Shine
92
A gifted pianist driven to the brink by his domineering father suffers a devastating breakdown, then years later returns to the instrument that nearly destroyed him.
Why watch: Rush resumed piano lessons to play Helfgott without a hand double. Won Best Actor.
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Cast
Geoffrey Rush as David as an adult
Noah Taylor as David as an adolescent
Armin Mueller-Stahl as Peter
Lynn Redgrave as Gillian
Googie Withers as Katharine Susannah Prichard
Sonia Todd as Sylvia
Nicholas Bell as Ben Rosen
John Gielgud as Cecil Parkes
Justin Braine as Tony
Chris Haywood as Sam
Alex Rafalowicz as David as a child
Gordon Poole as Eisteddfod Presenter
Danielle Cox as Suzie as a child
Rebecca Gooden as Margaret
Marta Kaczmarek as Rachel
Crew
Scott Hicks — Director
Scott Hicks — Story
Jan Sardi — Screenplay
Jane Scott — Producer
Geoffrey Simpson — Director of Photography
Pip Karmel — Editor
Vicki Niehus — Production Design
Tony Cronin — Art Direction
Louise Wakefield — Costume Design
David Hirschfelder — Original Music Composer
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