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The piano / CIBY 2000 presents ; a Jan Chapman production ; a film by Jane Campion ; producer, Jan Chapman ; written and directed by Jane Campion.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC3326BD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English, Maori Original language: Maori Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 1110.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]Edition: Director-approved blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681439082
  • 1681439085
Uniform titles:
  • Piano (Motion picture : 1993)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, Veronika Jenet ; music, Michael Nyman.
Cast: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker, Cliff Curtis.Summary: With this sublimely stirring fable of desire and creativity, Jane Campion became the first woman to win a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Holly Hunter is achingly eloquent through the silence in her Academy Award-winning performance as Ada, an electively mute Scottish woman who expresses her innermost feelings through her beloved piano. When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her ineffectual husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. With its sensuously moody cinematography, dramatic coastal landscapes, and a sweeping score, this uniquely timeless evocation of a woman's inner awakening is an intoxicating sensory experience that burns with the twin fires of music and erotic passion.
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Adult Blu-ray Adult Blu-ray Main Library DVD New DRAMA PIANO On hold 33111010006332 1
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

With this sublimely stirring fable of desire and creativity, Jane Campion became the first woman to win a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Holly Hunter is achingly eloquent through the silence in her Academy Award-winning performance as Ada, an electively mute Scottish woman who expresses her innermost feelings through her beloved piano. When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her ineffectual husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. With its sensuously moody cinematography, dramatic coastal landscapes, and a sweeping score, this uniquely timeless evocation of a woman's inner awakening is an intoxicating sensory experience that burns with the twin fires of music and erotic passion.

Blu-ray, region A; wide screen (1.85:1); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player.

English and Maori dialogue with English subtitles.

Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH).

Title and credits from screen.

Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker, Cliff Curtis.

Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, Veronika Jenet ; music, Michael Nyman.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.

Wide screen (1.85:1).

MPAA rating: R; for moments of extremely graphic sexuality.

With this sublimely stirring fable of desire and creativity, Jane Campion became the first woman to win a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Holly Hunter is achingly eloquent through the silence in her Academy Award-winning performance as Ada, an electively mute Scottish woman who expresses her innermost feelings through her beloved piano. When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her ineffectual husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. With its sensuously moody cinematography, dramatic coastal landscapes, and a sweeping score, this uniquely timeless evocation of a woman's inner awakening is an intoxicating sensory experience that burns with the twin fires of music and erotic passion.

Special features: commentary soundtrack recorded in 2006 by Jane Campion and Jan Chapman; new conversation between Campion and film critic Amy Taubin; The piano: 25 years on (2018 conversation with Jane Campion and Jan Chapman); Michael Nyman (2005 interview with the film composer); new interviews with Dryburgh and production designer Andrew McAlpine; interview with actor Holly Hunter on working with Campion; The piano at 25, a program featuring a conversation between Campion and producer Jan Chapman; excerpts from an interview with costume designer Janet Patterson; Waihoroi Shortland (2021 interview with the film's advisor); Water diary, a 2006 short film by Campion; trailer.

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