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The Piano (1993)

R   |    |  Drama, Music, Romance

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In the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.

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  • Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter in The Piano (1993)
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Awards

Won 3 Oscars.

Another 61 wins & 56 nominations.

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30 July 2007 | alannarmiller
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| I felt the need to just replace the previous ignorant comment
The Piano is a beautiful film in many different respects. In terms of cinematography, I've seen few like it. It is dark and beautiful and compelling. The story seems, on paper, as a torrid love story without much originality. But the sensuous portrayal of Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter and the complex acting of a young Anna Paquin allow this story to ring true. I was skeptical upon viewing a film so lauded by critics and film snobs, but found myself both moved and connected to the film that holds strangely relevant themes for modern times. It is rare that I love both a film's visual beauty and it's script as well. This is that rare occasion.

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After Lina Wertmüller for Seven Beauties (1975), Jane Campion was only the second woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and the first for an English language film, as the earlier film was Italian. The only other women to be so nominated are Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation (2003), Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008), and Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird (2017). Bigelow is the only one of the five to have won the award.

Quotes

Ada: The voice you hear is not my speaking voice - -but my mind's voice. I have not spoken since I was six years old. No one knows why - -not even me. My father says it is a dark talent, and the day I take it into my head to stop breathing will be my ...

Goofs

Ada writes a note to George on a piano key, but earlier George had told her that he can't read.

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The Grand Old Duke of York
Performed by Anna Paquin

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Plot Summary

Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)

Genres

Drama | Music | Romance

Details

Release Date:

11 February 1994

Language

English, British Sign Language, Maori

Country of Origin

New Zealand, Australia, France, USA

Filming Locations

Auckland, New Zealand

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$151,419 14 November 1993

Gross USA:

$40,157,856

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$40,185,556

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