Overview:
A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.| Status: | Released (2024-11-07) |
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| Awards: | 19 wins & 62 nominations total |
| Screen: | Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington, August Wilson |
| Productions: | Mundy Lane Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 2231: Samuel L. Jackson - Doaker Charles
- 1313559: Ray Fisher - Lymon
- 167566: Michael Potts - Wining Boy
- 1154054: Corey Hawkins - Avery
- 1389367: Gail Bean - Dolly
Crews
- 1238222: August Wilson - Theatre Play - Writing
- 463602: Mike Gioulakis - Director of Photography - Camera
- 437: David J. Bomba - Production Design - Art
- 3511305: Chardae Adams - Art Direction - Art
- 65725: Patrick Cassidy - Set Decoration - Art
- 62643: Francine Jamison-Tanchuck - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 2092069: Malcolm Washington - Director - Directing
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Reviews
Brent Marchant
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When a gifted playwright’s work is adapted for the big screen, the transition from one medium to another can be quite challenging to pull off successfully. And, if the adaptation gets it wrong, it fails to do justice to the source material, an outcome that often unfairly reinforces t ....
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<em>'The Piano Lesson'</em>, despite peaks and troughs, is largely a good watch. I could feel my interest increase and decrease fairly consistently throughout though, so no doubting more could've been done to keep me more interested - but that I still was, in fairness. John David ....
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This is based on August Wilson's play and you'll never be in any doubt it came from the stage. The style of presentation and the construction of the story is entirely theatrical and that didn't really work so well for me on a big screen. It's all about a piano. "Boy Wille" (John Davi ....
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