Search - The Boxer [Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 05/04/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 54 mins Studio: Universal Studios Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Political Drama See Also: The Boxer [Widescreen]

Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) directed this drama about a Belfast boxer, filmed with Dublin locations substituting for Belfast. Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, 32-year-old Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns to his old neighborhood and sees former-flame Maggie (Emily Watson), who has an unhappy marriage and now raises her son alone while her husband is in prison. To get back in the boxing ring, Danny gets the community-center gym back in operation and starts training, encountering opposition from militant IRA members, including Harry (Gerald McSorley). Danny and Maggie grow closer, but after a bomb sets off events leading to the destruction of the gym, Danny leaves for a disastrous boxing match in London. More grim situations arise when he returns to Belfast. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Daniel Day-Lewis - Danny Flynn
Emily Watson - Maggie
Brian Cox - Joe Hamill
Ken Stott - Ike Weir
Gerard McSorley - Harry

Jim Sheridan's Irish drama The Boxer comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.66:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both DTS 5.0 and Dolby Digital Surround. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this Universal title does boast excellent picture quality. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide