The Boxer
“Love is always worth fighting for.”
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
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Cast
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Danny Flynn
Known for
There Will Be Blood
Gangs of New York
Emily Watson
Maggie Hamill
Known for
Chernobyl
Corpse Bride
Brian Cox
Joe Hamill
Known for
Succession
The Bourne Supremacy
Ken Stott
Ike Weir
Known for
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
One Day
Gerard McSorley
Harry
Known for
Veronica Guerin
In the Name of the Father
David Hayman
Joe Hamill's Aide
Known for
Taboo
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Kenneth Cranham
Matt MaGuire
Known for
Rome
Maleficent
Lorraine Pilkington
Bride
Known for
Robotboy
Human Traffic
Niall Shanahan
Groom
John Wall
Priest
Maria McDermottroe
Betty
Known for
Veronica Guerin
The Dead
Eleanor Methven
Patsy
Known for
Little Women
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
Jim Sheridan Director · Terry George Writer Gavin Friday Composer
Worldwide gross $17M · Budget $4.7M · United States release December 31, 1997
Box office
Budget
$4,700,000
Worldwide gross
$16,534,578
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Hell's Kitchen
Production
Hell's Kitchen Films
Production
Ireland · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 31, 1997
Theatrical
Czechia
March 19, 1998 · Theatrical
Germany
February 19, 1998 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 6, 1998 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 27, 1999 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 20, 1998 · Theatrical
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