Movie
1997
The Boxer is a 1997 Irish sports drama film directed by Jim Sheridan and written by Sheridan and 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 Danny Flynn, played by Day-Lewis, who is trying to "go straight" after his release from prison. The film is the third collaboration between Sheridan and Day-Lewis and portrays…
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All wars, sooner or later, come to an end. This is something that film making team of Jim Sheridan and Terry George realised following *In the Name of the Father* and *Some Mother's Son*, two films about tragic consequences of Northern Ireland conflict. In 1997 drama *The Boxer*, written by George and directed by Sheridan, they tried to explore what the peace process could bring to Catholic community and Northern Ir…More
