The Piano Jane Campion Digital Life DVD

The Piano
starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Kerry Walker
directed by: Jane Campion

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 9780784011171
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0784011176
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 20, 1998
Running Time: 121 minutes
Sales Rank: 3388
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: November 12, 1993

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Ada is a mute woman who travels with her daughter and piano from scotland to bush country new zealand for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner. The relationship sours when her husband trades her beloved piano to their neighbor baines. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/01/2005 Starring: Holly Hunter Harvey Keitel Run time: 121 minutes Rating: R Director: Jane Campion

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Jane Campion's The Piano struck a deep chord (if you'll excuse the expression) with audiences in 1993, who were mesmerized by the film's rich, dreamlike imagery. It is the story of a Scottish woman named Ada (Holly Hunter), who has been mute since age 6 because she simply chose not to speak. Ada travels with her daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) and her beloved piano to a remote spot on the coast of New Zealand for an arranged marriage to a farmer (Sam Neill). She gives piano lessons to a gruff neighbor (Harvey Keitel) who has Maori tattoos on his face, and, well, things develop from there. The picture takes on a powerful dream logic that simply defies synopsis. It's a breathtakingly beautiful and original achievement from Campion, a unique stylist. The Piano won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Oscars for Hunt, Paquin, and Campion's screenplay. --Jim Emerson

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- Love It!
I love, love, love this movie. It is my favorite movie of all time. If you haven't seen it, buy it. It's kind of a strange, melancholy kind of setting with some unusual twists and turns.

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- THE PIANO (MIRAMAX FILMS/1993)
REVIEW: Set in the stark, muddy, yet beautiful backdrop of New Zealand: Jane Campion's award winning "THE PIANO" is a most unusual love story that revolves around newcomer Ada (a willfully mute woman played by Holly Hunter), her daughter Flora (Paquin), Ada's husband by a pre-arranged marriage (Neill), and their mysterious neighbor Baines (Keitel) who has been initiated into the Maori tribe. Centering around these four characters is Ada's piano which comes to represent many different things: for Ada it is her refuge, and the extension of her own fierce individuality; for Flora it is a common bond the links her to her mother's own closed-off world; for Ada's husband, Stewart, it becomes an instrument that mocks his efforts in trying to win Ada's heart; and for Baines it becomes a tool to pierce through Ada's seemingly impenetrable fortress of self while re-awakening in her the desire to love and the passion to embrace ... Read More

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- A graceful escape into a world more human than ourselves...
I had wanted to see `The Piano' for years, since I was about fifteen I think. I remember reading this extensive review for it lauding it as one of the most deeply moving and touching films of the 20th century. It took me until early this year before I actually got around to seeing it, and I must say that after a slew of repeat viewings I can honestly understand why that review held this film on such a pedestal. `The Piano' may to many seem like there is not much to it, or that what is here is barely given a chance for explanation. There are many actions and resulting consequences that seem out of place of character and even may be frustration (and most definitely startling) but when one takes the time to really break this film down there is so much explanation to be found within the subtleties in each frame that one is brought to a whole other understanding of the film.

`The Piano' tells the tale of Ada ... Read More

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- Love and romance with class
This is an excellenct movie for adults. It is a love story with tons of romance, beautiful scenery, and the story behind the movie is a great one. If you want to be entertained and surprised at many different levels this is the movie to watch.

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