The boxer / Universal Pictures presents a Hell's Kitchen production ; a Jim Sheridan film ; written by Jim Sheridan & Terry George ; produced by Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin ; directed by Jim Sheridan.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 20240 | UniversalLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Distributor: Culver City, CA : Universal Home Video, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: Collector's edition; WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9780783227320
- 0783227329
- Cinematography, Chris Menges ; editing, Gerry Hambling ; costume designer, Joan Bergin ; production designer, Brian Morris ; music, Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Boxer | Available | 33111009067675 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) directed this drama about a Belfast boxer, filmed with Dublin locations substituting for Belfast. Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, 32-year-old Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns to his old neighborhood and sees former-flame Maggie (Emily Watson), who has an unhappy marriage and now raises her son alone while her husband is in prison. To get back in the boxing ring, Danny gets the community-center gym back in operation and starts training, encountering opposition from militant IRA members, including Harry (Gerald McSorley). Danny and Maggie grow closer, but after a bomb sets off events leading to the destruction of the gym, Danny leaves for a disastrous boxing match in London. More grim situations arise when he returns to Belfast. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
DVD, NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1; letterbox format); Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
English or dubbed French with optional captions in English for the hearing impaired or subtitles in Spanish.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley, Eleanor Methven, Ciaran Fitzgerald, David McBlain, Damien Denny, Clayon Stewart, Kenneth Cranham.
Cinematography, Chris Menges ; editing, Gerry Hambling ; costume designer, Joan Bergin ; production designer, Brian Morris ; music, Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer.
Rated R.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features: audio commentary by director Jim Sheridan or producer Arthur Lappin; Fighting for peace : inside the boxer (featurette; behind-the-scenes footage; interviews of cast and crew); deleted scenes; production notes; cast and filmmaker bios; theatrical trailer; alternate ending.
When Danny Flynn returns to his Belfast neighborhood after 14 years in prison, all he wants is to find peace, resume his career, and reclaim the love of the woman who has remained etched in his mind. As they slowly embrace the possibilities of renewed romance, they realize cultural taboos stand in the way and fighting for love could cost them their lives.