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The Boxer (1997)  link to The Boxer on IMDb  

Number: 1462

poster The Boxer

IMDb Rating:
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7.1/10 (15525 votes)

Country: USA, 113 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Sport

Director(s): Sean McGinly

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
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, 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. Although he has not denounced the I.R.A. or denigrated his I.R.A. colleagues, Danny has decided to live a life free of political violence. His boxing club is nonsectarian, open to both Catholics and Protestants. This move irks some of his old I.R.A. colleagues since they feel working with the Protestants will not resolve their David versus Goliath struggle. Danny's old I.R.A. colleagues, especially their unofficial leader Harry, resort to traditional tactics of violence to stop Danny. Maggie's father, Joe, also an I.R.A. activist, ...

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Cast:

photo Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis Danny Flynn
photo Carol Moore Carol Moore Wedding Guest
photo Emily Watson Emily Watson Maggie
photo Gerard McSorley Gerard McSorley Harry
photo Brian Cox Brian Cox Joe Hamill

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\The Boxer\The Boxer.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1