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For her 2006 film, COPYING BEETHOVEN, acclaimed Polish director Agnieszka Holland, crafts a compelling fictionalised account of Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris) as he creates his beloved Ninth Symphony, as seen through the eyes of Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger), a young music student assigned to transcribe his work. Although the thorny deaf composer initially resists Anna's help, the duo eventually form a fruitful relationship that results in one of the world's most spectacular classical pieces. Holland's first major movie of the 21st century, COPYING BEETHOVEN not only allows the filmmaker to recreate 17th-century Vienna, it reunites her with Harris, who previously starred in her 1999 drama, THE THIRD MIRACLE. As with his portrayal of painter Jackson Pollock (POLLOCK), Harris's simmering on-screen intensity carries the film, with the elegant Kruger subtly serving as his unlikely foil. Although the movie unveils a few subplots, most notably one that involves Beethoven's uncharacteristically affectionate bond with his nephew Karl (Joe Anderson), its sights largely remain on the Ninth Symphony, which is stunningly represented in an extended concert sequence. While COPYING BEETHOVEN doesn't quite reach the cinematic heights of AMADEUS, it does stand out as an exceptionally well-rendered film about classical music and one of its most lauded figures.

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EAN5055159477758

eBay Product ID (ePID)63282832

Product Key Features

ActorMatyelok Gibbs, Joe Anderson, Nicholas Jones, David Kennedy, Karl Johnson, Gabor Bohus, Ralph Riach, Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Phyllida Law, Matthew Goode, Bill Stewart

Film/TV TitleCopying Beethoven

DirectorAgnieszka Holland

LanguageEnglish

Run Time100 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2010

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesWidescreen, Orchestrating Copying Beethoven\Trailer

GenreDrama, Historical

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ReviewsNew York Times - The presentation of the Ninth is reason alone to see the film....[Ms. Holland] orchestrates bursts of images and metronomic camera pans that become a visual counterpoint to the music's propulsive and flowing tempos, Box Office - Harris manages to bring Beethoven to prickly life and has some lovely, moving scenes opposite Kruger

ScreenwriterChristopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleCopying Beethoven

Director of PhotographyAshley Rowe

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