I owe everybody money, Joe. I owe everybody money.

0:16:46 > 0:16:48I can't get any shifts.

0:16:48 > 0:16:49We ain't got any cash.

0:16:53 > 0:16:56I got it, I got it.

0:16:59 > 0:17:01Screw them. I'll tape it double.

0:17:02 > 0:17:03Thanks.

0:17:05 > 0:17:08Keep up. Stay up. Keep moving.

0:17:08 > 0:17:10Keep your legs moving.

0:17:11 > 0:17:15And here comes Braddock with his long-time manager, Joe Gould.

0:17:15 > 0:17:16You're washed up, Braddock.

0:17:16 > 0:17:20- And now for our main event... - Hey, which one's us, pal?

0:17:20 > 0:17:25Jersey veteran James J Braddock is up against Hymie Caplin's latest charge, Abe Feldman

0:17:25 > 0:17:27- from Schenectady, New York. - Six-rounder.

0:17:27 > 0:17:32Some may recall that Braddock was once a light heavyweight title challenger.

0:17:32 > 0:17:35His golden boy peak ended when Tommy Loughran

0:17:35 > 0:17:38handled Jim over 15 rounds back in '29.

0:17:38 > 0:17:43Since then, the oft-injured Braddock has shown only a glimmer of his early promise.

0:17:43 > 0:17:45And the losses have started to pile up.

0:17:45 > 0:17:49But Braddock continues to battle.

0:17:49 > 0:17:51And here comes the popular Abe Feldman.

0:17:51 > 0:17:53Feldman looks to be the real thing

0:17:53 > 0:17:57and showed some real moxie in his recent win over Hans Birkie.

0:17:59 > 0:18:02Hey, who whipped Latzo?

0:18:03 > 0:18:06- I did.- Goddamn right.

0:18:06 > 0:18:10Who KOed Slattery in the ninth when everyone said he didn't have a chance in hell?

0:18:10 > 0:18:12- That'd have to be me, too.- Right.

0:18:12 > 0:18:16- We're supposed to pucker our assholes over Abe Feldman? The guy couldn't break wind.- No.

0:18:16 > 0:18:19Hey, Jimmy. Jimmy, Jimmy.

0:18:19 > 0:18:21Anyplace else you'd rather be?

0:18:22 > 0:18:23- No.- Good.

0:18:23 > 0:18:26Now, what are you gonna do about it?

0:18:27 > 0:18:31Here we are halfway through the fifth and it's more of the same.

0:18:31 > 0:18:34The boys clinch again.

0:18:34 > 0:18:37He's crushing my guy. Get him off! CROWD BOO

0:18:37 > 0:18:38Break!

0:18:38 > 0:18:41The boo-birds have started flying. They want action from the fighters.

0:18:42 > 0:18:46Feldman puts a left in Braddock's face. Braddock's right hand is his only weapon.

0:18:46 > 0:18:52- He'll show the left, but it lacks snap and Feldman knows it. - Give these yokels a shot in the ass!

0:18:53 > 0:18:56Feldman ducks a haymaker but fails to follow up.

0:18:56 > 0:18:57Boo!

0:19:03 > 0:19:07Another big right by Braddock. There's the Braddock we all recall.

0:19:07 > 0:19:09But it's one at a time. It may not be enough.

0:19:10 > 0:19:11Come on!

0:19:17 > 0:19:19BONES CRACK

0:19:21 > 0:19:23HEART BEAT

0:19:23 > 0:19:25DISTANT CROWD NOISES

0:19:36 > 0:19:37BELL RINGS

0:19:37 > 0:19:43The referee pulls the boys apart. There's the bell to end the fifth.

0:19:43 > 0:19:46Easy. Easy. Easy.

0:19:46 > 0:19:48I saw that.

0:19:48 > 0:19:49You bust it again?

0:19:49 > 0:19:50I'm calling it, Jim.

0:19:55 > 0:19:56You gonna use the left?

0:19:56 > 0:20:02- OK, good. You get in there but don't let him crowd you. Work his belly, hammer it with the left.- Last round.

0:20:02 > 0:20:06- Come on, show me something. Give me a good one.- You're giving me an ulcer!

0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Shut up.- Work his belly with the left. You got it?

0:20:09 > 0:20:13Give him the flapdoodle with the right because he don't know. Right?

0:20:13 > 0:20:15Cos he's kind of stupid. OK?

0:20:15 > 0:20:18Last round. Last round! Go get him!

0:20:18 > 0:20:21The left! The left!

0:20:21 > 0:20:26Damn it, I wish he could find his goddamn left. That's it!

0:20:26 > 0:20:29Change it up! Southpaw, that's it!

0:20:29 > 0:20:35Feldman prancing around, looking for an opening but still few clean punches by the fighters.

0:20:35 > 0:20:37Braddock still pawing away with the left.

0:20:37 > 0:20:40Another ineffectual left from Feldman.

0:20:40 > 0:20:43Braddock can hardly lift his arms. He's slow on his feet.

0:20:43 > 0:20:48At least Gould in his corner is still throwing punches, trying to urge his man on.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53Go home!

0:20:58 > 0:21:00Go home, Braddock!

0:21:00 > 0:21:02No holding, Braddock!

0:21:02 > 0:21:05Cavanaugh's working harder than the fighters.

0:21:05 > 0:21:07Dry up!

0:21:09 > 0:21:11Another clinch.

0:21:11 > 0:21:15It's as if 80 tough fights have finally jumped on Braddock's back.

0:21:15 > 0:21:17You're a bum!

0:21:23 > 0:21:25Cavanaugh pulls them apart, and he's called the fight.

0:21:25 > 0:21:28He's called the fight.

0:21:28 > 0:21:32It's a "no contest". And the popcorn and the peanuts are raining down.

0:21:32 > 0:21:39And I'm afraid to say that's all these fighters deserve for the show they put on tonight.

0:21:40 > 0:21:47I'm telling you, it's sad to see a fighter that was once the calibre of James Braddock reduced to this.

0:21:47 > 0:21:50It's all right, Jimmy. It's all right, all right.

0:21:50 > 0:21:52An embarrassment, that's what it was.

0:21:52 > 0:21:54- An embarrassment! - Where the hell's the purse?

0:21:54 > 0:21:57You wouldn't have to ask that if you gave a shit about your fighter.

0:21:57 > 0:22:01OK. OK. He's fighting hurt.

0:22:01 > 0:22:06Maybe you got a bunch of fat and happy fighters at home can afford to rest a month between bouts.

0:22:06 > 0:22:10- I don't know. Lucky you!- Christ, he hardly gets a punch in any more!

0:22:10 > 0:22:12Fights being stopped by referees?

0:22:12 > 0:22:16He's pathetic! Fights like that keep people away.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21We're revoking his licence, Joe.

0:22:21 > 0:22:26Whatever Braddock was gonna do in boxing, I guess he's done it.

0:22:26 > 0:22:29- Wait a minute.- That's all.

0:22:34 > 0:22:35Oh, boy.

0:22:40 > 0:22:45- Mr Johnston!- Jim.

0:22:45 > 0:22:48What's going on?

0:22:48 > 0:22:50- You didn't tell him? - Yeah, of course I told him.

0:22:50 > 0:22:52He wanted to hear it from you.

0:22:52 > 0:22:57Come on, Mr. Johnston, no contest? I broke my hand. OK? It's legit.

0:22:57 > 0:22:59You don't see me crying about it.

0:22:59 > 0:23:01I don't see what you got to complain about.

0:23:01 > 0:23:06I still went out there, I still put on a show. I did what I could do.

0:23:06 > 0:23:09You know, we did that boondock circuit for you, me and Joe.

0:23:09 > 0:23:13Remember? I didn't quit on you.

0:23:13 > 0:23:14And I didn't quit tonight.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17I didn't always lose.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20I won't always lose again.

0:23:20 > 0:23:22I can still fight.

0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Go home.- I can still fight.

0:23:24 > 0:23:26Go home to Mae and the kids, Jim.

0:23:26 > 0:23:30Go home? Go home with what?

0:23:30 > 0:23:32Go home with what?

0:23:32 > 0:23:35A broken hand from Mount Vernon?

0:23:37 > 0:23:38Mr Johnston!

0:24:11 > 0:24:14Baby?

0:24:21 > 0:24:22What happened?

0:24:22 > 0:24:25I didn't get the dough.

0:24:25 > 0:24:27They didn't pay up.

0:24:30 > 0:24:33They called it a no contest, said the fight was an embarrassment.

0:24:33 > 0:24:36They decommissioned me.

0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Jimmy, what happened to your hand? - It's broke again in three places.

0:24:43 > 0:24:48They said I'm through, Mae. They said I can't be a boxer no more.

0:24:48 > 0:24:50Mercy.

0:24:55 > 0:24:57OK.

0:25:01 > 0:25:08Jimmy, if you can't work, we're not gonna be able to pay the electric, or the heat. And...

0:25:10 > 0:25:14..we're out of credit at the grocery.

0:25:14 > 0:25:18So...I think we need to pack the kids.

0:25:18 > 0:25:25- They could stay at my sister's for a little while and I'll take in more sewing.- Mae.

0:25:25 > 0:25:27That way we could make two, three breadlines a day.

0:25:27 > 0:25:30- I'll get triples, whatever I can find.- You can't work.

0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Mae, I can still work.- Jimmy, you can't work. Your hand's broken.

0:25:33 > 0:25:38They see me lugging this around, you're right, they won't pick me.

0:25:38 > 0:25:40Not down the docks, not anywhere.

0:25:40 > 0:25:45So we're gonna cover it up... with the shoe polish.

0:25:46 > 0:25:48OK?

0:26:13 > 0:26:14I'm sorry.

0:26:14 > 0:26:17No.

0:26:21 > 0:26:22No.

0:26:33 > 0:26:34No.

0:26:53 > 0:26:56I need five and only five!

0:26:58 > 0:27:01- Come on, Jake!- One.

0:27:03 > 0:27:05Two.

0:27:06 > 0:27:07Three.

0:27:10 > 0:27:11Four.

0:27:14 > 0:27:16Five. That's it!

0:27:30 > 0:27:32What the hell happened to your face?

0:27:32 > 0:27:36- I got in a fight. - Yeah? What'd you go do that for?

0:27:36 > 0:27:41- That's a good question.- Mike Wilson.

0:27:41 > 0:27:43Jim Braddock.

0:27:43 > 0:27:47I used to follow a pretty good fighter with that name.

0:27:48 > 0:27:52There's some other guy going around using that name now.

0:27:52 > 0:27:56Can't fight for shit. Gambling man will lose a lot of money on him.

0:27:56 > 0:27:57Twice.

0:28:03 > 0:28:05Hey. That hand ain't gonna work.

0:28:06 > 0:28:08You can't slow me down. I need this job.

0:28:10 > 0:28:11I need the job, too.

0:28:11 > 0:28:13WHISTLE BLOWS

0:28:19 > 0:28:21What's wrong with the goddamn hand?

0:28:30 > 0:28:32You see us falling behind, Jake?

0:28:34 > 0:28:35He's all right.

0:28:42 > 0:28:44Appreciate it.

0:28:48 > 0:28:49I'll get a cold beer.

0:28:49 > 0:28:51Just a water for me, Quincy.

0:28:51 > 0:28:54All I got today are big spenders.

0:28:54 > 0:28:58Beer for him, too. I'm buying.

0:28:58 > 0:28:59Don't hurt my feelings.

0:28:59 > 0:29:03It's been a while. You don't have to twist my arm.

0:29:03 > 0:29:05Yeah, I used to be a broker.

0:29:05 > 0:29:08Still lost it all in '29.

0:29:08 > 0:29:13Yeah, me, too. I had just about everything I ever earned in stocks.

0:29:13 > 0:29:15Even had a little taxi company.

0:29:15 > 0:29:19I mean, who loses their dough on cabs in New York City, right?

0:29:19 > 0:29:22Well, I thought that one was gold for the grandkiddies.

0:29:22 > 0:29:25You know, there's people living in shacks in Central Park.

0:29:25 > 0:29:27Call it the Hooverville.

0:29:27 > 0:29:29This government's dropped us flat.

0:29:29 > 0:29:31We need to organize, you know?

0:29:31 > 0:29:33- Unionize. Fight back.- Fight?

0:29:33 > 0:29:35Fight what? Bad luck?

0:29:35 > 0:29:40Greed? Drought? No point punching things you can't see.

0:29:40 > 0:29:42No, we'll work a way through this.

0:29:42 > 0:29:44FDR, he's gonna handle it.

0:29:44 > 0:29:47Screw FDR. FDR, Hoover, they're all the same.

0:29:47 > 0:29:50I come home one day. I stand in my living room.

0:29:50 > 0:29:52And between the mortgage and the market and the goddamn lawyer

0:29:52 > 0:29:58that was supposed to be working for me, it stopped being mine.

0:29:58 > 0:30:02It all stopped being mine. FDR ain't given me my house back yet.

0:30:08 > 0:30:13Mama, why can't I go to school? Is it because I'm a girl?

0:30:13 > 0:30:17Maybe. I hadn't thought of that.

0:30:21 > 0:30:23Who is that man at our house?

0:30:25 > 0:30:31Excuse me! Excuse me! Can I help you?

0:30:31 > 0:30:34Sorry, lady, you're past due.

0:30:34 > 0:30:36No. No, you can't, you can't!

0:30:36 > 0:30:41- There's kids.- If I don't, they'll let me go. They already let two guys go.

0:30:41 > 0:30:48Please, this apartment, it's what we've got left, it keeps us hanging on.

0:30:48 > 0:30:51Lady, I've got kids, too.

0:31:01 > 0:31:046.74. How much to turn it back on?

0:31:06 > 0:31:10Four months, 44.12.

0:31:15 > 0:31:20If I work 26 hours out of every 24, that still won't add up.

0:31:25 > 0:31:27We ain't got nothing.

0:31:27 > 0:31:29Nothing left to sell.

0:31:34 > 0:31:37All the guys you could have married, huh?

0:31:37 > 0:31:42Yeah, what happened to those guys?

0:31:55 > 0:31:57COUGHING

0:32:02 > 0:32:05It's Howard.

0:32:05 > 0:32:07Since this afternoon.

0:32:15 > 0:32:21Bless us, oh, Lord, in these thy gifts which we are about to receive from thy bounty.

0:32:24 > 0:32:25Jim.

0:32:27 > 0:32:30I'm all prayed out.

0:32:49 > 0:32:50Where are you going?

0:32:50 > 0:32:53I said, where are you going?!

0:32:53 > 0:32:56Go to hell, you no-good bastard!

0:32:56 > 0:32:59Go on then, we don't need you!

0:32:59 > 0:33:04- All right. Come on. Pick up some of that wood.- I got it, Mama.

0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Great, let's go, sweetheart. - All right.

0:33:13 > 0:33:15Nice and warm, huh?

0:33:20 > 0:33:24Baby? Baby?

0:33:24 > 0:33:26Look at Mommy.

0:33:29 > 0:33:31Huh...

0:33:31 > 0:33:33Oh, sweetheart.

0:33:41 > 0:33:42Mommy...

0:33:47 > 0:33:49What's wrong?

0:33:51 > 0:33:53Nothing, sweetheart.

0:33:53 > 0:33:56Mommy will be right back, OK?

0:34:20 > 0:34:23Oh!

0:34:48 > 0:34:50Howard's fever was getting worse.

0:34:50 > 0:34:53And then Rosie started to sneeze.

0:35:03 > 0:35:08- Where are they, Mae? - Jim, we can't even keep it warm.

0:35:08 > 0:35:10Where are the kids?

0:35:10 > 0:35:13The boys are asleep on the sofa at my father's in Brooklyn.

0:35:13 > 0:35:16And Rosie'll stay at my sister's. Jimmy, we can't keep 'em!

0:35:16 > 0:35:19You don't make decisions about our children without me!

0:35:19 > 0:35:22What if they get really sick? We already owe Dr Macdonald...

0:35:22 > 0:35:25- You send 'em away, all of this has been for nothing. - It's just until we get...

0:35:25 > 0:35:29What is it all for? If we can't stay together, that means we lost, we've given up!

0:35:29 > 0:35:32I'm not giving up, I am trying to protect our children!

0:35:32 > 0:35:37Mae, I promised him. Outside the butcher's, I looked him in the eyes and I

0:35:37 > 0:35:42- promised him with all of my heart I would never, ever send him away.- Oh.

0:35:42 > 0:35:46- You can't do this.- You weren't here.

0:35:46 > 0:35:49You can't break my promises.

0:35:49 > 0:35:52Jim, you didn't see.

0:35:52 > 0:35:53You weren't here.

0:36:02 > 0:36:03I'm sorry.

0:36:07 > 0:36:09I'm sorry, Jimmy.

0:36:12 > 0:36:14What are you doing?

0:36:18 > 0:36:19Jim?

0:36:21 > 0:36:25Jimmy! Where are you going?

0:36:25 > 0:36:28Where are you going, Jimmy?

0:36:46 > 0:36:49That doesn't qualify you, sir, what else can you tell me?

0:36:49 > 0:36:51My wife is losing all of her teeth.

0:36:51 > 0:36:55We got a relief order for her and the doctor says it's due to an insufficient diet.

0:36:55 > 0:36:59She's still nursing the baby on account of, we can't afford milk for the family.

0:36:59 > 0:37:01- OK.- I can't understand...

0:37:11 > 0:37:13I never thought I'd see you here, Jim.

0:38:11 > 0:38:17None of my friends, none of my friends would go up against him,

0:38:17 > 0:38:20none of 'em. He was an animal...

0:38:24 > 0:38:29He kicked this dude out of the ring, and he was just, he was curious. And he started to hug me, I grabbed...

0:38:35 > 0:38:37There's Jimmy Braddock.

0:38:44 > 0:38:46The thing is, I can't afford to, er...

0:38:46 > 0:38:50I can't afford to pay the heater.

0:38:50 > 0:38:52I've had to farm out my kids.

0:38:52 > 0:38:57You know, if they keep cutting shifts down at the docks, then you just don't get picked every day.

0:39:00 > 0:39:04I sold everything I'd got to anybody that would buy.

0:39:10 > 0:39:13I went on public assistance, I signed on at the relief office.

0:39:13 > 0:39:16They gave me 19.

0:39:16 > 0:39:21I need another 18.38 so I can pay the bill and get the kids back.

0:39:24 > 0:39:30You know me well enough to know if I had anywhere else to go, I wouldn't be here.

0:39:35 > 0:39:38If you can help me through this time, I sure would be grateful.

0:39:50 > 0:39:53Sure, Jim, sure.

0:39:59 > 0:40:01Good luck.

0:40:01 > 0:40:02Jim.

0:40:07 > 0:40:08Hey, Jimmy...

0:40:36 > 0:40:37Here you go, Jim.

0:40:40 > 0:40:41Good luck, Jim.

0:41:02 > 0:41:04Sorry, I'm sorry.

0:41:06 > 0:41:09What in the hell do you have to be sorry about?

0:41:09 > 0:41:12Jesus Christ, Jim.

0:41:17 > 0:41:19How short are you?

0:41:31 > 0:41:36- About 1.50.- OK.

0:41:36 > 0:41:41We're home! Hooray, we're home!

0:41:41 > 0:41:42We're home!

0:41:45 > 0:41:46Good.

0:41:54 > 0:41:56- Hey, all right.- Yippee!

0:41:56 > 0:41:58Howard, don't jump on the bed.

0:41:58 > 0:42:02Sorry, Mom.

0:42:12 > 0:42:16# Happy birthday to you

0:42:16 > 0:42:18# Happy birthday to you

0:42:18 > 0:42:22# Happy birthday, dear...

0:42:22 > 0:42:23# Howard

0:42:25 > 0:42:29# Happy birthday to you. #

0:42:29 > 0:42:31Make a wish, kids.

0:42:31 > 0:42:34Blow! Yeah!

0:42:36 > 0:42:39Hey, Howard, come on. They're cutting the cake up.

0:42:39 > 0:42:42Wanna line up, huh? Are you looking forward to some chocolate cake?

0:42:42 > 0:42:45I liked it better when we had our own.

0:42:45 > 0:42:46I can understand that.

0:42:50 > 0:42:52- Hiya, Howard.- Hi.

0:42:52 > 0:42:54Hey, did your dad ever tell you that I used to spar with him?

0:42:54 > 0:42:56You hit the Father?!

0:42:56 > 0:42:59As often as I possibly could. He was kind of tricky, though.

0:42:59 > 0:43:02Hard to catch. Go and get some cake, go on.

0:43:02 > 0:43:05Missed you at Mass, Jimmy.

0:43:05 > 0:43:07I can get an extra shift on a Sunday.

0:43:07 > 0:43:10- Ah.- James?

0:43:10 > 0:43:12- Excuse me.- Every day, fix the world.

0:43:12 > 0:43:16How about fixing your family? I mean, what kind of father are you?

0:43:16 > 0:43:19Too proud to cross the street because she can't have her own cake?

0:43:19 > 0:43:21Now you're drunk at church, for Christ's sake!

0:43:21 > 0:43:23Is that a joke, Sarah? Are you making a joke?

0:43:23 > 0:43:26- I'm just saying, it's enough! - Hey, guys, where's the ref?

0:43:26 > 0:43:28Stay out of this, Jim. It's between man and wife.

0:43:28 > 0:43:30How d'you even call yourself that?

0:43:30 > 0:43:33- What d'you say to me?- Mike, Mike, come on.- Get your hands off me!

0:43:33 > 0:43:34You had a couple of drinks, no harm in that.

0:43:34 > 0:43:37All washed up, can't get a fight. Well, you wanna fight me, huh?

0:43:37 > 0:43:40- Mike, you don't have to do this. I ain't got no beef with you.- Come on!

0:43:40 > 0:43:42Can't make it in the ring, huh?

0:43:42 > 0:43:45Come on, Braddock, I'm gonna take your head off! Come on!

0:43:45 > 0:43:48Jim, no! Are you OK?

0:43:48 > 0:43:51- Are you OK?- Get off me!

0:43:51 > 0:43:54Go to hell, the both of you!

0:43:54 > 0:43:56Jesus, Jim, he wasn't gonna hit me.

0:43:59 > 0:44:01Mike, wait!

0:44:10 > 0:44:14Now, what it's all about is rotating your body behind your fist.

0:44:14 > 0:44:16Bang. That's right. Right in the kisser, yeah.Boom.

0:44:18 > 0:44:20There you go. Oh, yeah.

0:44:20 > 0:44:23There you go. Good girl.

0:44:23 > 0:44:26You got a better jab than your dad.

0:44:26 > 0:44:28Boy, you are a brave man.

0:44:28 > 0:44:30Not really. Mae's at the store.

0:44:31 > 0:44:32That's a good one, kiddo!

0:44:32 > 0:44:37- You want to go play with the other kids while I talk to Uncle Joe? - Hm-mm.

0:44:37 > 0:44:42- Joe Gould, still looking dapper, I see.- Certainly.

0:44:42 > 0:44:45Gotta keep up appearances, right?

0:44:45 > 0:44:48- Good to see you, Jimmy. - Nice to see you, Joe.

0:44:50 > 0:44:52Nice day, huh?

0:44:52 > 0:44:55Yeah.

0:44:55 > 0:44:58You drove all the way out here to talk about the weather?

0:44:58 > 0:45:02Maybe I was in the neighbourhood. Did you ever think of that? Little fresh air.

0:45:02 > 0:45:05Joe, this is Jersey.

0:45:05 > 0:45:08Yeah. Good point.

0:45:11 > 0:45:12Good point.

0:45:12 > 0:45:14I got you a fight.

0:45:14 > 0:45:18- Ha-ha. Go to hell. - Come on. You want it, don't you?

0:45:18 > 0:45:21What, we gonna bring this up with the Boxing Commission, or not?

0:45:21 > 0:45:23Yes, and they'll sanction it. This one fight only.

0:45:23 > 0:45:27- It's not a comeback, right? It's just one fight.- Why?

0:45:27 > 0:45:30- Cos of who you're fighting. - How much?

0:45:30 > 0:45:33- Just once, ask me who you're fighting.- How much?

0:45:33 > 0:45:37250. You're on at the big show at the Garden, tomorrow night.

0:45:37 > 0:45:38You fight Corn Griffin, Jimmy.

0:45:38 > 0:45:41Number two heavyweight contender in the world.

0:45:41 > 0:45:43Prelim before the championship bout.

0:45:43 > 0:45:46- Joe, this ain't funny.- No, it's not.

0:45:46 > 0:45:49And it ain't no favour, either. Griffin's opponent got cut and he couldn't fight.

0:45:49 > 0:45:54We had to find somebody they could throw in at a day's notice. Nobody legit would...

0:45:56 > 0:45:59Nobody would take a fight with Griffin without training.

0:45:59 > 0:46:06So I told them use the angle Griffin's gonna knock out a guy never been knocked out.

0:46:06 > 0:46:08You're meat, Jimmy.

0:46:08 > 0:46:10Are you on the level, Joe?

0:46:10 > 0:46:11Come on. Always.

0:46:11 > 0:46:16- For 250, I would fight your wife. - Now you're dreaming.

0:46:16 > 0:46:19- And your grandmother. At the same time.- Teeth in or teeth out?

0:46:19 > 0:46:25- Take them out.- Then you're dead. You're down, you're gone. No chance. - 250?- 250 bananas. Come here.

0:46:25 > 0:46:28Get your programmes here!

0:46:28 > 0:46:32Programs here! 45 cents!

0:46:32 > 0:46:35Programmes here!

0:46:35 > 0:46:39I mean, for Christ's sake, 100 and something fights, you never been knocked out.

0:46:39 > 0:46:42Who the hell goes and sells his gear?

0:46:42 > 0:46:4480 fights as a pro, 50 as an amateur.

0:46:44 > 0:46:48How soon they forget! I'm so sorry.

0:46:48 > 0:46:49Borrowed gear, borrowed robe.

0:46:49 > 0:46:51Knock yourself out.

0:46:52 > 0:46:53Hey, Joe!

0:46:57 > 0:47:01I might as well get an Aooga horn and chase him around the ring.

0:47:01 > 0:47:05That's good. You been drinking?

0:47:05 > 0:47:07Are you trying to hurt my feelings?

0:47:07 > 0:47:10You're just too loose. You're spooking me. Sharpen up.

0:47:10 > 0:47:13Come on, Joe, we both know what this is, right?

0:47:13 > 0:47:21I get to put a little more distance between my kids and the street and I get to say goodbye at the Garden.

0:47:21 > 0:47:25Full house, night of a big fight.

0:47:25 > 0:47:27Thank you very much.

0:47:27 > 0:47:29Right. Come on, hurry up.

0:47:29 > 0:47:31Let's get the lead out of here.

0:47:31 > 0:47:32GRUMBLING

0:47:32 > 0:47:35What the hell was that?

0:47:35 > 0:47:38They ran out of soup on the line this morning.

0:47:38 > 0:47:41Ran out of soup on the line this morning.

0:47:41 > 0:47:43How the hell are you supposed to fight on an empty stomach?

0:47:43 > 0:47:49Good evening. Welcome to tonight's broadcast of the Primo Carnera/Max Baer fight

0:47:49 > 0:47:53for the heavyweight championship of the world!

0:47:53 > 0:47:55Hash is all they had, OK?

0:47:55 > 0:47:57- Eat, quick.- You got a spoon?

0:47:57 > 0:48:00It's not there? Come on, we gotta go anyway.

0:48:00 > 0:48:03- One bite, Joe. I'll eat it with my fingers.- Whoa, hey!

0:48:03 > 0:48:05I don't have time to re-tape you.

0:48:05 > 0:48:08Just sit tight, and I'll find you a spoon.

0:48:08 > 0:48:11For Christ's sake!

0:48:23 > 0:48:25Is that a ghost I'm seeing? An apparition?

0:48:25 > 0:48:28Or is that James J. Braddock, the Bulldog of Bergen?

0:48:28 > 0:48:31How you feeling, Jimmy? How's that right hand?

0:48:31 > 0:48:33Braddock, you're up!

0:48:37 > 0:48:39Sporty Lewis, how you doing?

0:48:39 > 0:48:40How YOU doing?

0:48:43 > 0:48:48July 18th, 1929. New York Herald.

0:48:49 > 0:48:53"Proving he was too young and too green..."

0:48:53 > 0:48:58"and rushed to the top... Loughran wiped the ring with the Bulldog's career."

0:48:58 > 0:49:03"A sad and sombre funeral... with the body still breathing."

0:49:04 > 0:49:08I don't fight the fights, Jimmy, I just write about them, see?

0:49:08 > 0:49:11Sporty, save the crap for the customers.

0:49:21 > 0:49:23Who's Jim Braddock?

0:49:23 > 0:49:26Get your pencil out, kid. I got your lead line for you.

0:49:26 > 0:49:29I'm not kidding, write this down.

0:49:29 > 0:49:34"The walk from the locker room to the ring... was the only time tonight old Jim Braddock..."

0:49:34 > 0:49:37Looking good, Jimmy! ".. was seen on his feet." You got that?

0:49:37 > 0:49:40Before tonight's championship battle, we'll bring you

0:49:40 > 0:49:44a special bout featuring Charlie Harvey's soldier boy Corn Griffin.

0:49:44 > 0:49:50Griffin is the fella that ran rings around the champion Carnera in training. And who's his opponent?

0:49:50 > 0:49:54Looks like they dug old Jim Braddock out of retirement at least for one more fight.

0:49:54 > 0:49:57Hey, Mike! Braddock?

0:49:57 > 0:49:59Isn't that your buddy?

0:49:59 > 0:50:01In this corner...

0:50:01 > 0:50:08the sensational heavyweight slugger from Fort Benning, Georgia,

0:50:08 > 0:50:12who is punching a path to the top of the division.

0:50:12 > 0:50:15John "Corn" Griffin!

0:50:15 > 0:50:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:50:17 > 0:50:23His opponent, the popular battler

0:50:23 > 0:50:27who has never been KO'd in more than 80 professional bouts...

0:50:27 > 0:50:30Quincy, beer. We got a fight!

0:50:30 > 0:50:36..the power-punching veteran from North Bergen, New Jersey, James J. Braddock!

0:50:36 > 0:50:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:50:40 > 0:50:43Yeah!

0:51:00 > 0:51:04The skinny from the reporters at ringside is that Braddock won't last two rounds.

0:51:04 > 0:51:08Griffin is a 5-1 favourite to do just that. But Joe Gould claims Braddock's right hand is fine.

0:51:08 > 0:51:10Jimmy will need two good hands tonight.

0:51:16 > 0:51:20Griffin storms out of his corner! Things are up-tempo right away.

0:51:23 > 0:51:25Come on, Braddock, make a fight of it!

0:51:31 > 0:51:34Get out of it! Get out, Jimmy!

0:51:34 > 0:51:37Braddock takes a left to the body and a hard right to the head!

0:51:37 > 0:51:39Braddock's giving ground now.

0:51:39 > 0:51:42A hard right! Pins him in the neutral corner.

0:51:42 > 0:51:43Get outta there, Jim! Get out!

0:51:43 > 0:51:46Griffin's all over him! Braddock taking hard jabs.

0:51:49 > 0:51:51And Braddock is down.

0:51:51 > 0:51:54Shut up! I wanna hear this! Shut up!

0:51:54 > 0:51:57Jim? You're fine. Stay down.

0:52:05 > 0:52:07- One....- Stay down! What's the hurry?

0:52:07 > 0:52:10- Three. Four.- Hey! Listen.

0:52:10 > 0:52:12I liked the left. Try two lefts.

0:52:12 > 0:52:17Give him two lefts! Pap, pap! Double it up. How 'bout it? Up, up.

0:52:17 > 0:52:20Eight. Nine!

0:52:20 > 0:52:24Yeah, come on, Jimmy! On your feet, come on!

0:52:24 > 0:52:27The referee waving Griffin in.

0:52:27 > 0:52:30Nice move! Bring him in!

0:52:32 > 0:52:34Snaps a stiff jab! Another!

0:52:34 > 0:52:35BELL

0:52:35 > 0:52:37Welcome to New York.

0:52:40 > 0:52:42That's more like it! Let me see that cut.

0:52:42 > 0:52:46You look great! It sure as hell beats working on the docks!

0:52:46 > 0:52:52Say, the two jabs looked sensational! They look sweet!

0:52:52 > 0:52:54Now, he's loading up on you. You see that?

0:52:54 > 0:52:58He opens up after you jab him. You gotta come in there with a right. Real quick.

0:52:58 > 0:53:02Pap, pap. Bang! But you gotta stop some of those left hands.

0:53:03 > 0:53:05You see any getting past my head?

0:53:05 > 0:53:07Keep moving! Pap, pap, bang!

0:53:09 > 0:53:13Griffin still winging big shots. He wants to be the first to stop Braddock.

0:53:15 > 0:53:21Braddock gets in another big right hand! Snapped Griffin's head back with that one.

0:53:21 > 0:53:22Come on!

0:53:22 > 0:53:25Griffin loading up.

0:53:27 > 0:53:30- Move out! Give him the slip, Jimmy! - Another big flurry by Griffin!

0:53:30 > 0:53:34Braddock hanging tough but, folks, he is taking a beating!

0:53:35 > 0:53:38That's two rounds more than I thought he was gonna go.

0:53:39 > 0:53:43He's a half a step behind you. Do you feel it? Pap, pap, bang!

0:53:43 > 0:53:46Stick with it. Busy, busy.

0:53:46 > 0:53:47BELL RINGS

0:53:47 > 0:53:49Six minutes of fury so far.

0:53:49 > 0:53:53Braddock has the look of a man trying to hold back an avalanche.

0:53:56 > 0:54:00Griffin hits him with a left. And Braddock is stepping in post holes.

0:54:02 > 0:54:03Keep him in front of you!

0:54:05 > 0:54:06Lure him in, Jim.

0:54:06 > 0:54:08Jimmy's finally moving his head.

0:54:10 > 0:54:12Pick your spot!

0:54:21 > 0:54:22And Griffin is down!

0:54:22 > 0:54:25CHEERING

0:54:27 > 0:54:30Where the hell have you been, Jimmy Braddock?

0:54:30 > 0:54:34One. Two. Three.

0:54:34 > 0:54:37He's up at three. The referee wipes his gloves.

0:54:44 > 0:54:47That's it! That's it! No daylight!

0:54:47 > 0:54:49Take it to him!

0:54:49 > 0:54:50Another big right by Braddock!

0:54:50 > 0:54:52Finish him, Jimmy!

0:54:59 > 0:55:02Knock him back to the goddamn Ozarks!

0:55:03 > 0:55:07Griffin is ready to go!

0:55:07 > 0:55:11Be careful. Get back.

0:55:11 > 0:55:13Get back there. Get back in your corner.

0:55:18 > 0:55:20Jimmy!

0:55:23 > 0:55:24This fight is over!

0:55:24 > 0:55:27This is incredible! Corn Griffin, the number two contender in the

0:55:27 > 0:55:32world has just been knocked out by Jim Braddock in the third round!

0:55:32 > 0:55:34- What an upset!- You son of a...!

0:55:34 > 0:55:36It's pandemonium here in the Garden!

0:55:36 > 0:55:39That's it, man, he did it! I don't believe it!

0:55:39 > 0:55:42CHEERING

0:55:45 > 0:55:47Settle down, for Christ's sake!

0:55:48 > 0:55:51Jesus H Christ!

0:55:51 > 0:55:58Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Mary Magdalene, all the saints and martyrs and Jesus!

0:55:58 > 0:56:02Did I say "Jesus"? Where the hell did that come from?

0:56:02 > 0:56:06I don't know. When my hand was broke, I had to work down the docks and use my left.

0:56:06 > 0:56:09So, what? No, that and luck.

0:56:09 > 0:56:10- Luck?- Sheer dumb-ass Irish luck.

0:56:10 > 0:56:14Don't give me that luck of the Irish crap. No, sir. Lucky?

0:56:14 > 0:56:17- That's something you ain't been in a long time, brother.- Everybody's due.

0:56:17 > 0:56:21Due or not, I'll take it. You had the left. The left. But you were bouncy.

0:56:21 > 0:56:25You were bouncing. Pap, pap. Bang!

0:56:25 > 0:56:29Unbelievable. Sliding, slipping. You were like a cat.

0:56:29 > 0:56:31I did that on hash.

0:56:31 > 0:56:34Imagine what I would've done to him if I'd had a couple of steaks.

0:56:34 > 0:56:36Jimmy?

0:56:38 > 0:56:41That was one hell of a goodbye.

0:56:46 > 0:56:49Here you go, fellas! Have at him!

0:57:18 > 0:57:20Oh, Jesus Christ!

0:57:29 > 0:57:33This is fighting? Why doesn't he just hit him with a goddamn chair?

0:57:36 > 0:57:39Griffin was supposed to fight Baer next.

0:57:39 > 0:57:42He should kiss your ass for saving him from that thing.

0:57:59 > 0:58:00BELL RINGS

0:58:03 > 0:58:06- Throw him down, Maxie! - Give it to him, Maxie!

0:58:20 > 0:58:27Ladies and gentlemen, the new heavyweight champion of the world, Max Baer!

0:58:34 > 0:58:37FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS

0:58:39 > 0:58:40Come on! He's home.

0:59:07 > 0:59:09I won.

0:59:09 > 0:59:13Hooray, he won!

0:59:13 > 0:59:14I knew you'd win!

0:59:16 > 0:59:18He won, he won, he won!

0:59:21 > 0:59:27- Get the silverware. - So was it like you said?

0:59:27 > 0:59:33- Or are they letting you back in? - No, baby. It was just one fight.

0:59:47 > 0:59:51I need seven men, and seven only!

0:59:51 > 0:59:54One. Two. Three...

0:59:59 > 1:00:01Four. Five.

1:00:03 > 1:00:05Thanks.

1:00:05 > 1:00:07Braddock!

1:00:13 > 1:00:16Listened in last night. Was that really you?

1:00:18 > 1:00:21- Yeah.- Didn't think I'd be seeing you back here.

1:00:21 > 1:00:24It came up at the last minute, you know? It was a one-fight deal.

1:00:24 > 1:00:27The purse was 250. My end of that was a little less than half.

1:00:27 > 1:00:29It was, like, 123. We owed 118.

1:00:29 > 1:00:31Left me with 5.

1:00:31 > 1:00:34- Makes you a rich man, huh? - Around here.- Good fight.

1:00:34 > 1:00:36Thanks.

1:00:36 > 1:00:38- Dock seven.- Seven.

1:00:43 > 1:00:45Hey, Jim.

1:00:45 > 1:00:46Hey, Mike.

1:00:51 > 1:00:53- Good fight.- Thanks.

1:00:58 > 1:01:00I wouldn't have hit Sara.

1:01:00 > 1:01:03- I know, Mike.- I couldn't live with myself if I'd have hit her.

1:01:05 > 1:01:08Just get so angry with all this shit.

1:01:12 > 1:01:15You know, if you were gonna win, you could've told me.

1:01:15 > 1:01:18If I knew I was gonna win, I would've bet on myself.

1:01:18 > 1:01:20Why can't you ever listen to me?

1:01:20 > 1:01:22I don't know.

1:01:22 > 1:01:25RADIO: "..to determine whether the strikers were willing to submit

1:01:25 > 1:01:30"to an arbitration situation. Tension pervaded the New York waterfront yesterday..."

1:01:31 > 1:01:35Why don't you go play with the boys, sweetheart? Be careful.

1:01:36 > 1:01:39- Hey, Rosy.- Hi, Daddy!

1:01:44 > 1:01:47You know, Joe Gould was just here.

1:01:47 > 1:01:49- Yeah, I saw.- You did?

1:01:51 > 1:01:58He thinks the Commission might be willing to reverse their ruling.

1:01:58 > 1:02:00- He thinks he can get me another fight.- Oh.

1:02:00 > 1:02:05He wants me to stop working and get back in shape.

1:02:05 > 1:02:08I thought it was just the one fight.

1:02:08 > 1:02:09Well, yeah.

1:02:14 > 1:02:17He fronted us 175 so I can train.

1:02:19 > 1:02:22You know what that is right there? That's a second chance.

1:02:24 > 1:02:25That's what that is.

1:02:29 > 1:02:33It's not that I'm not grateful or proud, honey.

1:02:33 > 1:02:37I'm so proud of you.

1:02:37 > 1:02:40But we got off easy when you broke that hand.

1:02:42 > 1:02:46- We're back to even now. - Right. And nine months from now, we're back in the same boat.

1:02:46 > 1:02:50Baby, please. We just don't have anything left to risk.

1:02:50 > 1:02:53Mae. Mae.

1:02:53 > 1:02:56There's still some juice in these legs, and I can still take a few.

1:02:56 > 1:03:00Baby, please.

1:03:00 > 1:03:02Just let me take them in the ring.

1:03:02 > 1:03:04At least I know who's hitting me.

1:03:21 > 1:03:26- I'm gonna go and tell the kids. Hey, Jay! Guess what.- What?

1:03:26 > 1:03:28- I got another fight!- Who with?

1:03:28 > 1:03:30I don't know, but he's going down.

1:03:30 > 1:03:32Hey, Howard.

1:04:09 > 1:04:11Oh, Jesus.

1:04:12 > 1:04:14Joe, open the door.

1:04:16 > 1:04:18Joe! Open the damn door!

1:04:18 > 1:04:21Don't hide in your fancy apartment.

1:04:21 > 1:04:23I want to talk to you.

1:04:23 > 1:04:27You are not gonna make my husband your punching bag all over again.

1:04:27 > 1:04:32We are just getting by, and you're taking him from his work like some bloodsucking little leech!

1:04:32 > 1:04:37And I will not let you get him hurt again like that, do you hear me? I will not let you!

1:04:40 > 1:04:42Guess you better come in.

1:04:54 > 1:04:55How is it?

1:04:55 > 1:04:57Too sweet per usual.

1:04:57 > 1:05:01Really? Go figure. Yours?

1:05:01 > 1:05:03Nice, thanks.

1:05:04 > 1:05:06Sorry about that.

1:05:08 > 1:05:11You just don't want folks to see you down is all.

1:05:11 > 1:05:14I didn't know. I mean, I thought that...

1:05:14 > 1:05:16Yeah, no. That's the idea.

1:05:16 > 1:05:18Always keep your hands up.

1:05:25 > 1:05:27Sold the last of it two days ago.

1:05:27 > 1:05:29So Jimmy could train.

1:05:29 > 1:05:31Why?

1:05:34 > 1:05:40Well, sometimes you have an instinct, Mae.

1:05:40 > 1:05:43You see something in a fighter.

1:05:45 > 1:05:49You don't even know if it's real, you're looking for it so bad.

1:05:56 > 1:05:58Can't have no hope at all.

1:05:58 > 1:06:00But this is crazy.

1:06:00 > 1:06:04- I mean, you don't even know if you can get him a fight. - I'll get him a fight.

1:06:04 > 1:06:06Believe me, if it's the last thing I do, I'll get him a fight.

1:06:06 > 1:06:09Honey. Go get us some of those crackers, would you?

1:06:11 > 1:06:13She looks good wearing the pants.

1:06:27 > 1:06:29Can you ever stop yours?

1:06:29 > 1:06:32When he sets his mind to a thing?

1:06:35 > 1:06:38I wish I could.

1:06:39 > 1:06:43See, I never know who it's harder on - them or us.

1:06:43 > 1:06:47We have to wait for them to fix everything.

1:06:49 > 1:06:50And every day...

1:06:53 > 1:06:56..they feel like they're failing us.

1:06:56 > 1:07:00And really, it's just the world that's failed, you know?

1:07:05 > 1:07:09This is a lovely apartment.

1:07:09 > 1:07:10Thank you.

1:07:12 > 1:07:15Now, what am I gonna go and do that for?

1:07:15 > 1:07:16You saw the papers.

1:07:16 > 1:07:22News had to print extra copies the day after Braddock's fight. People are sentimental, you know.

1:07:22 > 1:07:24- Some people are sentimental. - Yeah, so tell me why I care.

1:07:24 > 1:07:28You're still sore over the way Braddock took down Griffin, fine.

1:07:28 > 1:07:32I can understand that. It was a heartbreak for a lot of people.

1:07:32 > 1:07:34Yes. But look.

1:07:36 > 1:07:41You got guys fighting an elimination series over who gets a shot at Max Baer for the championship in June.

1:07:41 > 1:07:44John Henry Lewis, he's your number two in line.

1:07:44 > 1:07:48Now, he already defeated Braddock once in Frisco, correct?

1:07:48 > 1:07:51Say you put Braddock back in the game against Lewis.

1:07:51 > 1:07:55Lewis wins, you get your revenge on Braddock and your boy has gotten

1:07:55 > 1:08:00a topflight tune-up with full publicity before Lasky, and what happens? You make more money.

1:08:02 > 1:08:09Ha, now, say on the other hand, by some minute, infinitesimal chance God forbid, Braddock beats Lewis.

1:08:09 > 1:08:13Now you got a sentimental favourite go up and lose against Lasky, and what happens?

1:08:13 > 1:08:15You'll make more money.

1:08:15 > 1:08:20James, either way you're a richer man with Braddock back in the ring than if he's not.

1:08:20 > 1:08:23Come on, don't be foolish. We both know the name of this game.

1:08:25 > 1:08:27And it sure as hell ain't "pugilism."

1:08:39 > 1:08:44- They oughta put your mouth in a circus.- What do you say?

1:08:46 > 1:08:48Don't chase him. Go around, cut him off. Time!

1:08:52 > 1:08:54- James! I got you a fight.- Yeah?

1:08:54 > 1:08:58- You're gonna fight John Henry Lewis again.- Yeah! Joey!

1:08:58 > 1:09:01- I could kiss you!- No, please, not in front of the fellas.

1:09:01 > 1:09:04Isn't John Henry one of Johnston's boys?

1:09:04 > 1:09:07- You let me worry about that, please. - Now I know why you won't kiss me.

1:09:07 > 1:09:10You're all puckered out already.

1:09:10 > 1:09:12- Brother, you have no idea.- Lewis?

1:09:12 > 1:09:15- Kicked our ass in Frisco.- Yeah.

1:09:15 > 1:09:16Who's "our ass" up there?

1:09:16 > 1:09:19- Joe Gould, Mike Wilson. Mike Wilson, Joe Gould.- Hi.

1:09:19 > 1:09:21That guy ain't been beat in ten fights.

1:09:21 > 1:09:24But you win on a long shot, and that's a great payday for me.

1:09:24 > 1:09:27That's great. I'll keep that in mind, Mike!

1:09:27 > 1:09:30You got more important things to think about. Come here.

1:09:30 > 1:09:33Now, I ain't gonna bullshit you, all right?

1:09:33 > 1:09:35Now, you win one, I can get you another.

1:09:35 > 1:09:40Win again and then things maybe start getting serious around here.

1:09:40 > 1:09:44Jimmy? Win.

1:10:14 > 1:10:16That's it, James! Be a bully, James!

1:10:38 > 1:10:40Thanks.

1:10:42 > 1:10:47I know this isn't what you wanted but I can't win without you behind me.

1:10:47 > 1:10:50I'm always behind you.

1:10:50 > 1:10:52Thank you, baby.

1:10:52 > 1:10:55Hey, I got a great idea.

1:10:55 > 1:10:56You want to come along?

1:10:56 > 1:10:59Come on, just this one time.

1:10:59 > 1:11:02All right. OK. OK, I'll make that a rain check then.

1:11:28 > 1:11:34Lewis, still moving well here in the fourth. He dances in and out before Braddock can react.

1:11:38 > 1:11:40Don't let him set the pace, Jimmy!

1:11:43 > 1:11:46There you go, there you go.

1:11:48 > 1:11:51Braddock slides to his right, tries cutting down the ring.

1:12:00 > 1:12:02Get off the ropes. Move out of there.

1:12:02 > 1:12:07Lewis spins his way off the ropes and looks to resume control at the bell!

1:12:09 > 1:12:11There we go. Suck it up.

1:12:11 > 1:12:13Deep breath. Deep breath, deep.

1:12:15 > 1:12:19- He's even faster than I remember. - Yeah. He's fast. Big deal. You're not so bad yourself.

1:12:19 > 1:12:22What are you doing? You beat this guy easy last time.

1:12:22 > 1:12:24- He ain't the same guy. - You got to use your speed.

1:12:24 > 1:12:26Keep that jab in his face and slide to his right.

1:12:26 > 1:12:31You see that. Keep him in front of you. Cut him off, all right? And let go with the punches.

1:12:31 > 1:12:33Hit him! He ain't gonna like it.

1:12:33 > 1:12:37I guarantee you, the more you hit this bastard the slower he's gonna get.

1:12:37 > 1:12:39He's an old man. He's too slow. He can't keep up with you.

1:12:39 > 1:12:42- Come on. Use that jab. - How's that cut?- He's all right.

1:12:42 > 1:12:45Knock the legs out from under him. Trap him in the corner, and really work him.

1:12:45 > 1:12:51- Do not fight this fight his way. You make him fight this fight your way! - Let's go. You got him.

1:12:54 > 1:12:57A left to the body and a hard right to the head!

1:12:57 > 1:13:01A left-right-left by Lewis. His dancing shoes are off. It's a fight now, folks!

1:13:03 > 1:13:05Work his body, Jim!

1:13:05 > 1:13:09Braddock punching well with both hands now. Toe to toe! No-one giving an inch.

1:13:11 > 1:13:14That left has some pop!

1:13:14 > 1:13:16Jimmy's hoping those body shots will pay dividends.

1:13:16 > 1:13:19Keep him in there! Stay with him!

1:13:21 > 1:13:25Don't give him any room! No room!

1:13:25 > 1:13:30- Get out of the corner. - Braddock pushing all the action now. Lewis can't discourage him.

1:13:30 > 1:13:36Tremendous pressure from Jimmy. Lewis is running out of real estate in this 24-foot ring.

1:13:36 > 1:13:39- Jump on him!- And Lewis is down!

1:13:43 > 1:13:45Gotcha. Good boy.

1:13:47 > 1:13:50One. Two.

1:13:51 > 1:13:53Three.

1:13:53 > 1:13:55Four.

1:13:55 > 1:13:58Five.

1:13:58 > 1:13:59Six.

1:14:03 > 1:14:06The referee wipes his gloves and Braddock steams back to ring centre!

1:14:06 > 1:14:11- Close it down! - Another big right by Braddock!

1:14:11 > 1:14:15Lewis is just a piece of meat as Braddock is carving him up!

1:14:15 > 1:14:19Braddock is now dominating Lewis! Here comes Jimmy!

1:14:31 > 1:14:33Side to side! Side to side!

1:14:33 > 1:14:37In the tenth, riding high after his dazzling victory over John Henry Lewis,

1:14:37 > 1:14:40Jim Braddock has just hit a wall named Art Lasky.

1:14:43 > 1:14:45He can't keep taking those body shots.

1:14:45 > 1:14:49I know. He's cracked a couple of ribs for sure.

1:14:49 > 1:14:53Lasky walks through those jabs and keeps working on Braddock's body.

1:14:53 > 1:14:59But Braddock won't fold! He's making Lasky work hard for every minute of every round.

1:14:59 > 1:15:01That's it, get on him!

1:15:13 > 1:15:18Lasky's starting to impose his will. He's showing why Jimmy Johnston is making noises

1:15:18 > 1:15:21about matching him with Max Baer for the title.

1:15:23 > 1:15:25Break it up!

1:15:25 > 1:15:28Come on. Break free.

1:15:28 > 1:15:30BELL RINGS Break!

1:15:36 > 1:15:40Don't sit down. You're not tired. You're fine. Get that out of here! He don't need it!

1:15:40 > 1:15:44Is he looking over at you? Shake your head like you don't need it.

1:15:44 > 1:15:47Shake your head like you don't want it. There.

1:15:47 > 1:15:49Why isn't he sitting down?

1:15:49 > 1:15:54- Pay attention.- Yeah, now he's gonna wonder if Braddock is such an old man, why is he still standing?

1:15:54 > 1:15:55Why is he still coming at me?

1:15:55 > 1:16:01You're stronger than this guy. Don't back off! This guy is a bull-rusher.

1:16:01 > 1:16:05He's gonna keep coming at you all night until you stop him.

1:16:05 > 1:16:06He can't back up. You stop him.

1:16:06 > 1:16:11You gotta beat this son of a bitch! You gotta beat this son of a bitch from the inside out!

1:16:11 > 1:16:14You hear me? You gotta get in there. You get in there and you hit him

1:16:14 > 1:16:20and you keep hitting him until you break his nose. You fill his face with blood.

1:16:20 > 1:16:23Beat him from the inside out, Jim!

1:16:23 > 1:16:25Lasky continues to fire.

1:16:25 > 1:16:27Braddock looks like he's finally starting to wilt.

1:16:27 > 1:16:32That's more like it! Back him up!

1:16:34 > 1:16:38Lasky now looking to put a Grimm ending to Braddock's fairy-tale comeback.

1:16:38 > 1:16:40Lasky pounding hard shots to the body.

1:16:45 > 1:16:47Braddock just took a tremendous shot!

1:16:47 > 1:16:50A right to the head which knocked his mouthpiece to the canvas.

1:17:17 > 1:17:21Braddock just took Lasky's best shot! And it didn't even faze him!

1:17:41 > 1:17:44Get in there and take that sucker!

1:17:44 > 1:17:46He's showing tremendous determination!

1:17:52 > 1:17:54Right in there and get his nose!

1:18:00 > 1:18:02Braddock comes in with a hard shot to the body!

1:18:02 > 1:18:08The younger Lasky looks like he's starting to wilt under the pressure from the Bulldog of North Bergen.

1:18:08 > 1:18:11Braddock is now back on the attack! Another vicious combination by Braddock!

1:18:11 > 1:18:16And Lasky's flowing blood from the nose! The 15th and final round.

1:18:16 > 1:18:19Braddock now looks like the younger fighter and grimly determined.

1:18:19 > 1:18:23The Garden is on its feet! Jim Braddock will not be denied!

1:18:23 > 1:18:25- BELL RINGS - There's the bell!

1:18:25 > 1:18:27This one goes to the scorecards.

1:18:28 > 1:18:35And the winner by unanimous decision - James J Braddock!

1:18:35 > 1:18:36CHEERING

1:18:52 > 1:18:55Thanks, buddy.

1:18:57 > 1:18:58KNOCK AT DOOR

1:18:58 > 1:19:00- Max?- What?

1:19:00 > 1:19:04- MAX!- Save a little bit of it...

1:19:04 > 1:19:06Jim Braddock just beat Lasky.

1:19:06 > 1:19:08They made him the number one contender.

1:19:08 > 1:19:09- Max, when are we gonna...- Shut up.

1:19:09 > 1:19:12- Maxie...- Shut up!

1:19:18 > 1:19:21I'm not gonna fight Jimmy Braddock. He's a chump.

1:19:22 > 1:19:26You tell Johnston to bring me somebody who can fight back.

1:19:26 > 1:19:30You gonna bust your contract? It's done, Max.

1:19:41 > 1:19:44- That's him.- Yeah?

1:19:44 > 1:19:47Yes, it is. I'm telling you. That's Braddock.

1:20:26 > 1:20:27Hey, Mrs Braddock.

1:20:31 > 1:20:34- Sara's here.- Yeah?

1:20:34 > 1:20:37- Yeah.- I got her to sleep.- Hey.

1:20:37 > 1:20:38Hey, Jim.

1:20:40 > 1:20:43Mike's gone missing.

1:20:43 > 1:20:47- How long?- Three days.

1:20:47 > 1:20:51I've been staying at my brother's since Jake cut him.

1:20:51 > 1:20:54Jake fired him? I didn't know that.

1:20:54 > 1:20:56You know how Mike gets.

1:20:56 > 1:20:59All his talk. So much trouble.

1:21:00 > 1:21:03He's been sleeping nights down in the Hooverville.

1:21:03 > 1:21:06My brother didn't have room for both him and us.

1:21:06 > 1:21:12Mike said, you know, if he had to stay down there anyway he was gonna try to get everybody organised.

1:21:12 > 1:21:15Something's wrong, Jim. I know it.

1:21:15 > 1:21:19Now I'm hearing there's some trouble in Hooverville.

1:21:19 > 1:21:23He wouldn't leave me and the baby for this long.

1:21:23 > 1:21:26He just wouldn't.

1:21:26 > 1:21:28I didn't know who else to come to, Jim.

1:21:36 > 1:21:39- Come on, out of the way! Beat it! - Move along!

1:21:48 > 1:21:51Get the hell out of here, coppers!

1:21:52 > 1:21:54Mike?

1:21:54 > 1:21:55Mike Wilson!

1:21:57 > 1:21:59Mike Wilson!

1:22:01 > 1:22:03...do nothing. If you let these Commies in here

1:22:03 > 1:22:07and start a riot, then what do you think's gonna happen?

1:22:07 > 1:22:09Get over here. On your feet!

1:22:09 > 1:22:11You pull a knife on me, you son of a bitch?

1:22:17 > 1:22:21- What the hell happened here?- We tried to break up these agitators, peaceful-like, but they charged us.

1:22:21 > 1:22:24- What is this?- The horses got spooked. Wagons turned over.

1:22:24 > 1:22:30- Three or four of them got run over. They're hurt pretty bad.- This is a mess. One hell of a mess.

1:22:35 > 1:22:36Keep those bastards back!

1:22:38 > 1:22:42Get those guys next, the ones who got trampled on.

1:22:50 > 1:22:53- Hey, Jim.- Mike.

1:22:55 > 1:22:58You're gonna be OK, Mike.

1:22:58 > 1:23:00Yeah, tell Sara.

1:23:00 > 1:23:04Will you tell her I'm gonna be late, Jimmy.

1:23:43 > 1:23:46Our Father, who art in heaven,

1:23:46 > 1:23:49hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

1:23:49 > 1:23:54Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.

1:23:54 > 1:23:59And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

1:23:59 > 1:24:03And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil...

1:24:17 > 1:24:20Now, keep your questions short and to the point.

1:24:20 > 1:24:22We're gonna start off with Frank Essex.

1:24:22 > 1:24:25Frank Essex. All right, take it easy, Petey, jeez.

1:24:25 > 1:24:28Frank Essex, Daily News. You got a lot of reporters here today.

1:24:28 > 1:24:33A lot of people interested in this fight. What do you got to say to your fans today, Jimmy?

1:24:36 > 1:24:39I guess I'm grateful for the opportunity.

1:24:39 > 1:24:43I know that these days not everybody gets a second chance.

1:24:45 > 1:24:49You know, I have a lot to be grateful for. You know, I have three

1:24:49 > 1:24:52beautiful, healthy, troublemaking kids.

1:24:52 > 1:24:56You know, I have the prettiest wife a man could wish for...

1:24:56 > 1:24:58Bob Johnson, Boston Globe.

1:24:58 > 1:25:02Two days ago, we ran a story about you giving your relief money back.

1:25:02 > 1:25:04Can you tell our readers why?

1:25:07 > 1:25:10I believe we live in a great country.

1:25:10 > 1:25:15A country that's great enough to help a man financially when he's in trouble.

1:25:15 > 1:25:21But lately I have had some good fortune and I'm back in the black.

1:25:21 > 1:25:23And I just thought I should return it.

1:25:26 > 1:25:29What's the first thing you're gonna do if you make world champion?

1:25:29 > 1:25:34First thing, I'm gonna have to go and buy some turtles.

1:25:34 > 1:25:38Yeah, well, I said to the kids when I was leaving the house this morning

1:25:38 > 1:25:41that I was gonna bring back the title and they thought I said turtle.

1:25:41 > 1:25:43LAUGHTER

1:25:43 > 1:25:45So naturally, I don't want to let them down.

1:25:45 > 1:25:48But if I could bring home the title and a turtle they sure would be tickled.

1:25:48 > 1:25:52You got that? Title, turtle, right?

1:25:52 > 1:25:54Jake Greenblatt from Chicago Trib.

1:25:54 > 1:25:57- Hello, Jake.- It's been a while. What's changed, Jimmy?

1:25:57 > 1:26:01I mean, you couldn't win a fight for love or money, right?

1:26:01 > 1:26:07- How do you explain your comeback? - Well, the truth is, for a number of years there we was fighting injured.

1:26:07 > 1:26:11I broke my hand more than once.

1:26:11 > 1:26:17I got in a car accident one time, we was on the road and I had to get that fixed.

1:26:17 > 1:26:19I had a run of bad luck.

1:26:21 > 1:26:24And, this time around, I know what I'm fighting for.

1:26:24 > 1:26:27Yeah? What's that, Jimmy?

1:26:27 > 1:26:29- Milk.- Milk?

1:26:29 > 1:26:32Sporty Lewis, New York Herald.

1:26:32 > 1:26:36- Sporty.- Actually, my question's for Mrs Braddock.

1:26:36 > 1:26:39Mrs Braddock, my readers would love to know how

1:26:39 > 1:26:44do you feel about the fact that Max Baer's killed two men in the ring?

1:26:44 > 1:26:47So how do you feel about that, ma'am?

1:26:47 > 1:26:49Are you scared for your husband's life?

1:26:49 > 1:26:54- She's scared for Max Baer, is who she's scared for, Mr Lewis. - OK, how about one more question?

1:27:05 > 1:27:07Said downstairs you wanted to see us.

1:27:07 > 1:27:09Joe, Jim, come on in. Have a seat.

1:27:10 > 1:27:12Right here.

1:27:14 > 1:27:17Editorial says this fight is good as murder.

1:27:17 > 1:27:21And everybody associated with it should be hauled into court and prosecuted afterwards.

1:27:21 > 1:27:24They say the paper's getting letters from people saying

1:27:24 > 1:27:29you're their inspiration. Like you saved their lives or something. If you ask me, it's a lot of crap.

1:27:29 > 1:27:33But if I'm gonna promote this fight, I'm not getting hung out to dry if something happens to you.

1:27:33 > 1:27:36You're all heart.

1:27:36 > 1:27:37My heart's for my family, Joe.

1:27:37 > 1:27:41- My brains and my balls are for business, and this is business. You got me?

1:27:41 > 1:27:42Gotcha.

1:27:45 > 1:27:49You will know exactly what you're up against.

1:27:49 > 1:27:54And my attorney, Mr Mills, will witness that I've done everything in my power to warn you.

1:27:57 > 1:27:59You know, I seen the Carnera fight.

1:27:59 > 1:28:02Carnera's height saved him.

1:28:02 > 1:28:04He was knocked down 12 times.

1:28:04 > 1:28:06Exactly. Would've been worse if he was shorter.

1:28:06 > 1:28:09Baer had to punch up to hit him. Took a little something off.

1:28:17 > 1:28:19That's Frankie Campbell.

1:28:19 > 1:28:23Stand-up fighter, knows how to take a punch.

1:28:23 > 1:28:25His style familiar, Jim?

1:28:26 > 1:28:30- Like looking in a mirror, huh? - Hey, he don't need to see this.

1:28:30 > 1:28:32He'll see it, or I'll call off the fight.

1:28:42 > 1:28:44You see that combination?

1:28:44 > 1:28:48Campbell didn't go down on the first punch. He was a tough guy.

1:28:48 > 1:28:52Second one killed him on the spot.

1:28:59 > 1:29:01Just cut it off, will you?

1:29:06 > 1:29:12The autopsy said that his brain was knocked loose from the connecting tissue.

1:29:14 > 1:29:18Consider your ass fully covered, OK?

1:29:21 > 1:29:23Run it again.

1:30:24 > 1:30:26Remember Ernie Schaaf?

1:30:26 > 1:30:30Nice guy. You lost one to him in '31.

1:30:30 > 1:30:32Ernie took one of those on the chin from Baer.

1:30:32 > 1:30:34He was dead and didn't know it.

1:30:34 > 1:30:39Next fight, first little nothing jab put him to sleep forever. Detached brain, they said.

1:30:40 > 1:30:43Joe?

1:30:43 > 1:30:46No snappy comeback?

1:30:46 > 1:30:50Hey, it ain't my skull the guy's gonna try and stove in.

1:30:50 > 1:30:56- You want to think about it?- You think you're telling me something?

1:30:58 > 1:31:01What, like, boxing's dangerous, something like that?

1:31:03 > 1:31:08You don't think triple shifts or working nights on the scaffolds is just as likely to get a guy killed?

1:31:08 > 1:31:13How many guys died the other night living in cardboard shacks trying to save on rent money?

1:31:13 > 1:31:15Guys just trying to feed their family?

1:31:15 > 1:31:20Cos men like you have not yet quite figured out a way to make money out of watching that guy die.

1:31:20 > 1:31:25In my profession, and it's my profession,

1:31:25 > 1:31:26I'm a little more fortunate.

1:31:32 > 1:31:34All righty, then.

1:31:34 > 1:31:36You guys have dinner here tonight.

1:31:36 > 1:31:38Take your wives. It's on me.

1:31:38 > 1:31:41We'll snap some pics on your way out. If you change your mind

1:31:41 > 1:31:44tomorrow, at least we got some good press out of it.

1:31:44 > 1:31:46Good. Come on.

1:31:58 > 1:32:02It's gorgeous! Jimmy, can we get silver faucets?

1:32:02 > 1:32:06- Of course. How many you want? A dozen?- Right. Listen.

1:32:06 > 1:32:10A little bird told me to check the evening edition. So let's see what we got.

1:32:10 > 1:32:15"Boxer Jim Braddock has come back from the dead, to change the face of courage in our nation".

1:32:15 > 1:32:17Oh, that's nice.

1:32:17 > 1:32:19Yeah. Sporty Lewis wrote that.

1:32:19 > 1:32:21- Sporty Lewis?- Yeah.

1:32:21 > 1:32:23And get this.

1:32:23 > 1:32:28"In a land that's downtrodden, Braddock's comeback is giving hope to every American.

1:32:30 > 1:32:35"People who were ready to throw in the towel are finding inspiration in their new hero, Jim Braddock.

1:32:35 > 1:32:42"As Damon Runyon has already written, he's truly the Cinderella Man".

1:32:42 > 1:32:44- Cinderella Man?- Yeah.

1:32:44 > 1:32:48Oh, I like it. It's kind of girly.

1:32:48 > 1:32:50Oh, brother.

1:32:50 > 1:32:56- Excuse me.- Jim. - I'm not quite finished yet. - Beg your pardon, sir.- Thank you.

1:32:56 > 1:33:01You know what? I got the bill here.

1:33:01 > 1:33:05Yeah. Johnston. He's a big spender. He's gonna leave a big, big tip.

1:33:05 > 1:33:08He's a real peach. Gotta love the guy. Right, sweetie?

1:33:14 > 1:33:16Jimmy.

1:33:34 > 1:33:40- Oh, boy.- You think Johnston set that up?- Oh, yeah. I think maybe.

1:33:40 > 1:33:42A few extra pics for the dailies.

1:33:43 > 1:33:46From the gentleman who just arrived.

1:33:46 > 1:33:49Mr Baer said to wish you bon voyage.

1:33:53 > 1:33:55Don't open it. Put it in a bag.

1:33:55 > 1:33:56We'll take it with us. Hey, Joey?

1:33:56 > 1:33:58- Yeah?- Get the coats.

1:33:58 > 1:34:00Whoa, Jim. Jim?

1:34:00 > 1:34:02Jimmy?

1:34:08 > 1:34:11Well, if it ain't Cinderella Man.

1:34:11 > 1:34:15Thanks for the champagne, Mr Baer. You're doing a great job publicising the fight.

1:34:15 > 1:34:20I really appreciate it. I hope it's gonna be a very successful night for both of us.

1:34:20 > 1:34:25You keep telling people you're gonna kill me in the ring. I got three kids at home.

1:34:25 > 1:34:29- You're upsetting my family, particularly my wife. - Listen, Braddock.

1:34:29 > 1:34:32I'm asking you sincerely not to take this fight.

1:34:32 > 1:34:36Now, you seem like a decent fellow. People admire you.

1:34:36 > 1:34:40I really don't want to hurt you. It's no joke, pal.

1:34:41 > 1:34:44People die in fairytales all the time.

1:34:44 > 1:34:46Hey, Max, how about a picture? How about a shot?

1:34:46 > 1:34:48- Take it easy. Just smile.- One more!

1:34:48 > 1:34:52I think the smart thing would be for you to take a fall.

1:34:52 > 1:34:54Circus act's over, old man.

1:34:57 > 1:34:58Right here, Max. There you go.

1:34:58 > 1:35:01I think I'll go a few rounds with the dancing Baer.

1:35:04 > 1:35:07Very good, OK. OK.

1:35:07 > 1:35:09Hey, we'll see you in the ring.

1:35:09 > 1:35:11How about that, champ?

1:35:11 > 1:35:14- Come on. Let's go, Jim. - Max, my wife, Mae.

1:35:14 > 1:35:17You ought to talk to him, Mae.

1:35:17 > 1:35:19You are far too pretty to be a widow.

1:35:20 > 1:35:22That's not nice, Max. Not nice.

1:35:22 > 1:35:25On second thought, maybe I can comfort you after he's gone.

1:35:25 > 1:35:28Hey, I said shut your goddamn mouth, you punk!

1:35:33 > 1:35:36Sorry. Send me the cleaning bill.

1:35:37 > 1:35:39Get that, boys?

1:35:39 > 1:35:42Now he's got his wife doing his fighting for him.

1:35:45 > 1:35:48Yeah. Ain't she something?

1:35:52 > 1:35:53All right. Get me a drink.

1:36:03 > 1:36:06All right. Three-punch combo, OK?

1:36:06 > 1:36:10Pop, pop, bang. Come on. Yeah.

1:36:12 > 1:36:14Oh, that's good. One more time.

1:36:14 > 1:36:16Keep your thumbs tucked in. Keep your elbows in.

1:36:16 > 1:36:18All right. That's enough, now.

1:36:18 > 1:36:22- There's some sting in that. - That's enough, please.- Bang!

1:36:25 > 1:36:29- I want a turn, Dad.- All right. Hey, where's your defence? Come on, get your hand up.

1:36:29 > 1:36:31I want a turn.

1:36:33 > 1:36:35Left, right, left. Pop, pop, bang.

1:36:39 > 1:36:41Come on, Howie.

1:36:43 > 1:36:46That's enough! No boxing in the house!

1:36:46 > 1:36:50No boxing out of the house. All right? No boxing, period!

1:36:50 > 1:36:52You're gonna stay in school.

1:36:52 > 1:36:54Then go to college and have professions,

1:36:54 > 1:36:57because you're not gonna have your skulls smashed in, too!

1:36:57 > 1:37:00Do you understand me? Is that clear?

1:37:08 > 1:37:10Why don't you boys go and get ready for bed, all right?

1:37:32 > 1:37:36I...used to pray...

1:37:36 > 1:37:40for you to get hurt just enough

1:37:40 > 1:37:42so you couldn't fight any more.

1:37:42 > 1:37:47And when they took your licence away, even scared as I was,

1:37:47 > 1:37:51I went to the church and I thanked God for it.

1:37:51 > 1:37:55Cos I always knew a day might come when it could kill you.

1:37:55 > 1:37:57I just knew it, Jimmy.

1:37:57 > 1:38:00- And now it's here.- Hey, you just got the jitters, that's all.

1:38:00 > 1:38:02He's killed two men, Jimmy!

1:38:02 > 1:38:05What's worth it? Huh? What's worth it?

1:38:05 > 1:38:09I have to believe I got some kind of say over our lives. OK?

1:38:09 > 1:38:13You know, that if things are bad, we can change them. We can make things better for our family.

1:38:13 > 1:38:17But I need you to be safe.

1:38:17 > 1:38:18Nothing's safe any more, Mae.

1:38:18 > 1:38:22I need you to be safe!

1:38:22 > 1:38:28All right. I have stood by for all of it. Until now.

1:38:29 > 1:38:32Not for this, Jimmy. I just can't.

1:38:32 > 1:38:36So you train all you want.

1:38:36 > 1:38:39Make a show of it for yourself, for the papers.

1:38:39 > 1:38:41But you find a way out of that fight.

1:38:41 > 1:38:43Break your hand again if you have to.

1:38:57 > 1:38:59(HE COUGHS)

1:39:05 > 1:39:08So how's he doing?

1:39:08 > 1:39:11He's old. He's arthritic.

1:39:11 > 1:39:14And his ribs haven't been right since the Lasky fight.

1:39:14 > 1:39:16What's the bad news, sunshine?

1:39:16 > 1:39:19- Joe!- What?- The reporters are here.

1:39:19 > 1:39:23Oh, Jesus. Right. Get rid of that goddamn rib protector. Jimmy!

1:39:23 > 1:39:24Press is here, boy-o!

1:39:24 > 1:39:27Get bouncing around in that ring! Showtime! Big smiles!

1:39:27 > 1:39:29You're the belle of the ball!

1:39:29 > 1:39:32Baer don't need to know about no goddamn ribs.

1:40:56 > 1:40:58Bye, Dad.

1:41:19 > 1:41:22Come on, let's go. Let's go.

1:41:35 > 1:41:38Hey, look. It's him. There's Braddock!

1:41:44 > 1:41:46Maybe this is your night, Bulldog!

1:41:46 > 1:41:51Look, it's him! It's Jimmy, look, right there! We're with you, Jimmy! You're gonna beat him, Bulldog!

1:41:56 > 1:41:58Well, look who's here.

1:41:58 > 1:42:00- Hi, Aunt Alice.- Come on in.

1:42:01 > 1:42:04No radio, all right?

1:42:04 > 1:42:07- Yeah, sure.- All right. Be back soon.

1:42:28 > 1:42:31- Hello, Mae.- I came to pray for Jim.

1:42:33 > 1:42:34So did they.

1:42:36 > 1:42:37Yeah.

1:42:46 > 1:42:48They all think that Jim's fighting for them.

1:43:10 > 1:43:13HE WHISTLES "DANNY BOY"

1:43:46 > 1:43:51- Hey.- Yeah?

1:43:51 > 1:43:53Who beat that John Henry Lewis?

1:43:56 > 1:43:59- That Braddock guy.- Correct.

1:43:59 > 1:44:02Who whupped that Art Lasky punk?

1:44:02 > 1:44:04- James J. Braddock.- Correct again.

1:44:04 > 1:44:06Now, refresh me on this one.

1:44:06 > 1:44:11Who was it took that Corn Griffin and turned him inside out, with no questions asked?

1:44:11 > 1:44:13Who was that, hmm?

1:44:13 > 1:44:18- I used to think it was me, but now I'm kinda thinking it was you. - No, don't you sell yourself short.

1:44:18 > 1:44:21At some stage, you think maybe you're gonna do some taping here?

1:44:21 > 1:44:25Ah. Why not, why not?

1:44:30 > 1:44:33All right, let's see. How's that?

1:44:33 > 1:44:35KNOCK ON DOOR What?

1:44:54 > 1:44:56Excuse me, ma'am.

1:45:04 > 1:45:07You can't win without me behind you.

1:45:09 > 1:45:12That's what I've been trying to tell you.

1:45:20 > 1:45:24Maybe I understand...some.

1:45:24 > 1:45:27About having to fight.

1:45:27 > 1:45:31So you just remember who you are.

1:45:31 > 1:45:37You are the Bulldog of Bergen, and the pride of New Jersey.

1:45:37 > 1:45:39You're everybody's hope.

1:45:39 > 1:45:41And you're your kids' hero.

1:45:43 > 1:45:50And you are the champion of my heart, James J Braddock.

1:45:58 > 1:46:00You know, you better get home.

1:46:02 > 1:46:04You know, er, boxers hang around places like this

1:46:04 > 1:46:09and you don't want to get tangled up with that kind of crowd. Nice girl like you.

1:46:09 > 1:46:11Yeah, OK.

1:46:11 > 1:46:13I'll see you at home.

1:46:20 > 1:46:21Please, Jimmy.

1:46:23 > 1:46:25I'll see you at home?

1:46:27 > 1:46:29See you at home, baby.

1:46:49 > 1:46:51RADIO CRACKLES

1:46:51 > 1:46:54"..brings you the biggest pugilistic event of the year.

1:46:54 > 1:46:57"Max Baer versus the Cinderella Man, Jimmy Braddock!"

1:46:59 > 1:47:02In a few moments, the contestants for tonight's championship bout

1:47:02 > 1:47:04will make their way to the ring.

1:47:24 > 1:47:26God Almighty.

1:47:34 > 1:47:39Jim Braddock's rise from the soup lines to number one heavyweight contender is truly miraculous.

1:47:39 > 1:47:44No, never, in all my years, have I seen this arena so quiet.

1:48:11 > 1:48:13- CROWD MEMBER:- You can do it, Jimmy!

1:48:13 > 1:48:15APPLAUSE

1:48:15 > 1:48:17CHEERING AND WHISTLING

1:48:20 > 1:48:22James J Braddock, the Cinderella Man,

1:48:22 > 1:48:25who just a year ago was standing in a bread line.

1:48:25 > 1:48:30Braddock's a real underdog with betters, but you wouldn't know it from the reaction here.

1:48:30 > 1:48:33- IN DISTANCE:- Madison Square Garden is on its feet. It's deafening!

1:48:33 > 1:48:38An astonishing crowd is gathered here. I saw people lining up to buy tickets

1:48:38 > 1:48:42who were spending their last dollar. They're here now, and 35,000-strong! Listen to them!

1:48:50 > 1:48:52CROWD STAMP FEET

1:49:01 > 1:49:05We understand Max Baer has left his dressing room. There he is.

1:49:05 > 1:49:08Max Baer has the look and swagger of a Hollywood star.

1:49:08 > 1:49:11But there'll be no play-acting with Jim Braddock in the ring.

1:49:11 > 1:49:13This fight is for real.

1:49:13 > 1:49:15The table is set. Let's get to the main course!

1:49:19 > 1:49:21Gentlemen, I gave you the rules

1:49:21 > 1:49:22in the dressing room.

1:49:22 > 1:49:28- One minute to midnight, Cinderella. - Yeah? Your clock's ticked out, asshole.- I want clean breaks.

1:49:28 > 1:49:31- Tell laughing boy here, no backhanding.- No low blows!

1:49:31 > 1:49:35- I'll take care of this.- You tell this bohunk no grabbing, no manhandling.

1:49:35 > 1:49:40- Watch your language, you little shit.- Look at this! - No low blows means no low blows.

1:49:40 > 1:49:44- You let this prick talk to me like that?- It talks! Holy mackerel, it talks!

1:49:44 > 1:49:47Keep your hands up at all times. Touch gloves and come out fighting.

1:49:47 > 1:49:50Good luck. Go to your corners.

1:49:50 > 1:49:55I'm gonna kick his balls to the roof of his mouth. That'll be a familiar taste for him.

1:49:56 > 1:49:57Come on, Jimmy boy!

1:50:01 > 1:50:03Come on boys, get some pictures here! Come on!

1:50:12 > 1:50:15You can do this. This guy is made for you.

1:50:15 > 1:50:17Have a picnic, all right?

1:50:21 > 1:50:25- BELL RINGS - There's the bell. The fight is on!

1:50:31 > 1:50:35The boys are out, and immediately, Braddock shoots a left to Maxie's jaw!

1:50:36 > 1:50:39That's it! Take it right to him, Jimmy!

1:50:41 > 1:50:42Now, now.

1:50:43 > 1:50:46Baer snaps Braddock's head back with two uppercuts.

1:50:46 > 1:50:51It's always a question of which Max will show up in the first round, killer or clown?

1:50:59 > 1:51:04- Maxie doing well. It looks like he's enjoying himself, mugging for the crowd.- Take it into him!

1:51:04 > 1:51:07Oh, a big flurry by Braddock! A vicious right to the head!

1:51:16 > 1:51:17Take it easy, pal.

1:51:17 > 1:51:20I'll let it go a couple of rounds.

1:51:20 > 1:51:24Madcap Maxie is favoured to put the long snore on Braddock in this round.

1:51:24 > 1:51:29- His right hand has dynamite in it when he traps him on the ropes. - He'll carry him this round.

1:51:34 > 1:51:37- Break it up! Break it up, I said! - BELL RINGS

1:51:38 > 1:51:39Go on, Jimmy!

1:51:40 > 1:51:45Jim survived the round and looked pretty good doing it. Braddock will not be bullied.

1:51:45 > 1:51:48When he does this horseshit, knock it off. He's trying to thumb you.

1:51:48 > 1:51:52All right? And then slip inside of there and shorten up the punches.

1:51:52 > 1:51:56All right? Shorten them up. That's your turf! Inside is yours!

1:51:59 > 1:52:05- No-one expected him to go past the first round.- Shorten them up. Stay inside.- The experts were wrong again.

1:52:05 > 1:52:08- BELL RINGS Shorten them up!- There's the bell! Here's the second round.

1:52:10 > 1:52:13That had salt on it! Braddock lands a hard right to the head.

1:52:13 > 1:52:15Max swats him away with utter contempt!

1:52:15 > 1:52:19He appears to be toying with Braddock. There's no other word for it.

1:52:20 > 1:52:23Max struts around the ring without a care in the world.

1:52:26 > 1:52:29Sharp, efficient, tough and short!

1:52:34 > 1:52:35Knock that on.

1:52:36 > 1:52:39And Max responds with swinging rights and lefts.

1:52:39 > 1:52:41All power punches from Maxie.

1:52:47 > 1:52:50- Break him!- And Braddock punches right to the head!

1:52:57 > 1:52:59Cover up!

1:52:59 > 1:53:02- Is that the right spot, Jimmy? - BELL RINGS

1:53:02 > 1:53:04Break it up, break it up! Stay clean!

1:53:13 > 1:53:15How are those ribs?

1:53:15 > 1:53:16OK. All right. Take it easy.

1:53:16 > 1:53:19- Good pace, Jim. - Take it easy. Just breathe.

1:53:19 > 1:53:22- Deep breaths. Relax.- Good rhythm.

1:53:22 > 1:53:25- You're looking great out there, Jimmy.- Yeah.- You look great.

1:53:25 > 1:53:28Hey, Jim? Jim?

1:53:28 > 1:53:31If he goes for your body, drop the elbows on him. Teach him a lesson.

1:53:31 > 1:53:36- Break his goddamn hand.- That round was tough. Braddock landed many surprising right hands.

1:53:36 > 1:53:40Those thunderous body punches by the champ should pay dividends in the later rounds.

1:53:42 > 1:53:44In the fifth, Baer's smile is gone.

1:53:47 > 1:53:51- That's it!- Jimmy comes in with a hard right, then neatly slides off to Baer's left.

1:53:51 > 1:53:55Avoiding the counterpunch, Jimmy sticks a jab.

1:53:57 > 1:54:01And now the crowd is jeering and even laughing at the champ.

1:54:01 > 1:54:03And Maxie's none too pleased.

1:54:03 > 1:54:06All right, break it. Break!

1:54:07 > 1:54:11- Baer backhands Braddock across the face! That'll cost Maxie. - You lousy shegetz!

1:54:11 > 1:54:12That's a warning, Max.

1:54:14 > 1:54:15I'm sorry.

1:54:17 > 1:54:19Ooh! How's that wife of yours?

1:54:19 > 1:54:20Break! Break!

1:54:24 > 1:54:27- She talk about me?- Knock off the wrestling. Break it up!

1:54:27 > 1:54:30Quit fooling around, Max!

1:54:32 > 1:54:35- Low blow!- What was that?

1:54:35 > 1:54:38- Keep them up. - Wake up, you wet son of a bitch!

1:54:43 > 1:54:44Max salutes the crowd.

1:54:44 > 1:54:45He's one of a kind, folks.

1:54:45 > 1:54:48She say my name in her sleep?

1:54:49 > 1:54:52Baer took a chin-full of Braddock's head.

1:54:52 > 1:54:53That's it! Work his body!

1:54:57 > 1:55:00- She miss me?- Baer grips Braddock's head in a headlock.

1:55:00 > 1:55:04- Jesus!- Hey, Maxila, you gonna punch him or pork him?

1:55:04 > 1:55:05That's your job, assho...

1:55:07 > 1:55:11- A shot into the head. - Fantastic! You're gonna get hurt.

1:55:13 > 1:55:17Braddock keeps punching. They hammer each other, toe to toe.

1:55:17 > 1:55:18- BELL RINGS - OK, break!

1:55:21 > 1:55:25- Keep your mouth shut, Maxie. - You watching the fight, or the cute guy in the front?

1:55:25 > 1:55:29Take a seat, Maxie! He's nothing, nobody. The guy has got nothing!

1:55:29 > 1:55:31Jesus! Sit down!

1:55:32 > 1:55:34Give me the sponge.

1:55:34 > 1:55:37- What are you doing? - Don't worry about it.

1:55:37 > 1:55:39- Well, quit screwing around.- Hey!

1:55:39 > 1:55:42- Relax.- Give me the goddamn water.

1:55:48 > 1:55:49Ten seconds!

1:55:59 > 1:56:03Hit this guy. Cut him!

1:56:03 > 1:56:05Cut him down to size. BELL RINGS

1:56:07 > 1:56:11- Oh, shit.- In the seventh, the boys come out again.

1:56:11 > 1:56:12And Max is all business now.

1:56:16 > 1:56:19Put him away, Max! Attaboy!

1:56:19 > 1:56:20Slide it, Jimmy!

1:56:22 > 1:56:26Braddock starting to look his age here, as Baer pushes him around the ring.

1:56:26 > 1:56:29Baer swings hard to the body.

1:56:29 > 1:56:32- Braddock gets in a right to the head.- Murder him, Maxie!

1:56:41 > 1:56:43Jesus Christ!

1:56:43 > 1:56:47Baer with a tremendous shot right there! That was the hardest blow in the fight!

1:56:52 > 1:56:53Oh, Christ.

1:56:53 > 1:56:57Baer turns him again, with another right to the head.

1:57:04 > 1:57:06Push, push!

1:57:19 > 1:57:20BELL RINGS

1:57:23 > 1:57:24BELL RINGS AGAIN

1:57:34 > 1:57:39You're OK. Let me see that nose. You're all right. Let me see it.

1:57:39 > 1:57:42- Tilt your head back.- That's nothing. That's a piece of cake.

1:57:42 > 1:57:45Keep your head up. Breathe through your mouth. Breathe.

1:57:45 > 1:57:47You got all your ugly friends down from Jersey here.

1:57:47 > 1:57:49They've come to see you.

1:57:49 > 1:57:52You're putting them to sleep. You're not turning him any more.

1:57:52 > 1:57:54Come on, pick it up.

1:57:54 > 1:57:56Spit that out, boy-o.

1:57:56 > 1:57:58Good boy. Good boy, good boy!

1:57:58 > 1:58:00Good boy, come on!

1:58:02 > 1:58:04BELL RINGS

1:58:04 > 1:58:06"The boys go after each other immediately.

1:58:06 > 1:58:11- "Braddock gets in a left to the body. And a hard right..."- Mae...

1:58:11 > 1:58:13- "Baer comes swinging across..." - It's the cops!

1:58:15 > 1:58:18"Braddock stumbles away. Baer tries that right again!

1:58:18 > 1:58:21"They come together. Braddock swings a left and a right."

1:58:21 > 1:58:25- Please, Ma.- "Max comes back with a left and a right of his own.

1:58:25 > 1:58:28"Braddock sticks out a left! Baer still after him. Another left!

1:58:28 > 1:58:32"And a hard right by Braddock that rocked Baer for a moment! Baer tries that right again."

1:58:36 > 1:58:38"A hard right to Braddock's head!

1:58:38 > 1:58:41"Braddock is hurt. His legs are gone."

1:58:48 > 1:58:50"Braddock sticks out a left! Another left!"

1:58:55 > 1:58:58"Neither man will back down! It's a slugfest, folks!"

1:58:58 > 1:59:02- BELL RINGS - And there's the bell! James J Braddock has exhibited

1:59:02 > 1:59:05a lot of heart here over 11 gruelling rounds with the champion.

1:59:05 > 1:59:09Nobody expected him to last more than a few innings with Baer.

1:59:09 > 1:59:12Yet here he is. And he's held his own.

1:59:12 > 1:59:15But now we head into the championship rounds, folks.

1:59:18 > 1:59:20Hey, Jim, look at me!

1:59:22 > 1:59:25I swear to God, boy-o, win, lose or draw...

1:59:25 > 1:59:27Thanks, Joey.

1:59:27 > 1:59:29For all of it.

1:59:29 > 1:59:32Son of a bitch. All right.

1:59:32 > 1:59:36- Stop talking. - Get in there! And bury him!

1:59:46 > 1:59:51Here in the the club, James J Braddock is showing this crowd what heart is all about.

1:59:57 > 2:00:01"Jimmy seems to be timing that left and has slapped it away several times."

2:00:05 > 2:00:10Keep moving, boy-o! You stay with him! Son of a bitch!

2:00:12 > 2:00:15- Left, right, left, right! - Am I seeing what I'm seeing?

2:00:15 > 2:00:19- Finish him, Jimmy. Finish him! CROWD:- Braddock, Braddock!

2:00:29 > 2:00:31Maxie's glamour-boy smile is now a bloody grimace.

2:00:32 > 2:00:35This crowd is desperately hoping for a Braddock victory.

2:00:35 > 2:00:38But Mr Baer might have something to say about that.

2:00:42 > 2:00:43Holy crap!

2:00:49 > 2:00:55- Low blow!- That last low blow will cost you the round, Max.

2:00:56 > 2:00:58Why don't you just kick him in the balls, huh?

2:00:58 > 2:01:05- Joe, back in your corner! - What are you afraid of, you son of a bitch?- Get back to your corner!

2:01:05 > 2:01:06Come on, ref!

2:01:07 > 2:01:11"McAvoy is on the verge of losing control of this fight."

2:01:15 > 2:01:21- Knock him on the ground, Bulldog! - Last round.

2:01:21 > 2:01:22That's right! Next champ!

2:01:24 > 2:01:26You won this one. It's a cinch.

2:01:26 > 2:01:28It is yours.

2:01:28 > 2:01:32But I want you to play it cagey now. All right?

2:01:32 > 2:01:37I know you don't like laying back, but I want you to stay away from his right, do you understand me?

2:01:37 > 2:01:40- Stay away.- Right hand.

2:01:40 > 2:01:42You're behind. Are you listening to me?

2:01:42 > 2:01:46You want to lose the championship to this goddamn nobody?

2:01:46 > 2:01:49Hey, this is your night.

2:01:51 > 2:01:55- Stay away.- Put him down! Put him down!

2:01:55 > 2:01:56Use your right hand. Right hand.

2:02:02 > 2:02:04- Ten seconds! - Come on now. Finish him.

2:02:08 > 2:02:11It's the last round, Jimmy. There ain't no more.

2:02:11 > 2:02:16You play this bastard smart and they can't take it from you!

2:02:25 > 2:02:31One more round to go, folks. McAvoy stands at centre ring, waiting for the fighters to join him.

2:02:32 > 2:02:34BELL RINGS

2:02:51 > 2:02:52Touch gloves!

2:02:55 > 2:02:58The boys touch gloves at centre ring. And now they're right back at it.

2:02:58 > 2:02:59Oh no, Jimmy!

2:03:02 > 2:03:04Leave him alone!

2:03:05 > 2:03:06Stay away from him.

2:03:08 > 2:03:09That ain't laying back!

2:03:09 > 2:03:12Braddock's corner is yelling at Braddock to stay away from Baer.

2:03:12 > 2:03:14Baer is looking for the knockout.

2:03:14 > 2:03:16Stay off him, Jim. Come on!

2:03:18 > 2:03:20Right hand, Max. Yes!

2:03:27 > 2:03:29What is he, stupid?

2:03:33 > 2:03:36- Step away!- Trying to survive this brutal onslaught.

2:03:36 > 2:03:38Stay off him!

2:03:38 > 2:03:40Don't let him touch you!

2:03:40 > 2:03:43Hey, looking good, Maxie(!)

2:03:47 > 2:03:50Watch the uppercut. Just stay the hell away from him!

2:03:50 > 2:03:53"Baer cutting loose with thunderous shots. A left to the body.

2:03:53 > 2:03:55"Baer again with a right!

2:03:55 > 2:04:00"Braddock covering up, trying to hang on. Baer looking for the knockout.

2:04:00 > 2:04:03"He doesn't want this one to go to the cards, folks."

2:04:03 > 2:04:05They pound each other with lefts and rights.

2:04:05 > 2:04:07Braddock blocking with his gloves and elbows.

2:04:07 > 2:04:11Snaps a big right to Maxie's jaw!

2:04:19 > 2:04:21"Baer smashes him with a big right!"

2:04:29 > 2:04:30"Braddock is back on the ropes."

2:05:16 > 2:05:17"Braddock lands a crushing right."

2:05:17 > 2:05:23Maxie desperately wants to keep the crown from slipping away.

2:05:32 > 2:05:34Stay with him!

2:05:39 > 2:05:41Both fighters are tired.

2:05:50 > 2:05:52Baer is trying wildly for the knockout!

2:05:52 > 2:05:55But Jimmy is still standing and he's not only standing,

2:05:55 > 2:05:57he's moving forward.

2:06:08 > 2:06:10"This is the finish.

2:06:10 > 2:06:13"Both boys are tired. This is not boxing, folks."

2:06:13 > 2:06:15"This is a walloping ballet."

2:06:19 > 2:06:21Ten seconds!

2:06:21 > 2:06:23- Time up!- Son of a bitch.

2:06:34 > 2:06:35BELL RINGS

2:06:35 > 2:06:37That's the bell.

2:06:37 > 2:06:39"It's over. This fight is over."

2:06:41 > 2:06:42Son of a bitch!

2:06:50 > 2:06:53"What a fight! Unbelievable!

2:06:56 > 2:07:01Braddock came into this fight the biggest underdog in pugilistic history.

2:07:01 > 2:07:05For 15 rounds he gave it everything he had against the younger, stronger champion.

2:07:16 > 2:07:18We are waiting for the decision.

2:07:18 > 2:07:21Mae, it's all right.

2:07:26 > 2:07:28Hey, McAvoy!

2:07:28 > 2:07:30- McAvoy!- What?

2:07:30 > 2:07:32Help me out here. How did you score the fight?

2:07:32 > 2:07:35- 9-5, one even.- Which way?

2:07:35 > 2:07:38- You'll have to read it in the papers, Sporty.- Oh, come on!

2:07:41 > 2:07:43What the hell is this crap?

2:07:46 > 2:07:51They take this long to make a decision, they're gonna decide to screw somebody.

2:07:51 > 2:07:53Make a decision.

2:07:53 > 2:07:55They're gonna rob this poor bastard.

2:07:55 > 2:07:57Unbelievable bullshit.

2:08:03 > 2:08:05Come on, make a decision!

2:08:10 > 2:08:13"The crowd, on its feet for almost the entire fight,

2:08:13 > 2:08:17"is still standing, yelling for who they clearly believe to be the winner of this fight."

2:08:19 > 2:08:23"We'll have to wait and see how the judges scored it."

2:08:38 > 2:08:43Ladies and gentlemen, we have your decision.

2:08:45 > 2:08:47It's unanimous!

2:08:47 > 2:08:49Winner...

2:08:49 > 2:08:54and the new world heavyweight champion, James J Braddock!

2:08:54 > 2:08:56Oh!

2:08:56 > 2:08:58WILD CHEERING

2:08:58 > 2:09:00SHE SCREAMS

2:09:11 > 2:09:12You son of a bitch.

2:09:12 > 2:09:19James Braddock has defeated Max Baer for the heavyweight championship of the world!

2:09:21 > 2:09:22He won!

2:09:38 > 2:09:41You earned it.

2:09:41 > 2:09:43CHEERING

2:09:48 > 2:09:50INAUDIBLE