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The Boxer is a 1997 Irish sports drama film written and directed by Jim Sheridan and co-written by Terry George. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, and Brian Cox, the film centres on the life of a boxer and former Provisional IRA volunteer
The Boxer: Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Daragh Donnelly, Frank Coughlan, Sean Kearns. Young Danny Flynn is released from prison 14 years after "taking the rap" for the IRA and tries to rebuild his life in his old Belfast neighborhood.
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- Drama, Romance, Sport
- Jim Sheridan
- 1998-01-09
A once-promising Irish boxer returns to Belfast after serving fourteen years in prison for his IRA activities, and is discouraged to find the city filled with violence and hate. Determined to rise above the despair of his hometown, he returns to the ring and begins a successful comeback, while...
- Jim Sheridan, Nye Heron, Mark Duley
- Joseph Rea
Rising teen boxer and Belfast native Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) was imprisoned for 14 years after getting involved with the Irish Republican Army. Newly freed from jail in his early 30s,...
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- Jim Sheridan
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- Daniel Day-Lewis
Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer, fighting and opening a boxing club training aspiring boxers. Maggie has since married Danny's best friend, who is also imprisoned for his I.R.A. activities.
Woot! Imprisoned for 14 years, a respected former IRA member returns home to open a boxing club - but rekindling an old romance and run-ins with militant friends threaten to derail his life.
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Dec 31, 1997 · Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer. Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast.