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Shine (1996)

Shine (1996)

PG-13 105 minutes EN Drama
A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love
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.
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Noah Taylor
David as an adolescent
Geoffrey Rush
David as an adult
Googie Withers
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Sonia Todd
Sylvia
Nicholas Bell
Ben Rosen
John Gielgud
Cecil Parkes
Alex Rafalowicz
David as a child
Gordon Poole
Eisteddfod Presenter

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Production companies: Fine Line Features, Film Victoria, South Australian Feature Film Company, Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production countries: Australia, United Kingdom
Budget: $5,500,000
Revenue: $35,892,330

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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