| Description |
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
DVD |
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Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. |
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Special features: "The making of 'The piano tuner of Earthquakes':" a 50-minute featurette including an extensive interview with the Quay Brothers and behind-the-scenes footage; Locarno Film Festival press conference with the Quay Brothers, producers Keith Griffiths and Alexander Ris, and star Amira Casar; print interview with the Quays by Jonathan Marlow, from GreenCine; original theatrical trailer. |
| System Req |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC. |
| Note |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna, César Saracho, Ljubisa Gruicic, Marc Bischoff, Henning Peker, Gilles Gavois, Volker Zack, Thomas Schmieder, Regine Zimmermann, Emil Petrov. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Nic Knowland ; editor, Simon Laurie ; music, Christopher Slaski ; costume designer, Kandis Cook ; production designers, The Quay Brothers. |
| Summary |
On the eve of her wedding, the beautiful opera singer Malvina is mysteriously "killed" and abducted by the malevolent Dr. Droz. Felisberto, an innocent piano tuner, is summoned to Droz's secluded villa to service his strange musical automata. Little by little Felisberto learns of the doctor's plans to stage a "diabolic opera" and of Malvina's fate. He secretly conspires to rescue her, only to become trapped himself in the web of Droz's perverse universe. |
| Awards |
Locarno Internationl Film Festival, 2005: Special Mention (Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay) ; Youth Jury Award - Special Mention (Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay). |
| Subject |
Women singers -- Drama.
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Abduction -- Drama.
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Piano technicians -- Drama.
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Operas -- Drama.
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Medical drama.
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Rescues -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Love in motion pictures.
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Musical -- Feature.
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Romance -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Love stories.
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| Add Author |
Panahi, Hengameh.
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Ris, Alexander.
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Passes, Alan, 1943-
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Quay, Stephen.
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Quay, Timothy, 1947-
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Casar, Amira.
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John, Gottfried, 1942-
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Serna, Assumpta, 1957-
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Saracho, César.
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Gruicic, Ljubisa.
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Bischoff, Marc.
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Peker, Henning.
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Gavois, Gilles.
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Zack, Volker.
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Schmieder, Thomas.
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Zimmermann, Regine.
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Petrov, Emil Tomov.
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Koninck Studios PTE Ltd.
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Lumen Films.
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Mediopolis (Firm)
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UK Film Council.
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Arte France cinéma (Firm)
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Zeitgeist Films.
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| Edition |
Widescreen ed. |
| Standard # |
795975108836 |
| Music # |
Z1088 Zeitgeist Films |
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