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Seymour: An Introduction

  • 20142014
  • PGPG
  • 1h 24m
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7.5/10
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Seymour: An Introduction (2014)
Director Ethan Hawke explores the life and lessons of piano teacher Seymour Bernstein.
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Meet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. Ethan Hawke helms this poignant guide to life.Meet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. Ethan Hawke helms this poignant guide to life.Meet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. Ethan Hawke helms this poignant guide to life.
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    • Ethan Hawke
  • Stars
    • Seymour Bernstein
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Sam Bachelder
    • Ethan Hawke
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    • Seymour Bernstein
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Sam Bachelder
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    • 14User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    Seymour Bernstein
    • Self
    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
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    Sam Bachelder
    • Self - Interviewee
    Sam Bachelor
    • Self
    Jiyang Chen
    • Self - Interviewee
    Kimball Gallagher
    • Self
    Andrew Harvey
    • Self
    Junko Ichikawa
    • Self - Interviewee
    Michael Kimmelman
    • Self
    Joseph Smith
    • Self
    Joel Bernache
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    Clifford Curzon
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Ronald Coners
    • Self
    Glenn Gould
    Glenn Gould
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    • (archive footage)
    Marcia Eckert
    • Self
    Cong Ji
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    Liam Kaplan
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    Aileen Li
    Aileen Li
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    • Trivia
      The title of the film comes from the J. D. Salinger novella, Seymour: An Introduction.
    • Quotes

      Seymour Bernstein: Life has conflicts and pleasures, harmony and dissonance. That's how life is. Can't escape it. By the way, the same thing occurs in music. There are dissonances in harmony, and resolutions. I believe that you won't enjoy the resolution unless you have that dissonance. What would it be if we didn't have the dissonance? We wouldn't know the meaning of the resolution.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Ethan Hawke/Willie & Korie Robertson/Alt-J (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Drei Klavierstucke, II
      written by Franz Schubert

      performed by Seymour Bernstein

      courtesy of Seeless Productions, Inc. / Manduca Music

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    10/10
    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
    Seymour: an Introduction is one of the most touching films I've watched. The title character, Seymour, is charming beyond words. He is beautifully portrayed by Ethan Hawke. The film provides candid interviews with former students and notables of the world of classical music. Each glimpse of this master teacher brings the audience closer to seeing a natural-born teacher in his element. Seymour has mastered the art of inspiring his students to reach the beyond their limits to create the best music they can. Seymour himself seems to magically sprinkle fairy dust on every piano he touches! He is an inspiration to both pianists and non-pianists everywhere. This film will, hopefully, in time, become a classic.
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      • September 10, 2015 (Netherlands)
      • United States
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      • English
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      • New York City, New York, USA
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      • Room 5 Films
      • Under the Influence Productions
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