The Boxer(Movie, 1997)

| 1h 54min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 75 votes)

The Boxer is a 1997 sports-drama film by Irish director Jim Sheridan starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, and Brian Cox. The film centers on the life of a boxer and former Provisional IRA volunteer Danny Flynn, played by Day-Lewis, who is trying to "go straight" after his release from prison. The film is the third collaboration between Sheridan and Day-Lewis, and portrays the increase of splinter groups within the IRA. In preparation for the role, Daniel Day-Lewis trained as a boxer in Ireland for a year. ()

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About The Boxer

Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

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Trailer for The Boxer + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer(Trailer, 1:57)

Additional Information

Production country: Ireland

Plays in: Belfast

Made by: Universal Pictures, Hell's Kitchen Films

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 18 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/31/1997

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Lorraine Pilkington, Gerard McSorley, Ken Stott, Tom Bell, Kenneth Cranham, Kirsten Sheridan, Paul Ronan, David Hayman, Ian McElhinney

Director: Jim Sheridan

Screenwriter: Jim Sheridan, Terry George

Film Editor: Gerry Hambling

Director of Photography: Chris Menges

Composer: Gavin Friday

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Golpe a la vida"

Keywords: love, boxer, politics, sports, prison, violence

Revenue: 16,534,578 USD

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