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The Boxer
1997 · Universal Pictures · Dir. Jim Sheridan
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
Confidence
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Why this status applies
While there are several short films and a 1970 production with this title, the most prominent and likely subject is the 1997 feature film directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. This film was released after the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988, which eliminated the requirement for copyright notice to secure protection in the United States.
As a post-1989 production, the film is automatically protected under the Berne Convention for a term of 95 years from publication (as a work for hire) or life of the last surviving author plus 70 years. The film is currently registered with the US Copyright Office (PA0000877960) by Universal City Studios, Inc. and remains under active commercial exploitation through various streaming and physical media distribution channels.
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