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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Jan Sardi (screenplay)
Scott Hicks (story)
Release Date:
20 November 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love more
Plot:
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 38 wins & 34 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(47 articles)
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User Comments:
A lovely film more (86 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Geoffrey Rush | ... | David Helfgott - Adult | |
| Justin Braine | ... | Tony | |
| Sonia Todd | ... | Sylvia | |
| Chris Haywood | ... | Sam | |
| Alex Rafalowicz | ... | David Helfgott - Child | |
| Gordon Poole | ... | Eisteddfod Presenter | |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl | ... | Peter | |
| Nicholas Bell | ... | Ben Rosen | |
| Danielle Cox | ... | Suzie - Child | |
| Rebecca Gooden | ... | Margaret | |
| Marta Kaczmarek | ... | Rachel | |
| John Cousins | ... | Jim Minogue | |
| Noah Taylor | ... | David Helfgott - Adolescent | |
| Paul Linkson | ... | State Champion Announcer | |
| Randall Berger | ... | Isaac Stern |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Flight of the Bumblebee (Australia) (working title)
Helfgott (Australia) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for nudity/sensuality and intense thematic elements.
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Runtime:
105 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:18 (DVD rating) | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34422) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-8 | Germany:12 (bw) | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:12
Filming Locations:
Adelaide Botanic Gardens & Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia more
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Trivia:
Geoffrey Rush had once learned the piano up until aged fourteen. He took up piano lessons again thirty years later for the film and also acted as his own hand double body double. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The length of David Helfgott's cigarette when playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" at Moby's. more
Quotes:
Cecil Parkes:
No one's ever been mad enough to attempt the Rach Three.
David:
Am I mad enough, professor? Am I?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: The Wrap Party (#1.6)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
La Campanella more
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Based on the true life story of David Helfgott. Starts with the early years under his possessive father's roof. We discover that this boy is truly a talent and child prodigy pianist with a great future once he builds up the courage to break free from his father, even, if not especially psychologically. Finally one Day he makes his way to London. He goes to further his mastering of the art at the royal college of music now in his late youth where he is attempting his long time dream Rachmaninov's Rach 5, which basically if you ask me sums up life itself and that is why the next thing you know is that he has suffered an intense break down. And it is truly with the help of God that the tables eventually turn, and the fact that no matter how cookoo he appears you cannot help but feel for how adorable he is really. And eventually he finds real love which gets him back on his feet again and leave from the petty bar where he found some work as a pianist again and got his recognition back and basically get back to the stage and the light in which he belongs and that is another story.