Shine
A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $5,500,000
- Revenue
- $35,892,330
- Production
- Film Victoria, Australian Film Finance Corporation, BBC Film, South Australian Film Corporation, Momentum Films
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Cast
Geoffrey Rush
David as an adult
Noah Taylor
David as an adolescent
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Peter
Lynn Redgrave
Gillian
Googie Withers
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Sonia Todd
Sylvia
Nicholas Bell
Ben Rosen
John Gielgud
Cecil Parkes
Chris Haywood
Sam
Marta Kaczmarek
Rachel
Randall Berger
Isaac Stern
Edwin Hodgeman
Soviet Society Secretary
Seán Carlsen
Student
Richard Hansell
Ashley
Marc Warren
Ray
Joey Kennedy
Suzie as an adult
Ella Scott Lynch
Jessica
Sandi Gardiner
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Scott Hicks
- Writers
- Scott Hicks,Jan Sardi
- Producers
- Jane Scott
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Simpson
- Composer
- David Hirschfelder
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Filipe Manuel Neto
May 20, 2023
**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 this film. The musical universe is full of prodigies who reveal talent since childhood. Mozart is perhaps the most famous example of this. However, it is one of those subjects that I feel we tend to ove…