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Release Date
• USA: Dec 31, 1997
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 8, 1998
• R2: 7 Feb 2005
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong sexuality, language, drugs and violence.
Running Time
1 hour, 53 minutes
Country USA, Ireland
Studio Hell's Kitchen, Universal
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Other Titles
• The Boxer
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Genre: Drama, Political, Terrorism, Love Triangle, Prison, Love, Sports
Tagline: Love is always worth fighting for.
Plot: Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this searing portrait of 1990s Belfast ripped apart by 20 years of religious conflict and IRA violence. Danny Flynn (Day-Lewis), a repentant IRA operative seasoned by a 14-year prison term, returns to the neighborhood of his childhood to try to rebuild his life. A prizefighter in his youth, he teams up with his old trainer (Ken Stott) to reopen a nonsectarian boxing gym in a bombed-out community center. Meanwhile, Danny finds himself undeniably drawn to his old girlfriend Maggie (Emily Watson), who is now married to his former best friend, an imprisoned IRA member. Maggie's father, Joe Hamil (Brian Cox), the head of the local IRA chapter, is attempting to negotiate an IRA cease-fire, causing extreme tension between IRA factions with opposing views. Danny and Maggie's rekindled love, which defies the IRA rule promising death for anyone having an affair with an imprisoned operative's wife, thrusts Danny straight into the center of the erupting tensions. Irish director Jim Sheridan and British actor Daniel Day-Lewis (who worked together on IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER and MY LEFT FOOT) once again team up with wondrous results, creating a vivid and captivating portrait of an Ireland intimately torn by ancient religious strife.
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| Directed by |
Jim Sheridan
In America, In the Name of the Father, Get Rich or Die Tryin' |
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| Terry George
In the Name of the Father, Hotel Rwanda, Some Mother's Son |
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| Music By |
Gavin Friday
In America, In the Name of the Father, Short Cuts | |
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