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Shine

1996, Movie, PG-13, 105 mins

Shine: Review

A whacked-out, all-true, audience-pleasing hybrid of ROCKY and RAIN MAN, this expressionistic biopic follows the tribulations of real-life Australian piano virtuoso David Helfgott and manages to make outrageous material seem timid, familiar and cliched. Child prodigy Helfgott starts out an obsessed youth and becomes a ranting, deranged adult, his degeneration abetted by his authoritarian father (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a Holocaust survivor who condemns his son to exile when t... read more leave a comment

Shine: Cast & Details

Year: 1996
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Geoffrey Rush: David as an Adult
Armin Mueller-Stahl: Peter
Lynn Redgrave: Gillian
Noah Taylor: David as a Young Man
John Gielgud: Cecil Parkes
Alex Rafalowicz: David as a Child

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Shine: TV Guide News

I don't have any wagers, ... | Today's News: Our Take | 2/16/2006

Question: I don't have any wagers, arguments or bets to settle. I just have a question, if that's OK. Was there another actress who played Cagney on Cagney & Lacey before Sharon Gless did, or is my memory failing already? Thank you for your time.

Answer: Actually, there were two, Ruth. Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H) first played Det. Chris Cagney in the CBS TV-movie that aired in 1981. However, after that movie proved successful enough for the network executives, who didn't initially believe the concept was strong enough for a show to order up a series, Swit was unavailable. In stepped actress Meg Foster, and the reason for her abrupt departure, together with the lack of network spin on it, provides an interesting lesson in how different today's political climate is from that of 20 years ago.

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