"the 75th Academy Awards, it won best adapted screenplay for Harwood, best actor for Brody, and best director for Polanski; the best film and best direction at the 56th British Academy Film Awards; and the César Award for best film. As part of the 2007 Manchester International Festival, passages from Szpilman's book were recited by Peter Guinness, accompanied by the pianist Mikhail Rudy. Directed by Neil Bartlett, the performance took place in the warehouse attic of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. The disused railway tracks outside the building recalled the trains that took the Jews from the"
"2002 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 37th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 2003, honored the best in film for 2002. 1. The Pianist<br> 2. ""Y Tu Mamá También""<br> 3. ""Talk to Her"" (""Hable con ella"") 1. Roman Polanski – ""The Pianist""<br> 2. Pedro Almodóvar – ""Talk to Her"" (""Hable con ella"")<br> 3. Alfonso Cuarón – ""Y Tu Mamá También"" 1. Adrien Brody – ""The Pianist""<br> 2. Michael Caine – ""The Quiet American""<br> 3. Aurélien Recoing – ""Time Out"" (""L'emploi du temps"") 1. Diane Lane – ""Unfaithful""<br> 2. Maggie Gyllenhaal – ""Secretary""<br> 2. Isabelle"
"The Pianist (soundtrack) The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack, on the Sony Classical label, of the 2002 Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated film ""The Pianist"" starring Adrien Brody (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as ""Władysław Szpilman"" in this film), Thomas Kretschmann and Frank Finlay. The Chopin pieces were played by Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak and the original score piece was composed by Wojciech Kilar. The music in the actual movie also includes pieces by Beethoven and Bach. In 2003, the music won the César Award for Best Music Written"
"for a Film, and was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (but lost to the music of ""The Hours""). The Pianist (soundtrack) The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack, on the Sony Classical label, of the 2002 Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated film ""The Pianist"" starring Adrien Brody (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as ""Władysław Szpilman"" in this film), Thomas Kretschmann and Frank Finlay. The Chopin pieces were played by Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak and the original score piece was composed by Wojciech Kilar. The music"
"También<br> 2. ""Talk to Her"" (""Hable con ella"")<br> 3. ""Time Out"" (""L'emploi du temps"") 1. Standing in the Shadows of Motown<br> 2. ""The Cockettes""<br> 3. ""Domestic Violence"" <br> 3. ""The Kid Stays in the Picture"" 2002 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 37th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 2003, honored the best in film for 2002. 1. The Pianist<br> 2. ""Y Tu Mamá También""<br> 3. ""Talk to Her"" (""Hable con ella"") 1. Roman Polanski – ""The Pianist""<br> 2. Pedro Almodóvar – ""Talk to Her"" (""Hable con ella"")<br> 3. Alfonso Cuarón – ""Y Tu Mamá"
"Władysław Szpilman Władysław Szpilman (; 5 December 19116 July 2000) was a Polish pianist and classical composer of Jewish descent. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the 2002 Roman Polanski film ""The Pianist"", which was based on Szpilman's autobiographical account of how he survived the German occupation of Warsaw and the Holocaust. Szpilman studied piano at music academies in Berlin and Warsaw. He became a popular performer on Polish radio and in concert. Confined within the Warsaw ghetto after the German invasion of Poland, Szpilman spent two years in hiding. Towards the end of his concealment, he"
"2001). Both ""Sunshine"" and ""Divided We Fall"" are typical of a trend of recent films from Central Europe that asks questions about integration and how national identity can incorporate minorities. Generally speaking, these recent films have been far less stylised and subjectivised than their 1960s counterparts. For example, Polish director Roman Polanski's ""The Pianist"" (France/Germany/UK/Poland, 2002) was noted for its emotional economy and restraint, which somewhat surprised some critics given the overwrought style of some of Polanski's previous films and Polanski's personal history as a Holocaust survivor. There is a substantial body of literature and art in many languages. Perhaps"
"of the Kingdom of Shadows"", authored by Aristide Torchia along with Lucifer, is the key to raising Satan. In 2001, Polanski filmed ""The Pianist"", an adaptation of the World War II autobiography of the same name by Polish-Jewish musician Władysław Szpilman. Szpilman's experiences as a persecuted Jew in Poland during World War II were reminiscent of those of Polanski and his family. While Szpilman and Polanski escaped the concentration camps, their families did not, eventually perishing. When Warsaw, Poland, was chosen for the 2002 premiere of ""The Pianist"", ""the country exploded with pride."" According to reports, numerous former communists came"
"spending 42 days undergoing psychiatric evaluation in prison in preparation for sentencing, Polanski, who had expected to be put on probation, learned that the judge planned to imprison him, so he fled to Paris. In Europe, Polanski continued to make films, including ""Tess"" (1979), starring Nastassja Kinski. It won France's César Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, and received three Oscars. He later produced and directed ""The Pianist"" (2002), a drama about a Jewish-Polish musician escaping Nazi persecution, starring Adrien Brody and Emilia Fox. The film won three Academy Awards including Best Director, along with numerous international awards. He"
"Adrien Brody Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor and producer. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's ""The Pianist"" (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age twenty-nine, making him the youngest actor to win in that category. Brody is also the only male American actor to receive the César Award for Best Actor. Other successful films that Brody has starred in are ""The Thin Red Line"" (1998), ""The Village"" (2004), ""King Kong"" (2005), and ""Predators"" (2010). He is a frequent collaborator of Wes Anderson's, and has"
"Hervé de Luze Hervé de Luze (born 1949) is a French film editor with about fifty feature film credits. de Luze had a long collaboration with the director Claude Berri, for whom he edited eight films between 1981 and 1999. de Luze has been director Roman Polanski's principal editor since ""Pirates"" (1986), including the much honored 2002 film ""The Pianist"". de Luze has also edited several films with Alain Resnais, including ""On connaît la chanson"", for which he won a César Award. de Luze was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for ""The Pianist"". de Luze has"
"the memoir ""The Pianist"", written in 1945 by his father Władysław Szpilman for the German publisher ECON (1998) and later for British publisher Orion (1999). ""The Pianist"" became an international bestseller. It was named Book of the Year by the LA Times, Washington Post, Independent and Lire, and was translated into more than 35 languages. In November 2000 he produced Radio and TV concert: ""Tribute to Wladyslaw Szpilman"" in Warsaw. 2001-2002 he returned to producing and moderating with a concert show at the Polish Radio entitled: “Microphon for everybody”. Szpilman also assisted in the production of Roman Polański's film ""The"
"Pianist"" (2002) and later cooperated on the PR-work with the US, German, Swiss, Italian and Polish movie distributors. In 2002 he became independent executive producer for Universal Music, Sony Classical and Sherman Records Ca. and prepared the CDs with Wladyslaw Szpilman’s music: ""Wendy Lands sings the songs of the Pianist"" (2002) (Universal Music), and also a CD ""Original recordings of the Pianist"" (2002), ""Works for Piano and Orchestra by Władysław Szpilman"" with Ewa Kupiec-Piano, John Axelrod-Director and Berliner Radio Symphony Orchestra (2004), as well as Władysław Szpilman - ""Legendary recordings"" (2005) (Sony Classical). Andrzej Szpilman is also working with ""Boosey"
"child, by age thirteen, he appeared in an Off-Broadway play and a PBS television film. After appearing in ""Bullet"" in 1996 with Tupac Shakur and Mickey Rourke, Brody hovered on the brink of stardom, receiving an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his role in the 1998 film ""Restaurant"", and later praise for his roles in Spike Lee's ""Summer of Sam"" and Terrence Malick's ""The Thin Red Line"". He received widespread recognition when he was cast as the lead in Roman Polanski's ""The Pianist"" (2002). To prepare for the role, Brody withdrew for months, gave up his apartment and his car,"
"Music in Kraków, has held master's classes in Poland, Canada, the United States, and Japan, and has sat on judging panels of international piano competitions. In addition to performing the composer's music, he portrayed Chopin, in Andrzej Żuławski's film ""The Blue Note"", He also performs the music in Roman Polanski's film ""The Pianist"", also appearing as the hand double for Adrien Brody, who portrays pianist Władysław Szpilman. Janusz Olejniczak Janusz Olejniczak (; born 2 October 1952 in Wrocław) is a Polish classical pianist and actor. Olejniczak began playing piano at the age of six. He studied under Luiza Walewska, Ryszard"
"photography on ""The Pianist"" began on 9 February 2001 in Babelsberg Studio in Potsdam, Germany. The Warsaw Ghetto and the surrounding city were recreated on the backlot of Babelsberg Studio as they would have looked during the war. Old Soviet Army barracks were used to create the ruined city, as they were going to be destroyed anyway. The first scenes of the film were shot at the old army barracks. Soon after, the film crew moved to a villa in Potsdam, which served as the house where Szpilman meets Hosenfeld. On 2 March 2001, filming then moved to an abandoned"
"it was not nominated. The Piano Teacher (film) The Piano Teacher () is a 2001 French-language psychological thriller film, written and directed by Michael Haneke, that is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Elfriede Jelinek. It tells the story of an unmarried piano teacher at a Vienna conservatory, living with her mother in a state of emotional and sexual disequilibrium, who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with her student. A co-production of Austria and France, Haneke was given the opportunity to direct after previous attempts to adapt the novel by filmmakers Valie Export and Paulus Manker"
"Cyril Shaps Cyril Leonard Shaps (13 October 1923 – 1 January 2003) was an English actor of radio, television and film, writer, producer and voice artist of Polish-Jewish descent, with a successful career spanning over seven decades, perhaps best known for his appearance in the film ""The Pianist"". Shaps was born in Highbury, London; his Polish-Jewish father was a tailor. Shaps was a child broadcaster, at the London School of Broadcasting providing voices for radio commercials from the age of 12. After grammar school and Army service he was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and then"
"nominations, including two for Best Picture and five Golden Globes from 18 nominations. While at Good Machine, Linde also executive produced Todd Solondz's ""Happiness"". In 2002, Linde and his partners sold the Good Machine companies to Universal Pictures and created Focus Features. As co-president of Focus Features and president of its genre production unit, Rogue Pictures. Linde oversaw a slate that featured Roman Polanski's ""The Pianist"", Sofia Coppola's ""Lost in Translation"" and Fernando Meirelles' ""The Constant Gardener"", as well as Ang Lee's ""Brokeback Mountain"". During Linde's tenure at Focus, the company was honored with 53 Oscar nominations resulting in 11"
"Fine Arts and the Coolidge Corner Theatre). In the past 27 years, the Festival has presented more than 800 films - many of them US or Massachusetts premieres – and welcomed more than hundreds of thousands audience members. Many of the films that have been shown have gone on to be nominated for or win Academy Awards, including The Pianist (winner, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay, 2002), Nowhere in Africa (winner, Best Foreign Film, 2002), and The Personals (winner, Best Short-Subject Documentary, 1998). Visiting artists are brought in from around the world to introduce their films, answer"
"The Piano Teacher (film) The Piano Teacher () is a 2001 French-language psychological thriller film, written and directed by Michael Haneke, that is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Elfriede Jelinek. It tells the story of an unmarried piano teacher at a Vienna conservatory, living with her mother in a state of emotional and sexual disequilibrium, who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with her student. A co-production of Austria and France, Haneke was given the opportunity to direct after previous attempts to adapt the novel by filmmakers Valie Export and Paulus Manker collapsed for financial reasons."
"a past stage. In pre-production, Haneke followed Jelinek's choices in costumes, including pleated skirts and Burberry trench coats common in Vienna conservatories. Haneke had previously reached out to Huppert to star in his films ""Funny Games"" (1997), which she passed on for another professional conflict. When Haneke told her he would not direct ""The Piano Teacher"" without her, Huppert skimmed the screenplay and realized its potential. She said she had studied piano as a child, quitting when she was 15, but began playing again for the film. Filming began in 21 August 2000 and ended in 28 October 2000 For"
"1. Ralph Fiennes – ""Schindler's List""<br> 2. Leonardo DiCaprio – ""What's Eating Gilbert Grape"" and ""This Boy's Life""<br> 2. Tommy Lee Jones – ""The Fugitive"" 1. Madeleine Stowe – ""Short Cuts""<br> 2. Gwyneth Paltrow – ""Flesh and Bone""<br> 3. Jennifer Jason Leigh – ""Short Cuts""<br> 3. Anna Paquin – ""The Piano"" 1. Jane Campion – ""The Piano""<br> 2. John Guare – ""Six Degrees of Separation""<br> 3. Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt – ""Short Cuts"" 1. Janusz Kamiński – ""Schindler's List""<br> 2. Stuart Dryburgh – ""The Piano""<br> 3. Michael Ballhaus – ""The Age of Innocence"" 1. The Story of Qiu Ju"
"of the film, Roman Polanski discusses his decision to make yet another screen adaptation of the Dickens novel. Following ""The Pianist"", he was anxious to make a film his children could enjoy. He realized nearly forty years had passed since ""Oliver Twist"" had been adapted for a feature film and felt it was time for a new version. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood, with whom he had collaborated on ""The Pianist"", welcomed the opportunity to work on the first Dickens project in his career. For authenticity, all scenes featuring pickpocket skills were choreographed by stage pickpocket James Freedman and magician Martyn Rowland."
"The Machinist The Machinist is a 2004 psychological thriller film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Scott Kosar. The film stars Christian Bale and features Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Sharian, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, and Michael Ironside in supporting roles. The film is about Trevor Reznik (Bale), a machinist whose insomnia and psychological problems lead to a serious workplace accident involving a co-worker (Ironside). After Reznik is fired, he goes into a downward spiral of paranoia and delusion. The film was well-received by critics, particularly for Bale's performance. It is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and the"
"II"" (dir. Krzysztof Zanussi). Perhaps his greatest success came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola's ""Dracula"", for which Kilar shared the 1993 ASCAP Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Producers in Los Angeles (along with 7 other people and 5 other movies), and was also nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Music in a science fiction, fantasy, or horror film in San Francisco in 1993. In 2003, he won the César Award for Best Music written for a film, for ""The Pianist"", at France's 28th César Awards Ceremony in 2003, for which he also received"
"Shoot the Piano Player Shoot the Piano Player (; UK title: Shoot the Pianist) is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Charles Aznavour as the titular pianist. It is based on the novel ""Down There"" by David Goodis. A washed-up classical pianist, Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan (Charles Aznavour), bottoms out after his wife's suicide — stroking the keys in a Parisian dive bar. The waitress, Lena (Marie Dubois), is falling in love with Charlie, who it turns out is not who he says he is. When his brothers get in trouble with gangsters,"
"Nazis and Lived (Moj tata Gene Gutowski)"". Gene Gutowski Witold Bardach (July 26, 1925 – May 10, 2016), better known as Gene Gutowski, was a Polish-American film producer who produced many of Roman Polanski's films, including ""Repulsion"" (1965), ""Cul-de-Sac"" (1966), ""The Fearless Vampire Killers"" (1967), and ""The Pianist"" (2002). Gutowski was born as Witold Bardach in Lwow (then Poland; now Ukraine) in 1925, the son of Juliusz Bardach (lawyer) and Anna Bardach née Garfunkel (concert pianist). From 1933 until the beginning of the war in 1939, the Bardach family lived in Rawa Ruska; then, moved to Lwow, where under Soviet"
"to direct with Andrea King and Paul Henreid to star. The screenwriter Curt Siodmak had originally written the film for Henreid, who turned it down. Robert Alda was cast instead. Filming started 27 November 1945. The piece much played throughout the film is a slightly modified version of Brahms' transcription for left hand of the chaconne from Johann Sebastian Bach's Violin Partita in D minor, performed by Warner Bros. pianist Victor Aller. The hand of pianist Victor Aller is shown playing the piano and throughout the movie. The film was released for the first time on DVD by Warner Brothers"
"piano pieces for the film. She also served as sign language teacher for Paquin, earning three screen credits. The film is an international co-production by Australian producer Jan Chapman with the French company Ciby 2000. ""The Piano"" was a success both critically and commercially, grossing US$140 million worldwide against its US$7 million budget. Hunter and Paquin both received high praise for their respective roles as Ada and Flora McGrath. In 1993, the film won the ""Palme d'Or"" at the Cannes Film Festival. It won three Academy Awards out of eight total nominations in March 1994: Best Actress for Hunter, Best"
"5 April 2013. Stoppard voices the pirate Benjamin Hornigold in the 2013 video game """". Ed Stoppard Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. Stoppard was born in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and physician/author Miriam Stoppard (née Stern). His parents are both from Jewish families. His film credits include starring as one of the main characters in ""The Pianist"", Henryk Szpilman. He also starred as the main character, Thomas, in ""Joy Division"" and as Lieutenant Addis in ""Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang"". His stage credits include the title role in English Touring"
"to the screening and ""agreed that it was a fantastic film."" In May 2002, the film won the ""Palme d'Or"" (Golden Palm) award at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as Césars for Best Film and Best Director, and later the 2002 Academy Award for Best Director. Because Polanski would have been arrested in the United States, he did not attend the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood. After the announcement of the Best Director Award, Polanski received a standing ovation from most of those present in the theater. Actor Harrison Ford accepted the award for Polanski, and then presented the"
"New York Times"" said that Szpilman ""comes to resemble one of Samuel Beckett's gaunt existential clowns, shambling through a barren, bombed-out landscape clutching a jar of pickles. He is like the walking punchline to a cosmic jest of unfathomable cruelty."" He also felt that ""Szpilman's encounter, in the war's last days, with a music-loving German officer, ""courted sentimentality by associating the love of art with moral decency, an equation the Nazis themselves, steeped in Beethoven and Wagner, definitively refuted"". ""The Pianist"" was released digitally on 27 May 2003 in a double-sided disc Special Edition DVD, with the film on one"