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Shine(Movie, 1996)

1h 45min | Genre: Drama
ShineRating: 3.7/5 (with 274274 votes)
Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical psychological drama film directed by Scott Hicks from a screenplay by Jan Sardi, based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. The film stars Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Googie Withers, Sonia Todd and John Gielgud. Shine had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. In 1997, Rush won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 69th Academy Awards for his performance. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Shine

Academy Award for Best Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Board of Review Award for Best Film AACTA Award for Best Film AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role AACTA Award for Best Cinematography AACTA Award for Best Editing AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay AACTA Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score AACTA Award for Best Film AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role AACTA Award for Best Cinematography AACTA Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Editing AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay AACTA Award for Best Production Design AACTA Award for Best Sound

About Shine

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

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Additional Information

Production country: Australia
Shot in: Adelaide, London
Plays in: London, Australia
Based on: "Love you bits and pieces" (find it on Amazon)
Plays in year: 1995
Main subject: David Helfgott (Person)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Yiddish (YI)
Translated into 22 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/15/1996
Appearing Characters: David Helfgott, Elias Peter Helfgott, Gillian Murray
Director: Scott Hicks
Producer: Jane Scott
Screenwriter: Jan Sardi, Scott Hicks
Film Editor: Pip Karmel
Director of Photography: Geoffrey Simpson
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Záře"
"Shine - Der Weg ans Licht"
"Shine. El resplandor de un genio"
"钢琴师"
"샤인"
"Блеск"
Budget: 5,500,000 USD
Revenue: 35,892,330 USD (= 653%)

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