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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Music (General) Movies, Box Sets Videos, World War II, Nazis, Pianists/Pianos, Jewish, Holocaust | | Starring | Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Maureen Lipman, Michael Zebrowski, Jessica Kate Meyer, Ruth Platt, Julia Rayner, Ed Stoppard | | Director | Roman Polanski | | Composer | Wojciech Kilar | | Costume Designer | Anna Sheppard | | Director of Photography | Pawel Edelman | | Producer | Roman Polanski, Alain Sarde, Robert Benmussa | | Screenwriter | Ronald Harwood | | Source Writer | Wladyslaw Szpilman |
Exclusive 2 DVD plus CD Canadian version features the original soundtrack plus, Q & A with Roman Polanski, Production Diary, The Warsaw Ghetto - Historical Background, Wladyslaw Szpilman Biography, Filmographies, Bonus Audio Tracks from the Sony Classical CD Soundtrack, Soundtrack spot, 'Story of Survival' Featurette, Theatrical Trailers, Television Spots including Adrien Brody Interview Segments, Poster Gallery, Photo Gallery & Director's Note. Widescreen Version. Aspect Ratio 1.85 1. Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1. Region 1/NTSC. TVA Films. 2003. Roman Polanski's THE PIANIST is based on the memoirs of the talented pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrian Brody), a Polish Jew, who miraculously survived World War II. The first half of the film transports viewers to 1939 Poland, and brings it to life clearly and believably. Szpilman is a tall, handsome, winsome man who is revered for his piano performances on public radio. He lives with his family--an intelligent, loving, and spirited bunch--in an upscale flat in central Warsaw. Bombings have begun to torment the citizens of Warsaw, and step by step, the Nazis infiltrate, the Jews are branded and set apart from their neighbors, imprisoned in a ghetto, and slowly exterminated. The story is told through Szpilman's eyes, and thus carries as much confusion and fear as disgust and torment. Polanski paints Warsaw in bleak shades of gray and black, expressing the helplessness of the Jewish people and the cruelty of the Nazis with captivating photography. In the second half of the film, which takes place in the early 1940s, Szpilman is alone, having managed to avoid the trains to the death camps. His struggle to survive, with some help from non-Jews but mostly his own will to thrive, takes place in long, silent, languid stretches filled with the imagined piano music that inspires Szpilman to live. In a climactic scene of immense beauty and spine-tingling tension, Szpilman must actually perform for a German soldier who is inexplicably patrolling the near-deserted and utterly dilapidated Warsaw ghetto. THE PIANIST, in the subtlety of its sublime and heartbreaking tale, is carried by the intensely moving performance of Brody, whose transformation is truly unforgettable. Theatrical release: December 27, 2002 (Limited) Pianist Reviews: "...THE PIANIST is a worthy Holocaust drama and a welcome return to form for Roman Polanski..."
-- Mark Keizer, Box Office "...A monument to the indestructibility of the human spirit..."
-- Chris Chang, Film Comment "...THE PIANIST achieves the monumental without abandoning the modesty of its origins....Polanski's strange genius serves Szpilman's remembrance..."
-- Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times "...Mr. Polanski approaches this material with a calm, fierce authority. This is certainly the best work Mr. Polanski has done in many years..."
-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "...[Polanski] brings history to life....It stays with you..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...One of the most quietly moving stories in survivor literature, and now the cinema....Polanski tells the story with all of his cinematic mastery..."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere "...[A film] of riveting power and sadness, a great match of film and filmmaker -- and star, too..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "...A portrait of hell so shattering it's impossible to shake..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...A work of sustained tension and ferocious clarity, and as near-perfect a marriage of subject and artist as could be imagined..."
-- David Thompson, Sight and Sound Pianist | Studio | Lions Gate Films | | Orig Year | 2002 | | All Time Sales Rank |  58701  | | CD Universe Part number | 5887389 | | Discs | 3 | | Release Date | Oct 04, 2005 | | Additional Info | Limited Soundtrack Edition (Two DVD Set plus CD Soundtrack); Anamorphic Widescreen; DTS; Dolby Digital | | Movie Details | Limited Soundtrack Edition (Two DVD Set plus CD Soundtrack); Anamorphic Widescreen; DTS; Dolby Digital |
Pianist Movie Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)  excelente
esta es una de las mejores peliculas del holocausto, pero sin subtitulos
Submitted by crisanhu (temuco, chile) 
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The movie gets you to the heart of the horror, no details are sparred from the viewer, the child beaten to death for smuggling food, the brutal evacuation from the ghetto and many more scenes are conveying precisely the fearful atmosphere of the events. The contrast between the inhumanity of the Nazis and the humanity of the German officer who listens to the music of the Jewish pianist and eventually saves him is among the strongest scenes of the movie. In short 'The Pianist' is an excellent peace of art.
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the saddness
to me this movie is a very sad but true movie i think no one on god's earth should have ever been treated like that it is a hurting feeling and just imaging if that was you that was being beat on or someone you really love
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This review is for a different format. One of the best movies of all time
I didn't really know much about the holocaust until I saw this movie. I have done a lot of reading about it since I saw this. I can not believe I went 42 years of my life not really knowing what went on during that time. This movie changed my way of thinking about a lot of things. You MUST see this movie! My favorite scene was when he went in to this house to find food and found a can but could not open it. I was so happy for him! Then he drops it and there stands a german soldier! My heart just sank! Perfect scene! You get so involved hoping he finds food because you can feel his hunger pains and then he finds it only to be discovered by the German! There are so many scenes in the movie like this. A MUST see.
Submitted by Robert (Columbus, Ga. USA)
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This review is for a different format. Impresive. A must-see
Allthought the "Best Film" Academy Award was won by Chicago, The Pianist is a piece of art, worth of admiration. Polanski gives us a great movie, with very good acting (Adrien Brody) and a nicelly done drama, showing how much life is worth when survival under all cost, is needed. No doubt this film is one of the bests ever, no kidding. It's definitivelly a must-see.
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