The Boxer

Love is always worth fighting for.

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Drama
Romance

Overview

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.

Keywords

boxer
prison
love
sports
boxing
ex-con
northern ireland
politics
ira (irish republican army)
belfast
north ireland
belfast, north ireland

Details

Status: Released
Release date: December 31, 1997
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: Ireland
Production: Universal Pictures,Hell's Kitchen Films,Hell's Kitchen
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis,Emily Watson,Brian Cox,Ken Stott,Gerard McSorley,David Hayman,Kenneth Cranham,Lorraine Pilkington,Niall Shanahan,John Walland 27 more
Director: Jim Sheridan
Writer: Jim Sheridan,Terry George
Producer: Jim Sheridan,Arthur Lappin
Cinematography: Chris Menges
Music: Maurice Seezer,Gavin Friday
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: $16,534,578
IMDb: tt0118760