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Shine

Movie
1996
1h 45m
PG-13
English
Drama
User Score: 
7.5
Critic Score: 
89
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Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Shine Poster

Shine

PG-13
Movie
1996
1h 45m
English
Drama
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Rating
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7.5
IMDB
Shine (1996) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
89

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Noah Taylor
David as an adolescent
Geoffrey Rush
David as an adult
Googie Withers
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Nicholas Bell
Ben Rosen
John Gielgud
Cecil Parkes
Alex Rafalowicz
David as a child
Gordon Poole
Eisteddfod Presenter
Danielle Cox
Suzie as a child
John Cousins
Jim Minogue
Paul Linkson
State Champion Announcer
Randall Berger
Isaac Stern
Phyllis Burford
Synagogue Secretary
Daphne Grey
Society Hostess
Edwin Hodgeman
Soviet Society Secretary
Stephen Sheehan
Roger Woodward (younger)
Marianna Doherty
Suzie as a teenager
Camilla James
Louise as a child
Directed By: Scott Hicks
Written By: Jan Sardi (Screenplay), Scott Hicks (Story)

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siggi963 says...
2 weeks ago
An excellent Biopic about the real-life story of David Helfgott who become literally mad over trying to perfect his piano playing. The movie takes the viewer into the mental world of a genius and lets you suffer with him.
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Filipe Manuel Neto
one year ago
**Perhaps one of the most striking films in the work of Geoffrey Rush, and one of the toughest and most sincere portrayals of brilliance that cinema has seen to date.**

Even though I'm a pretty serious music lover, and I've always loved classical music, I didn't know David Helfgott until I saw th More
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