The Pianist (2002 film)

"Le Pianiste" redirects here. Not to be confused with the 1993 film, The Piano. For the 2001 French film originally titled La Pianiste, see The Piano Teacher (film).

The Pianist
US Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoman Polanski
Screenplay byRonald Harwood
Based onThe Pianist
by Władysław Szpilman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPaweł Edelman
Edited byHervé de Luze
Music byWojciech Kilar
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 24 May 2002 (2002-05-24) (Cannes)
  • 6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) (Poland)
  • 25 September 2002 (2002-09-25) (France)
  • 24 October 2002 (2002-10-24) (Germany)
  • 24 January 2003 (2003-01-24) (United Kingdom)
Running time
143 minutes[4]
Countries
  • France
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • United Kingdom
Languages
  • English
  • German
Budget$35 million[5]
Box office$120.1 million[5]

The Pianist is a 2002 biographical film produced and directed by Roman Polanski, with a script by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody.[6] It is based on the autobiographical book The Pianist (1946), a memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist, composer and Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman.[7] The film was a co-production by France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Poland.

The Pianist premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2002, where it won the Palme d'Or, and went into wide release that September; the film received widespread critical acclaim, with critics lauding Polanski's direction, Brody's performance and Harwood's screenplay.[8] At the 75th Academy Awards, the film won for Best Director (Polanski), Best Adapted Screenplay (Harwood), and Best Actor (Brody), and was nominated for four others, including Best Picture (it lost to Chicago). It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2003, and seven French Césars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Brody.[9] It appeared in BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century in 2016.

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  3. ^ a b "Film #18808: The Pianist". Lumiere. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "THE PIANIST (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 3 July 2002. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "The Pianist". Box Office Mojo. 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  6. ^ Hare, William (2004). LA Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels. Jefferson, North Carolina: Macfarland and Company. p. 207. ISBN 0-7864-1801-X.
  7. ^ Szpilman, Wladyslaw. "The Pianist". Szpilman.net. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Pianist". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  9. ^ "Official Site - The Pianist - Awards & Nominations". FocusFeatures. Retrieved 21 August 2016.