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    Unique ID Code: 0000164302
    Added by: Stuart McLean
    Added on: 30/7/2014 11:28
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    Shoot the Pianist

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    AKA Shoot the Piano Player
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    Running Time: 78 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Content Type: Movie

    Synopsis:
    In a brilliant piece of casting, celebrated French chanteur Charles Aznavour stars in Truffaut's whip-smart, scintillating second film – a combination of mischievous, tongue-in-cheek homage to American noir and effervescent, inventive Nouvelle Vague.

    Having left behind his life as a gifted concert pianist, Charlie sees out his downcast days tinkling the ivories in a dingy Parisian jazz bar.
    One day his brother Chico arrives, searching for sanctuary from a gang of crooks that he’s double-crossed. Charlie offers to help but soon finds his murky past catching up with him and before long is embroiled in an affair that he can no longer control.

    Special Features:
    Presentation of the film by Serge Toubiana
    Commentary with Marie Dubois
    Commentary with Raoul Coutard
    Marie Dubois's screen tests

    Video Tracks:
    16:9 Black and White

    Directed By:
    Francois Truffaut

    Written By:



    Starring:
    CHARLES AZNAVOUR
    MARIE DUBOIS
    NICOLE BERGER
    MICHÈLE MERCIER
    SERGE DAVRI
    CLAUDE MANSARD

    Soundtrack By:
    GEORGES DELERUE

    Director of Photography:
    RAOUL COUTARD

    Editor:
    CLAUDINE BOUCHÉ, CÉCILE DECUGIS

    Producer:
    PIERRE BRAUNBERGER

    Distributor:
    Artificial Eye

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