When her husband, a stoic settler sam neill sells the piano to baines harvey keitel, ada and baines come to a secret agreement. The thriller grand piano centers on a concert pianist who is threatened. Ada cannot speak and she has a young daughter, flora. Grand piano 2014 stream and watch online moviefone. Directed by spanish composer eugenio mira agnosia and the birthday and written by damien chazelle who recently won at sundance for his direction in whiplash, grand piano is a thriller that has a phone. Grand piano may be little more than a goodlooking b movie, but its done with skill, creativity and a shrewd understanding of the genre, meaning it deserves at least one encore, if not a standing. She also served as sign language teacher for paquin, earning three screen credits. Grand piano a notquitehorror film, eugenio miras appealingly absurd thriller sets out to tickle viewers rather than terrorize them.
The piano is a 1993 new zealand period drama film about a psychologically mute young. Ada eventually relents and floats to the surface, to begin what the films epilogue suggests will be a happier life. The grand piano, moreso the key locked within the mechanics of the piano. The piano is a 1993 new zealand period drama film about a psychologically mute young woman and her preadolescent daughter, set during the mid19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier backwater town on the west coast of new zealand. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing grand piano near you. The list contains the best, new and most relevant grand piano movies ordered by relevance. The film is about a oncepromising pianist returning for a comeback performance, only to be the target of a sniper who will kill him if he plays one wrong note. Tom selznick elijah wood, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Tom selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped. Not only does grand piano miss a note, it misses on nearly every note beginning with a very laughable plot and some pretty bad performances.
When the piano is thrown into the ocean to lighten the vessels load, ada purposely entangles her foot in a rope connected to the piano and plunges to a watery grave. Grand piano may be little more than a goodlooking bmovie, but its done with skill, creativity and a shrewd understanding of the genre, meaning it deserves at least one encore, if not a standing. Support the guardian available for everyone, funded by readers. Elijah wood, sporting that same sort of wideeyed woeful countenance that served him well as ringbearer frodo baggins, is tom selznick, an anxious piano prodigy making a comeback backed by a full orchestra after a fiveyear absence. She is shipped off along with her young daughter, flora mcgrath anna paquin. Grand piano is slightly unbelievable, but its an entertaining and suspenseful thriller. Grand piano is a tight thriller with an interesting concept that doesnt quite stick its landing.
The movie belongs to the raceagainsttime formula that produced. Grand piano is a story about a special day in the life of a woman named mackenzie. Grand piano save for a few brief opening interludes aboard an airplane beset by turbulence and a sequence inside a limo, the entire enterprise takes place in a chicago symphonic hall during a musical performance. The piano tells the story of a speechless scotswoman, ada mcgrath holly hunter, whose father sells her into marriage to a new zealand frontiersman, alistair stewart sam neill.
In the mid19th 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. The piano is a movie people have been talking about ever since it first played at cannes, last may, and shared the grand prix. Grand piano is a 20 englishlanguage spanish thriller film directed by eugenio mira and starring elijah wood and john cusack. Grand piano opens strongly, dropping hints that selznick may be experiencing hallucinations, or even a ghostly visitation from his late mentor. Grand piano official trailer 1 20 elijah wood thriller hd. It is one of those rare movies that is not just about a story, or some characters, but about a whole universe of feeling of how people can be shut off from each other, lonely and afraid, about how help can come from. A pianist is menaced by a sniper who threatens to shoot him if he plays a wrong note. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Grand piano was released in 2014 on friday, march 7, 2014 in limited movie theaters. Elijah wood plays tom selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, who has stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Grand piano 20 plot summary 1 a pianist with stage fright endures a performance under the eyes of a mysterious sniper, who will shoot and kill him if a wrong note is played. In grand piano, an unknown stalks a musician making a. Mar 07, 2014 grand pianos plot may sound familiar it recalls the 2002 thriller phone booth and dario argentos opera, for starters, but miras protagonist holds it together seamlessly, up to a point. March 25, 2014 below you can view the complete grand piano soundtrack list, score album. Mar 26, 2014 since grand piano is quite a compact little gem, i dont want to talk too much about the plot. Grand piano is a 20 spanish psychological thriller film a pianist with stage.
Jane campion wanted a bleaker ending for the piano film. She can win her piano back key by key by playing for him, as he acts. Grand piano soundtrack list movie 20 tracklist ost list listen to original score, theme music from the motion picture, film score list, the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie, who sings them, including end credits. If theres one major takeaway from grand piano, its that hollywood should make director eugenio mira its goto guy when it comes to highconcept thrillers. Despite such a baffling, nonsensical plot, grand piano features a satisfying performance from elijah wood his glances of horror could easily find their way onto a movie poster of any dario argento film. Grand pianos plot may sound familiar it recalls the 2002 thriller phone booth and dario argentos opera, for starters, but miras protagonist holds it together seamlessly, up to a point. Tom and clem fight on the catwalks towards the climax, and fall on the prized piano, completely destroying it. A pianist with stage fright endures a performance under the eyes of a mysterious sniper, who will shoot and kill him if a wrong note is played. It seems the producers of grand piano read this theme quite literally. A ultratense thriller in the vein of red eye and phone booth, grand piano plays out every musicians worst nightmare and makes it our own. The film s score by michael nyman became a bestselling soundtrack album, and hunter played her own piano pieces for the film. The piano and orchestral compositions taking place on stage are impossibly timed to the peaks and valleys of the action onscreen in the same way that the most climactic moments of the tv series 24. Strapped to the piano ada begins her long descent into the depths of the sea, but she struggles free and rises to the surface. Tom selznick was an upandcoming concert pianist until he developed stage fright while attempting to play a complex piece.
Grand piano check out the official track list of the soundtrack of grand piano, the thriller movie directed by eugenio mira and starring elijah wood and john cusack. The acting and the cinematography are great, and the film keeps you on the edge of your seat. With elijah wood, john cusack, kerry bishe, tamsin egerton. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in chicago. Since grand piano is quite a compact little gem, i dont want to talk too much about the plot. I will say there are more characters than wood and cusack and they add to the story in important ways. May 26, 2014 despite such a baffling, nonsensical plot, grand piano features a satisfying performance from elijah wood his glances of horror could easily find their way onto a movie poster of any dario argento film. A notquitehorror film, eugenio miras appealingly absurd thriller sets out to tickle viewers rather than terrorize. Since the film is very much a psychological thriller, these other characters provide much needed conflict as well as grounding in reality. Grand piano film threat your independent movie guide. The film proper is just seventy minutes long, they could have at least developed the plot more, especially the ending. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, atmospheric, visually appealing, suspense, cult film and realistic films and tv shows about with grand piano, death, brutality, murder, chase, piano, revenge, blood, violence and kiss plots mostly in drama, horror and romance genres shot in usa, uk. Frodo baggins playing the piano while lloyd dobler keeps a silent sniper rifle trained on his head. The movie is based on a ridiculous premise more on that in a second and takes place mostly in a single location, yet it manages to deliver a slick, entertaining night out at the theater based on nothing but pure style.
She travels from scotland with her daughter anna paquin and her grand piano to colonial new zealand, for an arranged marriage. Grand piano is a tidy and tensionfilled exercise in terror that takes stage fright to literal extremes. A taut, confined thriller with a gimmick in the vein of phonebooth, grand piano is a decent and competently made thriller that actually manages to deliver its thrills fairly well and frequently. Tom selznick was an upandcoming concert pianist until he developed. The film is an international coproduction by australian producer jan chapman with the french company ciby 2000. Ada has not spoken a word since she was six years old, expressing herself instead. Considering this is one of the hardest piano pieces ever, tom must defeat his inner demons to complete the mission and give us enough time to solve the mystery. Films which are just good ideas for film, just pitches. The pair comes to the conclusion that no matter what happens on stage, the average audience never knows if a wrong note is played. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including mr. Released march 7th, 2014, grand piano stars elijah wood, john cusack, tamsin egerton, kerry bishe the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Grand piano is so tense in its best moments and appealingly strange overall. The film premiered at fantastic fest on 20 september 20.
Were happy to host the exclusive premiere of an alternate poster from director eugenio miras upcoming thriller grand piano, starring elijah wood and john cusack the film centers on the. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a longawaited concert in chicago. Get the latest movie times, trailers and celebrity interviews. Yet for a movie about a concert, it is a predictable yet pleasant surprise that the score is the films greatest attribute. Sweeping camera movements and some brilliantly strategic camera placements provide some pretty. It also involves the womans failing arranged marriage to a frontiersman. Tom selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Grand piano 2014 a concert pianist who has stage fright finds a threatening note written on his sheet music just moments before a performance.
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