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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   166 votes
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Director:
Lloyd Richards
Writers (WGA):
August Wilson (play)
August Wilson (teleplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 February 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music more
Tagline:
To their family, it meant more than a piano... it was their legacy and their future.
Plot:
1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Tony Award Nominations / Movie Connections
 (From FilmExperience. 5 May 2009, 11:42 AM, PDT)

Playwright Wilson Dies
 (From WENN. 4 October 2005)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Charles S. Dutton ... Boy Willie (as Charles Dutton)

Alfre Woodard ... Berniece Charles
Carl Gordon ... Doaker
Tommy Hollis ... Avery

Lou Myers ... Wining Boy
Courtney B. Vance ... Lymon
Zelda Harris ... Maretha

Rosalyn Coleman ... Grace
Tommy Lafitte ... Ace
Lynne Innerst ... Miss Ophelia
Harold Surratt ... Papa Willie Boy
Elva Branson ... Mama Berniece
Tim Hartman ... Sutter
Ben Tatar ... Watermelon Man
Alice Eisner ... Watermelon Lady (as Alice Gerber Eisner)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements.
Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The play "The Piano Lesson" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1990. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Doaker, Wining Boy, Boy Willie and Lymon are sitting at the kitchen table drinking and singing, the level of alcohol rises in their glasses and the bottles between shots. more

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rate 7 this is above average PLAY, 17 October 2004
Author: (glen10000@yahoo.com) from United States

i emphasize Play because it seems that earlier commentators think Dutton over emotes. all the actors are convincing. this is not to say that all Afro-Americans always acted this way in the 30's. Indeed some act this way today when they feel comfortable . her uncle probably wouldn't be singing in the house except that he felt comfortable singing with these guys around a bottle of whiskey. to say this is merely a ghost story is to miss the point. this like A Raisen In The Sun where the man sees an opportunity to finally own a piece of the rock and a member of his family will not part with the means to acquire it. Also, there is quite a lot more going on here if you watch the play a second time, as i did.

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