Poster from TMDB
Shine
Sign in to save1996 film directed by Scott Hicks
OverviewAI-generated
*Shine* is a 1996 Australian musical biographical drama directed and written by Scott Hicks. The film stars Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and John Gielgud. It was produced by Jane Scott, with cinematography by Geoffrey Simpson and music composed by David Hirschfelder. The narrative follows David Helfgott, a musician dealing with mental disorder and ambition, set in London and Australia during the 1950s through the 1980s.
The film has a runtime of 105 minutes and was distributed by Fine Line Features, Netflix, and Disney+. It received an Academy Award for Best Actor and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Director. Other accolades include the National Board of Review Award for Best Film and the AACTA Award for Best Film. Audience ratings include a 7.6 score on IMDb and a 7.365 average on TMDb.
Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, IMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film · TMDB
7.4Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
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
Themes
- australia
- letter
- child prodigy
- biography
- jumping
- pianist
- concert hall
- breakdown
- piano
- 1950s
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Key facts
- Directed by
- Scott Hicks
- Screenplay by
- Jan Sardi
- Story by
- Scott Hicks
- Produced by
- Jane Scott
- Starring
- Armin Mueller-Stahl Noah Taylor Geoffrey Rush Lynn Redgrave Googie Withers Sonia Todd John Gielgud
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Simpson
- Edited by
- Pip Karmel
- Music by
- David Hirschfelder
- Production companies
- Australian Film Finance Corporation Pandora Cinema South Australian Film Corporation British Broadcasting Corporation Film Victoria Momentum Films
- Distributed by
- Ronin Films Roadshow Entertainment
- Release dates
- 21 January 1996 ( 1996-01-21 ) ( Sundance ) 15 August 1996 ( 1996-08-15 ) (Australia) 22 November 1996 ( 1996-11-22 ) ( United States )
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $36 million
via Wikipedia infobox
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical psychological drama film directed by Scott Hicks from a screenplay by Jan Sardi, based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. The film stars Geoffrey Rush and Noah Taylor as the adult and adolescent Helfgott, respectively, while Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lynn Redgrave, and John Gielgud appear in supporting roles.
Shine had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 1996, followed by a theatrical release in Australia on August 15. At the 69th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for seven awards including Best Picture, with Rush winning Best Actor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.