The Boxer

The Boxer is a 1997 film by Irish director Jim Sheridan. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson, the film centers on the life of a boxer and former Provisional IRA Volunteer, Danny Flynn, played by Day-Lewis, who has just been released from prison. He attempts to "go straight", starting a boxing club for young people in his neighborhood and trying to reconnect with an old flame, played by Watson, but his past always seems to be catching up wi... more

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  • 1997

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  • 113 min (67.8 hs )

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Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish film director. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Sheridan is perhaps best known for his films My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, Get Rich or Die Tryin' and In America. Sheridan was born in Dublin, the son of Anna and Peter Sheridan, an actor and...

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  • Love is always worth fighting for.

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  • 113 min (67.8 hs )

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