The Piano (1993)
The Piano (1993)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Holly Hunter
Ada McGrath
Harvey Keitel
George Baines
Sam Neill
Alisdair Stewart
Cliff Curtis
Mana
Anna Paquin
Flora McGrath
Kerry Walker
Aunt Morag
Geneviève Lemon
Nessie
Tungia Baker
Hira
Pete Smith
Hone
Ian Mune
Reverend
Bruce Allpress
Blind Piano Tuner
Peter Dennett
Head Seaman
Rose McIver
Angel
Te Whatanui Skipwith
Chief Nihe
Jane Campion
Director
Verity George
Bluebeard's Wife
Stephen Papps
Bluebeard
Jan Chapman
Producer
Karen Colston
Bluebeard's Wife (Miss Palmer)
Michael Nyman
Composer
Eddie Campbell
Seaman
Stuart Dryburgh
Cinematographer
Veronika Jenet
Editor
Alison Barrett
CastingDirector
Neil Gudsell
Tahu
Susie Figgis
CastingDirector
Jon Sperry
Taunting Man
Diana Rowan
CastingDirector
Greg Mayor
Tipi
Victoria Thomas
CastingDirector
Andrew McAlpine
ProductionDesigner
Lee Smith
Sound Designer
Katherine James
Makeup Artist
Jackie Gilmore
Assistant Art Director
Gethin Creagh
Sound Mixer
Mark Turnbull
Associate Producer / First Assistant Director
Janet Patterson
Costume Design
Noriko Watanabe
Makeup & Hair
Robert Bruce
Stunt Coordinator
Gregory P. Keen
Art Direction
Marjory Hamlin
Makeup Artist
Steve Griffin
Stunts
Alain Depardieu
Executive Producer
Ken Durey
Special Effects Coordinator
Colin Englert
Second Unit Director
Sue Easdon
Stunt Double
Georgina Gilbert
Stunt Double
Meryl Cronin
Set Decoration
Victoria Hardy
Second Assistant Director
Chris Short
First Assistant Director
Francia Smeets
Makeup & Hair
Waynne Rugg
Special Effects Coordinator
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 19, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Content RatingR
Budget$7,000,000
Box Office$40,200,000
Filming LocationsNew Zealand
Genres
Wiki.
The Piano is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by Jane Campion. It stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin in her first major acting role. The film focuses on a mute Scottish woman who travels to a remote part of New Zealand with her young daughter after her arranged marriage to a frontiersman.
A co-production between New Zealand, Australia and France, The Piano was a critical and commercial success, grossing US$140.2 million worldwide against its US$7 million budget. Hunter and Paquin both received high praise for their performances. In 1993, the film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Campion the first female director to ever receive this award. It won three Academy Awards out of eight total nominations in March 1994: Best Actress for Hunter, Best Supporting Actress for Paquin and Best Original Screenplay for Campion. Paquin was 11 years old at the time and remains the second-youngest actor to win an Oscar in a competitive category.
The plot has similarities to Jane Mander's 1920 novel The Story of a New Zealand River, but also substantial differences. Campion has cited the novels Wuthering Heights and The African Queen as inspirations.