Shine (film) "universal acclaim". "Shine" grossed $35,892,330 in the United States and Canada. The film also grossed $10,187,418 at the box office in Australia. Shine (film) Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical drama film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, Chris Haywood and Alex Rafalowicz. The screenplay was written by Jan Sardi, and directed by Scott Hicks. The film made its US premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. In 1997,
Geoffrey Rush On 16 December 2018, "The New York Times" published an interview with Australian actress Yael Stone, who accused Rush of sexual misconduct during the production of a theater adaptation of "Diary of a Madman" in 2010 and 2011. She alleged that he had sent her sexually inappropriate texts, had touched her back at an awards show in a "significant enough violation that he wrote to her and apologized", had held a mirror above her shower cubicle while she was showering, and had danced naked in front of her while they were in the dressing room. Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush,