Shiner (2000)

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

Director:

John Irvin

Writer:

Scott Cherry (screenplay)

Stars:

Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Caine	...	Billy 'Shiner' Simpson
Martin Landau	...	Frank Spedding
Frances Barber	...	Georgie
Frank Harper	...	Jeff 'Stoney' Stone
Andy Serkis	...	Mel
Danny Webb	...	Karl
Claire Rushbrook	...	Ruth
Matthew Marsden	...	Eddie 'Golden Boy' Simpson
Kenneth Cranham	...	Gibson
David Kennedy	...	Chris
Peter Wight	...	Det. Insp. Grant
Nicola Walker	...	Det. Sgt. Garland
Gary Lewis	...	Vic
Derrick Harmon	...	Mikey Peck
Josephine Butler	...	Stephanie

Storyline

Billy Simpson is a shady boxing promoter in South London banned from legitimate fights. It's the biggest day of his life, though, because he has a champion on his hands, his twenty-year-old son, Eddie. Billy's put all of his money on a victory, as have his quarrelling daughters. But Eddie is nervous, an odd guy in a cap is hanging around, the licensed promoter Billy has hired to arrange the evening's other fights has hired dogs, the manager of Eddie's opponent looks down scornfully on Billy and on south London, and Scotland Yard wants to put Billy in jail for the death of a club brawler. When the night goes disastrously wrong, Billy tries to find out who double-crossed him.

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | male rear nudity | male nudity | male full frontal nudity | pubic hair | 

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Taglines:

All That's Left Is... Revenge.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and some nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

Like many of the movies picked up by Miramax Films in the early 2000s, this one was supposed to be given a theatrical release, but ended up debuting on DVD when the company encountered financial trouble.

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Goofs

In the underpass after the crash Michael Caine is hit in the face with a gun nut he has no mark on his face.

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Quotes

Ruth: Do you know what's happening today?

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Alternate Versions

Although this film was previously passed for an uncut 18 in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification, the 2007 distributor wanted a 15, so 30 seconds' worth of cuts were made to remove some of the violence, including a man being shot in the head and a man having his arm broken.

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Soundtracks

T.N.T.
Performed by AC/DC
Written by Malcolm Young, Angus Young & Bon Scott (as Bon Scott)
Published by J. Albert & Son, (UK), Ltd.

User Reviews

a treat for michael caine fans

michael caine is well known for accepting every sh**job that comes along. he´s in it for the money and he freely admits that. his recent films include plenty of stinkers (e.g. SHADOW RUN) so it´s quite refreshing to see him in a decent crime flick which allows him once more to show the wide span of his talents. SHINER is not a masterpiece, it´s a typical revenge story a la GET CARTER. this is a michael caine solo. all the other actors hardly have a space to breathe, caine just pushes them aside like the giant steamtrain he is. only the great martin landau can somehow compete with him, the others, frank harper (LOCK STOCK...) and andy serkis ( gollum from LORD OF THE RINGS, hihihi) do a good job but can´t keep up. all in all a very nice way to spend some time but I´d rather watch SEXY BEAST.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 2001 (UK)

Also Known As:

Bilis pravarde Melyne

Filming Locations:

Lower Thames Street, London, England, UK

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$52,843

Company Credits

Production Co:

Geoff Reeve Films, Vision View Entertainment, Wisecroft Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1