Shine (film) 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 was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 69th Academy Awards for his performance in the lead role.
Cultural legacy of the Klondike Gold Rush special "What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!" is also set during the Gold Rush but is disputed to be the 1925 serum run to Nome. The 2014 miniseries "Klondike" stars "Richard Madden" as an adventurer who travels to Yukon, Canada, in the late 1890s, during the Rush. The Irish language TV series "An Klondike" (2015) also takes place during the Rush. The "Klondyke march and two step" with music by Oscar Telgmann was published in Kingston, Ontario by the Music Emporium, c. 1897. Dawson City was also the starting place of impresario Alexander Pantages. He opened a small theater to entertain