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Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) has been mute since she was six. She travels from Scotland with her daughter (Anna Paquin) and her grand piano to colonial New Zealand for an arranged marriage. When her husband, a stoic settler (Sam Neill) sells the piano to Baines (Harvey Keitel), Ada and Baines come to a secret agreement. She can win her piano back key by key by playing for him, as he acts out his desire for her. Jane Campion's Oscar-winning tale of sexual emancipation in the mud and bush is the only NZ film to have won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
They are instantly recognisable images: a grand piano sitting on a wild New Zealand beach; a pale-skinned and windswept mother and daughter in black bonnets; a piano tumbling off a waka and descending into the Pacific, its owner tethered to it. ...
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I love this movie - I even have the soundtrack which I listen to regularly to bring back the memory of the film.
This film is also on the australianscreen website. It's interesting to compare how the two websites represent it.
http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/the-piano/
Jan Chapman Productions
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Television, 1995 (Full Length Episode)
Another problematic 19th century relationship
Television, 2002 (Full Length)
Featuring DoP Alun Bollinger
Film, 1997 (Trailer and Excerpts)
German tourists visit Karekare beach in search of The Piano scenery
Television, 1996 (Full Length Episode)
Another tale of Scottish immigrants
Television, 2010 (Excerpts)
A programme about the novel that some say was an uncredited inspiration for The Piano
1994 Academy Awards
Original Screenplay (Jane Campion)
Best Leading Actress (Holly Hunter)
Best Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin)
Nominated for Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, Editing, & Costume Design
1994 Bafta Awards
Best Actress (Holly Hunter)
Production Design (Andrew McAlpine)
Costume Design (Janet Patterson)
Nominated for Best Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score, & Sound
1994 Golden Globes
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama (Holly Hunter)
Nominated for Best Drama, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin) and Original Score
1993 Cannes Film Festival
Co-winner of grand prize the Palme d’Or - the first female winner since the festival began in 1946 (shared with Chinese feature Farewell My Concubine)
Best Actress (Holly Hunter)
1993 Australian Film Institute Awards
Best Film
Director (Jane Campion)
Original Screenplay (Jane Campion)
Lead Actress (Holly Hunter)
Lead Actor (Harvey Keitel)
Cinematography (Stuart Dryburgh)
Editing (Veronika Jenet)
Production Design (Andrew McAlpine)
Costume Design (Janet Patterson)
Original Score (Michael Nyman)
Sound (Lee Smith, Tony Johnson, Gethin Creagh, Peter Townend, Annabelle Sheehan)
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Sam Neill) and Supporting Actress (Kerry Walker)
1994 Writers Guild of America
Best Original Screenplay (Jane Campion)
1994 Independent Spirit Awards (United States)
Best Foreign Film
1994 Cesar Awards (France)
Best Foreign Film
1994 Producers Guild of America Awards
Most Promising Motion Picture Producer (Jan Chapman)
1994 National Society of Film Critics Awards (United States)
Best Screenplay (Jane Campion)
Best Actress (Holly Hunter)
1994 London Critics Circle Film Awards
Film of the Year
Actress of the Year (Holly Hunter)
1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Director, Screenplay, Actor (Holly Hunter) Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin) & Cinematography
1994 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Director, Screenplay, and Actress (Holly Hunter)
1994 Directors Guild of America
Nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture Director
1994 American Cinema Editors
Nominated for Best Editing
1994 American Society of Cinematographers
Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
1993 British Society of Cinematographers
Nominated for Best Cinematography
1993 National Board of Review (United States)
Best Actress (Holly Hunter)
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Adam Pierce
Posted at 10.56AM - 19.11.2012
This is one of the BEST FILMS I have seen so far!! Trust me, I don't even watch Drama's but.... This is such a good example of how someones imagination can run wild!
Thanks
ADAM PIERCE