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The Pianist is a 2002 epic biographical Holocaust war drama film directed by Roman Polanski and co-produced by France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland. Starring Adrien Brody and written by Ronald Harwood, it is based on the 1946 autobiographical book of the same name, a Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman.
The Pianist is a 2002 biographical 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 ]
Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for his portrayal of Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist (2002), and László Tóth, a Holocaust survivor in Brady Corbet's epic period drama film The Brutalist (2024); the former made him the youngest winner in the category, at age 29.
Brody became the youngest best actor winner when he landed the prize at age 29 for "The Pianist" in 2002. Chalamet is nine months younger than Brody was at the time.
[7] [8] Other winners included The Pianist with three awards, Frida and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with two, and 8 Mile, Adaptation, Bowling for Columbine, The ChubbChubbs!, The Hours, Nowhere in Africa, Road to Perdition, Spirited Away, Talk to Her, This Charming Man, and Twin Towers with one. The telecast garnered about 33 million ...
Frank Micelotta/Getty Adrien Brody poses with his Best Actor Oscar for 'The Pianist' during the 75th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Calif., on March 23, 2003.
Roman Polanski won for The Pianist (2002). Peter Jackson won for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Ang Lee won twice, for Brokeback Mountain (2005) & Life of Pi (2012); first Asian winner. Martin Scorsese won for The Departed (2006). The Coen brothers won for No Country for Old Men (2007). Danny Boyle won for Slumdog ...
The 55th Cannes Film Festival took place from 15 to 26 May 2002. [2] [3] [4] American filmmaker David Lynch served as jury president for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. [5] French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Pianist.