Katharine Susannah Prichard

Shine (1996)

Actors: Jo Weeks (miscellaneous crew), Armin Mueller-Stahl (actor), Lynn Redgrave (actress), Marc Warren (actor), David Hirschfelder (composer), Susanna Lenton (miscellaneous crew), Noah Taylor (actor), Geoffrey Rush (actor), Nicholas Bell (actor), Chris Haywood (actor), Googie Withers (actress), John Gielgud (actor), Scott Hicks (writer), Scott Hicks (director), Greg Sitch (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the traumatic early years through adulthood. Telling the story in flashback we see David as a child prodigy and as he grows up while his patriarchal father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration camps. David finally breaks away from his father and goes away to study overseas, he later suffers a breakdown and returns to Australia and a life in an institution. Many years later he is released and through several twists of fate (in reality even more unlikely than film portrays) he starts playing a piano in a bar before finally returning to the concert hall.

Keywords: 1950s, abuse, abusive-father, abusive-parent, apology, astrologer, australia, bath, bathtub, beach
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance,
Taglines: A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love A father whose life was his family. A son whose music was his life.

Quotes:

Peter: Religion is nonsense.::Ben Rosen: It's also a gold mine if you know where to dig.

Isaac Stern: America. You know, land of the free, home of the brave. You know, Mickey Mouse.

Peter Helfgott: In this world only the strong survive. The weak get crushed like insects.

David: It's a tough game, isn't it Roger?::Roger: It's a bloodsport.

David: You can't lose 'em all.

Cecil Parkes: You must play as if there's no tomorrow.

[Gillian has come to visit Sylvia. When they arrive home, the house is in a mess and loud music is playing]::Gillian: Is that the water running?::[Sylvia runs to the bathroom to find the shower running and the basin overflowing]::Sylvia: David? Where in God's heaven is he?

Cecil Parkes: Rachmaninov? Are you sure?::David: Kind of. I'm not really sure about anything.::Cecil Parkes: The Rach 3. It's monumental.::David: It's a mountain. The hardest piece you could everest play.

Peter: No-one will love you like me, no-one like me.

Gillian: Your first concert in years and you wear odd shoes.