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Shiner

Shiner

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Release Date

9/22/2000

Runtime

99 mins

Genres

Action Drama Crime

Overview

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A taut descent into vengeance as a ruthless boxing promoter's past violence comes back to destroy him. The film is relentlessly propelled by guilt, betrayal, and the ways ambition poisons family bonds.

Mood

TenseAngry

Themes

RevengeFamilyAmbitionGrief

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Billy 'Shiner' Simpson

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Frank Spedding

Frances Barber

Frances Barber

Georgie

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

Mel

Danny Webb

Danny Webb

Karl

Claire Rushbrook

Claire Rushbrook

Ruth

Matthew Marsden

Matthew Marsden

Eddie 'Golden Boy' Simpson

Peter Wight

Peter Wight

Det. Insp. Grant

Frank Harper

Frank Harper

Jeff 'Stoney' Stone

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Gibson

Nicola Walker

Nicola Walker

Det. Sgt. Garland

Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis

Vic

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