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Dicky Eklund has struggled continually since the documentary's release, noting he has been arrested over 66 times, including for domestic violence, drug crimes and even attempted murder in 2006, in which charges were dropped and his nephew served 11 months in a self-defense fight. [4] His most recent charges are from 2015.
During his Academy Award acceptance speech, he thanked Eklund and Ward, who were in the audience. [7] Eklund was also featured on the HBO documentary High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell which showed his fall from boxing grace because of his addiction to crack cocaine. In the documentary, Eklund was sentenced to a long prison term for ...
The film centers on the lives of professional boxer Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother and former boxer Dicky Eklund (Bale). The film was inspired by the 1995 documentary featuring the Eklund-Ward family titled High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell. [4] The Fighter was released in theaters on December 17, 2010, by Paramount ...
We’ve compiled the top 20 HBO documentaries to stream. Leading the charge in quality (and controversy) is HBO, bringing us exposés on cults and child abuse, heartwarming renderings of departed ...
With boxing, The Fighter is such a good film because of what incredible, unique characters Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund are—and because of their relationship to each other.
TV critic and true-crime buff Lorraine Ali selects the 50 best true-crime documentaries you can stream on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Prime Video and more.
George Michael Ward Jr. (born October 4, 1965), often known by his nickname, "Irish" Micky Ward, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2003. He challenged once for the IBF light welterweight title in 1997, and held the WBU light welterweight title in 2000.
EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway on a feature documentary from HBO Documentary Films and This Machine inspired by New York Times columnist Charles Blow’s book The Devil You Know: A Black Power ...