360 – The Boxer

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

We’ve got Daniel Day-Lewis back in theaters this week with Anemone, so we’re looking back at one of his few failed Oscar bids. In 1997, Day-Lewis paired up with director Jim Sheridan for the third time in a decade for The Boxer, the tale of an IRA member and boxer released from prison in the waning days of the The Troubles. With Emily Watson as his former lover and Brian Cox as her high-ranking IRA father, the film arrived into theaters with a modest response as the world was being swept away with Titanic fever.

This episode, we talk about the Day-Lewis/Sheridan partnership and Day-Lewis’ breakout roles in the 80s before his My Left Foot Oscar. We also discuss Watson’s powerful screen presence, Cox with a full head of not-white hair, and Sheridan’s diminishing directorial returns.

Topics also include the 1997 Golden Globes, acting nominations we forget happened, and Bella Mafia.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Oh, wrong house.
0:12.8	No, the right house.
0:13.6	I didn't get that.
0:14.9	We want to talk to Marilyn Hack.
0:15.8	Maryland Hack and French. I'm from Canada
0:26.7	I'm from Canada water
0:27.3	Dick Pooh Stand and lift your glasses
0:42.2	To our prisoner's wives
0:44.5	Danny Flynn's out
0:47.5	After 14 years in prison
0:52.5	Danny Flynn is coming home.
0:55.0	He's not one of us.
0:58.0	Where did you really come back here?
1:00.0	This is my home.
1:01.0	Sure, what are you going to do?
1:03.0	I thought I'd try and get a few fates.
1:05.0	We're going to take the fighting off the streets and put it back where it belongs.
1:08.0	You broke my heart, Danny.
1:10.0	Why didn't you ask me to wait?
1:12.2	How can I ask you to wait for me?
1:14.6	In a world where violence is a way of life.
1:17.6	On your way, boy.
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