Product Details

• Actors: Gail Travers, Macha Grenon, Eiji Okuda, Dorothée Berryman, Maury Chaykin
• Directors: Claude Gagnon
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Vanguard Cinema
• DVD Release Date: June 19, 2001
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005B6LR
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,076 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Pianist" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Yoshi Takahashi an acclaimed concert Pianist living opposite the Toronto home of two young sisters. His arrival into their lives changes things forever. Less groupies then frolicsome teenagers they watch and document his every move planning how to attract his attention. As the girls grow up their relationships with the pianist bee more plicated emotionally charged and erotically explosive.A few years later when the family has moved to a wealthy neighborhood the sisters now sophisticated women learn of Yoshi's concert in town. A family reunion bees more than just a celebration when Jean discloses what she knows about Yoshi's love affair with her sister and confronts her with unsuspecting consequences. Based on the best selling novel "A Certain Mr. Takahashi" by Ann Ireland the film depicts the journey of two women from childhood to womanhood through conflicting desires betrayal and ultimately bitter sweet love.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 658769014631 UPC: 658769014631 Manufacturer No: VF0146

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE STORY IN REALITY, March 25, 2004

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E. PARKER (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pianist [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The movie does an excellent job in depicting the affections of an obsessive type of love. The way the characters are displayed by the two sisters is believeable. The pianist is very unsure of his love that is why he loves both. The most romantic scene is where Gene is staring at the pianist mouth as he talks to take the memory of there first entrance into his house and then when he hugs both of them that is on the cover of the movie box. Now that is beautiful. The narrator has the perfect voice for this type of movie. Although Yoshi is just a character , the character represents a lot of men that a woman may admire from a distance. Gene's thoughts as she lives them and follows Yoshi to New York shows how far obsession can go. Excellent movie.

17 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An infuriating disaster., September 2, 2002

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Frank Innis (Allentown PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pianist [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This atrocity deserves no star, but Amazon requires at least one star from reviewers. The production values in this film, as well as the plot and the characterizations are appallingly poor. The audio engineering is so inept that one must have remote in hand to adjust volume from scene to scene, and even within scenes. The level of wit is childish and will appeal to all with a taste for bathroom humor. Direction and acting are on the level of a rural high school class play. The central figures, two young ladies besotted with a Japanese boy wonder concert pianist, appear to be in their late teens, but behave like prepubescent ninnies. Was hoping at least to see an interesting performance from Maury Chaykin, but alas. How can this be the same Maury that has since developed a superbly engaging Nero Wolf?...