The Pianist (2002 film)
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The Pianist is a 2002 epic biographical Holocaust war drama 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.
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| Directed by | Roman Polanski |
| Screenplay by | Ronald Harwood |
| Based on | The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman |
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| Cinematography | Paweł Edelman |
| Edited by | Hervé de Luze |
| Music by | Wojciech Kilar |
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Running time | 143 minutes[4] |
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| Budget | $35 million[5] |
| Box office | $120.1 million[5] |
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.