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Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical psychological drama film directed by Scott Hicks from a screenplay by Jan Sardi, based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions.
David Helfgott OAM (born 19 May 1947) is an Australian concert pianist whose life inspired the Academy Award-winning film Shine, in which he was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor and Alex Rafalowicz.
The actor was not nominated for his reprisal in the movie's 2024 sequel, Joker: Folie à ... Shine. Geoffrey Rush took home the award in 1997 for his role as piano prodigy David Helfgott in Shine.
The setting is her piano studies for her performance at a competition. Getting Started (1979): An animated short film about the procrastination of a pianist. Grand Piano (2013): A thriller film about a pianist (Elijah Wood) who is threatened by a sniper who would kill him if he plays one wrong note. The Hands of Orlac (1924) The Hands of Orlac ...
George Gershwin Alone [5] 1999 Felder's portrayal of pianist George Gershwin began as a Los Angeles workshop. Monsieur Chopin [27] 2005 A musical examination of Frédéric Chopin. Beethoven, as I Knew Him [28] 2008 A concert, lecture and dramatized play about Ludwig van Beethoven. Maestro (Leonard Bernstein) [29] 2010
Sir George Albert Shearing [1] OBE (13 August 1919 – 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records.
George Burns. George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum (Yiddish: נתן בירנבוים) on January 20, 1896, in New York City, [1] the ninth of 12 children born to Hadassah "Dorah" (née Bluth; 1857–1927) and Eliezer Birnbaum (1855–1903), known as Louis or Lippa, Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from Ropczyce, [2] Galicia, now Poland. [3]
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