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In the Name of the Father (1993): Daniel Day-Lewis
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Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) directed this drama about a Belfast boxer, filmed with Dublin locations substituting for Belfast. Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, 32-year-old Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns to his old neighborhood and sees former-flame Maggie (Emily Watson), who has an unhappy marriage and now raises her son alone while her husband is in prison. To get back in the boxing ring, Danny gets the community-center gym back in operation and starts training, encountering opposition from militant IRA members, including Harry (Gerald McSorley). Danny and Maggie grow closer, but after a bomb sets off events leading to the destruction of the gym, Danny leaves for a disastrous boxing match in London. More grim situations arise when he returns to Belfast.
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The acclaimed true story of Christy Brown, an Irish artist and writer who refused to let the cerebral palsy that crippled him since birth make him a prisoner of his own body. Daniel Day-Lewis earned an Academy Award as Brown, as did co-star Brenda Fricker. With Ray McAnally, Hugh O'Connor. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: French, Spanish; featurettes; photo gallery.
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Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis was born in London, England, the second child of Cecil Day-Lewis (Poet Laureate of England) and his second wife, Jill Balcon. His maternal grandfather was Sir Michael Balcon, an important figure in the history of British cinema, head of the famous Ealing Studios. His older sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis, is a documentary filmmaker. Daniel was educated at Sevenoaks School ...[show more]
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Day-Lewis' determination to stay in character during the filming of the movie was, apparently, intimidating for Kel O'Neill, an actor hired to play Plainview's nemesis. At some point, O'Neill was let go and replaced by Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine).
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Day-Lewis, the son of onetime poet laureate of England Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon, is drawn to powerful narrative and complex characters and absorbs himself deeply in his roles. As thrilling as the prospects were for working on the film, it had to be a little daunting to visit the bleak and volatile emotional terrain that is Daniel Plainview's soul -- "a shredded soul," Day-Lewis agrees.
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English-born Daniel Day-Lewis was raised in London by an actress mother and a father who was Poet Laureate of England. Educated at Sevenoaks School in Kent, which he despised, Day-Lewis went on to study at the more progressive Bedales in Petersfield, which he adored. At 13, he landed an uncredited role in the film Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971) as a child vandal.
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