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Shine [DVD] [1997]

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4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood
  • Directors: Scott Hicks
  • Writers: Scott Hicks, Jan Sardi
  • Producers: Jane Scott
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Aug 2005
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CXYQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,158 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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 1960s, 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. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer brilliance, 23 Jun 2004
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If I'm honest now, when i sat down to watch this film i was ready to be bored. The film is about classical music, so not an erratic story about a group of adventurous rock gods. I was wrong. This is one of the most moving and memorable films i have ever seen, whether this is because its a true life heart wrenching story or it features passion in the form of musical genius, i cannot decide. The superb acting talents made the characters come alive, so much so that the viewer feels that they could describe their feelings to the most intricate detail. I would recommend this film to anyone.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sensational, 2 Jan 2001
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This review is from: Shine [VHS] [1997] (VHS Tape)
This is the type of film that I love. It sensitively explores the relationship of a gifted young muscician to his repressive, but ambitious father, and later on, of the grown David to the adult world. It is funny, moving, and compelling. I particularly loved the piano playing, and bought Rachmaninov 3 on the strength of it.
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22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Forget everything you ever thought about classical music, 1 Feb 2001
This is certainly a film that can change your view on classical music. The story follows, somewhat erratically via flashback and revisiting, the life of an talented but capped young boy that make you find it hard to believe that it's true. Only when you realise that this is in fact the case does the hardship and struggle faced by David Helfgott really hit home. This erratic story line must have been intentional as it mimics the strange behaviour of the man himself as a result of rejection and pressure from his father at such a young age, and servers only to draw you in to the character more.

The descriptions and delivery of the music throughout gives you insight to the passion and fullness of classical music that always seemed to be missing in music lessons (at my school anyway). Sir John Gielgud's performance as his music teacher makes the music seem as fresh and vibrant as Oasis or Blur today. I dare anyone to watch this and not be moved, heartened and touched by the story of the man, but also not to be enthused to go out and build a huge collection of Rachmaninov or Vivaldi..

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5.0 out of 5 stars Shine
Shine is the Sory of David Haffgott a concert pianist who developed a problem with schizoaffective disorder when he left home to study music in London. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Emer Mullen

5.0 out of 5 stars It is so hard to have a father
That's a marvelous but cruel film. Cruel to us in its beauty. Cruel to David in his complete estrangement from the world of noise lost that he is in his world of music. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jacques COULARDEAU

4.0 out of 5 stars Stunning performance by Geoffrey Rush
He won the Oscar in 1996 for Best Actor in this role, where he portrays a pianist, David Helfgott, whose great carrier as a pianist is severely damaged by a nervous breakdown. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2004 by donanselmo

4.0 out of 5 stars A really moving film
I really love 'Shine' because it's a film that genuinely moves me. It's based on the true story of David Helfgott, who is played as an adult by Geoffrey Rush in this unusual... Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2000

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