Shine

7.4
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 105 min
  • Premiere: 1996. August 15.

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Discover

Geoffrey Rush

David as an adult

Noah Taylor

David as an adolescent

Googie Withers

Katharine Susannah Prichard

Sonia Todd

Sylvia

Nicholas Bell

Ben Rosen

John Gielgud

Cecil Parkes

Alex Rafalowicz

David as a child

Gordon Poole

Eisteddfod Presenter

Danielle Cox

Suzie as a child

Rebecca Gooden

Margaret

John Cousins

Jim Minogue

Paul Linkson

State Champion Announcer

Randall Berger

Isaac Stern

Ian Welbourne

Boy Next Door

Kelly Bottrill

Louise as a baby

Phyllis Burford

Synagogue Secretary

Daphne Grey

Society Hostess

Edwin Hodgeman

Soviet Society Secretary

Reis Porter

Postman

Stephen Sheehan

Roger Woodward (younger)

Brenton Whittle

Announcer

Marianna Doherty

Suzie as a teenager

Camilla James

Louise as a child

Danny Davies

Registrar

Neil Thomson

RCOM Conductor

Joey Kennedy

Suzie as an adult

Beverley Dunn

Beryl Alcott

Andy Seymour

Bar Customer

John Martin

Roger Woodward (older)

Bill Boyley

Celebrant

Teresa La Rocca

Opera Singer

Lindsey Day

Opera Singer

Grant Doyle

Opera Singer

Leah Jennings

Musician

Kathy Monaghan

Musician

Mark Lawrence

Musician

Gordon Coombes

Musician

Luke Dollman

Musician

Margaret Stone

Musician

Tom Carrig

Musician

Helen Ayres

Musician

Suzi Jarratt

Vocalist

Peter Osborn

Priest (uncredited)

Sandi Gardiner

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Art

Vicki Niehus

Production Design

Tony Cronin

Art Direction

Camera

Geoffrey Simpson

Camera Operator

Lisa Tomasetti

Still Photographer

Jasmine Yuen Carrucan

Clapper Loader

Sally Eccleston

Focus Puller

Geoffrey Simpson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Louise Wakefield

Costume Design

Directing

Scott Hicks

Director

Stephen Woolfenden

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Pip Karmel

Editor

Mark Ellis

Assistant Editor

Production

Jane Scott

Producer

Sound

David Hirschfelder

Original Music Composer

Writing

Jan Sardi

Screenplay

Art

Vicki Niehus

Production Design

Tony Cronin

Art Direction

Camera

Geoffrey Simpson

Camera Operator

Lisa Tomasetti

Still Photographer

Jasmine Yuen Carrucan

Clapper Loader

Sally Eccleston

Focus Puller

Geoffrey Simpson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Louise Wakefield

Costume Design

Directing

Scott Hicks

Director

Stephen Woolfenden

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Pip Karmel

Editor

Mark Ellis

Assistant Editor

Production

Jane Scott

Producer

Sound

David Hirschfelder

Original Music Composer

Writing

Jan Sardi

Screenplay