In This Corner (1986 film)
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| director = Atom Egoyan
| producer = Alan Burke
| writer = Paul Gross
| starring = Robert Wisden
Patrick Tierney
| cinematography = Kenneth W. Gregg
| editor = Myrtle Virgo
| music = Eric Robertson
| released = {{Start date|1986|02|02}}
| company = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| network = CBC Television
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = English
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In This Corner is a 1986 Canadian television film, directed by Atom Egoyan.Jennifer Burwell and Monique Tschofen, Image and Territory: Essays on Atom Egoyan. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007. {{ISBN|9780889204874}}. p. 362. The film stars Robert Wisden as Terry Dunne, an amateur boxer from Canada who becomes an unwitting pawn in The Troubles when he is convinced by Irish Republican Army operatives to help smuggle accused terrorist Ryan Shaw (Patrick Tierney) back into Ireland as part of his entourage when he travels there for a title bout.Barbara Crook, "Subtle drama counts cost of terrorism". Ottawa Citizen, January 31, 1986.
The film's cast also includes Neil Munro, Brenda Bazinet, Cedric Smith, Sean McCann and Stephen Ouimette.
The film aired on CBC Television on February 2, 1986. The film received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Short Drama at the 1st Gemini Awards.Bill Prentice, "The Geminis mark Canada's coming of age". The Globe and Mail, November 29, 1986.
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089333/ In This Corner] at IMDb
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170212091043/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b72e69558 In This Corner] at BFI
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Category:1986 television films
Category:CBC Television original films
Category:Films directed by Atom Egoyan
Category:Canadian drama television films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films about The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
Category:Canadian boxing films
Category:1980s English-language films
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