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Shine
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
EAN: 9780780619586
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780619587
Label: New Line Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
MPN: DN4546D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 16, 1997
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 20, 1996
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Editorial Review:
This tearjerker by Australian filmmaker Scott Hicks is a surprising story about real-life classical pianist David Helfgott, an Australian who rose to international prominence at a very young age in the 1950s and '60s, and suffered a psychological collapse after enduring years of abuse from his father (Armin Mueller-Stahl). Hicks has three very fine actors portraying Helfgott at different stages of his life, including the adorably wry and goofy Noah Taylor (Flirting), who takes up the character's teen years, and Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, giving a great performance playing the musician as a schizophrenic adult. Despite the Helfgotts' compromised psychological health, Shine is hardly a depressing experience. If anything, the story is really about how long one person's life can take to make glorious sense of itself. Sir John Gielgud, in golden form, plays Helfgott's teacher. The DVD release presents the film in its widescreen format, and also includes a Q&A with director Hicks and Rush's Golden Globes acceptance speech. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Tearjerking euphoria
Wonderful tearjerker showing some of life's excesses. Stunning music and a euphorius ending that will set free any suppressed emotions....
Rating:  - Phenomenal
This is a great film, with stellar acting. The characters are based on real people, although they had to modify certain things to make the story more interesting. David Helfgott probably can't play the piano as well as he is portrayed in here. Nevertheless, the true Helfgott probably plays better than the majority of the people leaving reviews on Amazon...just a hunch. I find it somewhat humorous that Helfgott's sister tried to cash in on the inaccuracies of this film. Once you realize that this ... Read More
Rating: - SHINE-A MUST SEE FOR PIANO MUSIC LOVERS
this is a must see for all people who love piano music-also a very good story.
Rating: - What an amazing story
Great acting! An amazing true story of overcoming mental adversity. Uplifting and inspirational.
Rating:  - SHINE
Did not watch all of it...
Very poor sound-mix quality
Story-line was abusive, which I do not care for
I give all of my DVDs to the local library once I am done with them
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