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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.
1997 · Directed by Jim Sheridan · 114 min · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
Love is always worth fighting for.
Crew
- Written by: Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Cinematography: Chris Menges
- Edited by: Clive Barrett, Gerry Hambling
- Music: Maurice Seezer, Gavin Friday
- Production design: Brian Morris
- Produced by: Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Danny Flynn
- Emily Watson as Maggie Hamill
- Brian Cox as Joe Hamill
- Ken Stott as Ike Weir
- Gerard McSorley as Harry
- David Hayman as Joe Hamill's Aide
- Kenneth Cranham as Matt MaGuire
- Lorraine Pilkington as Bride
- Niall Shanahan as Groom
- John Wall as Priest
Production
- Country: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Hell's Kitchen
- Box office: $16,534,578
- Themes: prison, sports, politics, boxer, northern ireland, love, ira (irish republican army), ex-con, belfast, north ireland, boxing
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