Today’s Globe and boston.com feature more coverage of “The Fighter” and actor Mark Wahlberg. Get the Globe if you want more after reading Lynda Gorov’s article. Lowell, its architecture, its accent, and its hairstyles circa 1990, is in many ways another costar of “The Fighter.’’ To hear the brothers’ mother…
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Regular reader and contributor Patty Coffey sent this from the Sun’s breaking news site. Get the Sun if you value the reporting: http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_16702259 LOWELL — Roll out the red carpet. After weeks of negotiations, Lowell has landed a premiere showing of the highly anticipated Micky Ward biopic The Fighter on…
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Today’s NYTimes has an article about competition for best film of the year—the Oscar race. Mentioned in the middle of the story is ‘The Fighter’ from, basically, Lowell. Read the story here, and get the NYT if you appreciate the effort. A more serious scramble may occur among a clutch…
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[youtube]1_zijS_UAtw[/youtube] Here’s the first trailer for the filmed-in-Lowell, Mickey Ward bio-pic, “The Fighter.” This clip is just 2:30 seconds long but there are so many recognizable scenes from Lowell – Cupples Square, Florence Road, Middlesex Superior Court, many shots of Micky O’Keefe – that it’s a bit like watching a…
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The recent posts about digging for Irish roots in the Acre and Hollywood gossip about the Ward movie “The Fighter” reminded me of Tom Sexton’s poem from his book “A Clock With No Hands.”—PM . Lowell’s Irish Micky Ward . Round 2. Ward’s left eye is already cut, but he…
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The front page of “The Arts” section in the NYTimes has an article about the long and winding road to the cinema screen for the mostly Lowell-filmed Micky Ward bio-pic “The Fighter,” starring Mark Wahlberg as the boxer, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams, among others. The nationwide release date is…
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