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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Original screenplay
Australian Film Inst. (1993)
WinnerBest Motion Picture of the Year
Achievement in directing
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Best Screenplay
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in Costume Design
Achievement in Sound
Achievement in film editing
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Cannes (1993)
WinnerBest Motion Picture of the Year
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Winner
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Achievement in cinematography
Best Screenplay
Achievement in directing
Best Screenplay
Natl. Soc. Film Critics (1993)
WinnerBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Best Screenplay
Winner
Best Original screenplay
Nominated
Best Picture of the year
Achievement in directing
- Jane Campion
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in Costume Design
Achievement in film editing
Nominated
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Achievement in directing
- Jane Campion
Best Original screenplay
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Nominated
Achievement in directing
- Jane Campion
Nominated
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Anna Paquin
Achievement in directing
- Jane Campion
Best Screenplay
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
The Piano
In the 1850s, Ada (Hunter), a mute Scottish widow with a young daughter, agrees to an arranged marriage with Stewart (Neill), a colonial landowner in New Zealand. The way she expresses her feelings is by playing her cherished piano, left behind on the beach by her new husband. Another settler, George (Keitel), buys it, arranges for lessons with Ada, and soon the duo begin a grand passion leading to a cruelly calculated revenge. Fiercely poetic and well acted (with Keitel in a notably romantic role), though the film may be too dark and intense for some. Fine original score with Hunter doing her own piano playing.
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Run Time:
120 minutes
Rating:
R - Restricted
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Color:
Color
Silent:
No
Format:
VHS, CC, Wide, DVD
Distributor:
Artisan Entertainment
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