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Adrien Brody (left) and Roman Polanski (right) received several accolades for their respective performance and direction in the film. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Pianist is a 2002 epic biographical Holocaust war drama film directed by Roman Polanski and co-produced by France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland. Starring Adrien Brody and written by Ronald Harwood, it is based on the 1946 autobiographical book of the same name, a Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman.[1]
The Pianist premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2002, where it won the Palme d'Or, and received a wide release during September of the same year.[2] The film was successful at the box office, earning over $120 million against its $35 million budget.[3] Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 189 reviews and judged 95% to be positive.[4] The film has been nominated for 100 awards, winning 47; Polanski's direction, Harwood's screenplay, and Brody's performance have received the most attention from award groups.
The Pianist received seven nominations at the 75th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and it won three: Best Director (Polanski), Best Actor (Brody), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Harwood). Its other nominations were for Best Cinematography (Paweł Edelman), Best Costume Design (Anna B. Sheppard), and Best Film Editing (Hervé de Luze). At age 29, Brody became the youngest person to ever win Best Actor.[5] The film also received seven nominations at the 56th British Academy Film Awards, where it won for Best Film and Best Direction.
The Pianist became the most awarded film at the 28th César Awards with seven wins out of 10 nominations, receiving Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Music (Wojciech Kilar), Best Production Design (Allan Starski), and Best Sound (Jean-Marie Blondel, Gerard Hardy, and Dean Humphreys). The Pianist was also recognized by several other major organizations around the world, including the Czech Lion Awards (Czech Republic), the David di Donatello Awards (Italy), the Golden Eagle Awards (Russia), the Goya Awards (Spain), the Japan Academy Film Prize (Japan), and the Polish Film Awards (Poland).
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 23 March 2003 | Best Picture | Robert Benmussa, Roman Polanski and Alain Sarde | Nominated | [6] |
| Best Director | Roman Polanski | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ronald Harwood | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Paweł Edelman | Nominated | |||
| Best Costume Design | Anna B. Sheppard | Nominated | |||
| Best Film Editing | Hervé de Luze | Nominated | |||
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 11 March 2003 | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Won | [7] |
| Best Screenwriter | Ronald Harwood | Nominated | |||
| American Screenwriters Association Awards | 2003 | Discover Screenwriting Award | Ronald Harwood | Nominated | [8] |
| American Society of Cinematographers Awards | 16 February 2003 | Best Cinematography | Paweł Edelman | Nominated | [9] |
| Argentine Film Critics Association Awards | 5 May 2004 | Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film | Roman Polanski | Nominated | [10] |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | 15 December 2002 | Best Film | The Pianist | Won | [11] |
| Best Director | Roman Polanski | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won | |||
| British Academy Film Awards | 23 February 2003 | Best Film | Robert Benmussa, Roman Polanski and Alain Sarde | Won | [12] |
| Best Direction | Roman Polanski | Won | |||
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Adrien Brody | Nominated | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Ronald Harwood | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Paweł Edelman | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Music | Wojciech Kilar | Nominated | |||
| Best Sound | Jean-Marie Blondel, Gerard Hardy and Dean Humphreys | Nominated | |||
| British Society of Cinematographers Awards | 2002 | Best Cinematography | Paweł Edelman | Nominated | [13] |
| Cannes Film Festival Awards | 26 May 2002 | Palme d'Or | Roman Polanski | Won | [14] |
| César Awards | 22 February 2003 | Best Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [15] |
| Best Director | Won | ||||
| Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won | |||
| Best Writing | Ronald Harwood | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Paweł Edelman | Won | |||
| Best Costume Design | Anna B. Sheppard | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Hervé de Luze | Nominated | |||
| Best Music | Wojciech Kilar | Won | |||
| Best Production Design | Allan Starski | Won | |||
| Best Sound | Jean-Marie Blondel, Gerard Hardy and Dean Humphreys | Won | |||
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 8 January 2003 | Best Film | The Pianist | Nominated | [16] |
| Best Director | Roman Polanski | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Nominated | |||
| CEC Awards | 27 January 2003 | Best Foreign Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [17] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 17 January 2003 | Best Picture | The Pianist | Nominated | [18] |
| Best Director | Roman Polanski | Nominated | |||
| Czech Lion Awards | 8 March 2004 | Best Foreign Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [19] |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 6 January 2003 | Best Film | The Pianist | Nominated | [20] |
| Best Director | Roman Polanski | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Nominated | |||
| David di Donatello Awards | 9 April 2003 | Best Foreign Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [21] |
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 1 March 2003 | Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film | Roman Polanski | Nominated | [22] |
| European Film Awards | 7 December 2002 | Best Film | Roman Polanski | Nominated | [23] |
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Cinematographer | Paweł Edelman | Won | |||
| Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Nominated | |||
| Fotogramas de Plata Awards | 3 March 2003 | Best Foreign Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [24] |
| Golden Eagle Awards | 31 January 2004 | Best Foreign Language Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [25] |
| Golden Globe Awards | 19 January 2003 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Pianist | Nominated | [26] |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Adrien Brody | Nominated | |||
| Golden Reel Awards | 22 March 2003 | Best Sound Editing in a Feature Film – Musical | Suzana Peric | Nominated | [27] |
| Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features | Katia Boutin, Paul Conway and Gerard Hardy | Nominated | |||
| Golden Trailer Awards | 13 March 2003 | Best Drama Trailer | The Pianist | Nominated | [28] |
| Best Foreign Trailer | Nominated | ||||
| Best of Show | Nominated | ||||
| Goya Awards | 1 February 2003 | Best European Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [29] |
| Globo d'Oro Awards | 2 July 2003 | Best European Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [30] |
| Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro | 8 September 2004 | Best Foreign Film | The Pianist | Nominated | [31] |
| Humanitas Prize | 10 July 2003 | Feature Film | Ronald Harwood | Nominated | [32] |
| Japan Academy Film Prize | 20 February 2004 | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | The Pianist | Won | [19] |
| Kinema Junpo Awards | 2004 | Best Foreign Language Film | The Pianist | Won | [33] |
| Best Foreign Director – Readers' Choice | Roman Polanski | Won | |||
| Mainichi Film Awards | 2004 | Best Foreign Film | The Pianist | Won | [34] |
| Best Foreign Film – Readers' Choice | Won | ||||
| Nastro d'Argento Awards | 14 June 2003 | Best Foreign Director | Roman Polanski | Won | [35] |
| National Board of Review Awards | 4 December 2002 | Top Ten Films | The Pianist | Placed | [36] |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 4 January 2003 | Best Film | The Pianist | Won | [37] |
| Best Director | Roman Polanski | Won | |||
| Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay | Ronald Harwood | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Paweł Edelman | Nominated | |||
| Nikkan Sports Film Awards | 2003 | Best Foreign Film | The Pianist | Won | [38] |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | 6 January 2003 | Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Nominated | [39] |
| Polish Film Awards | 15 March 2003 | Best Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [40] |
| Best Director | Won | ||||
| Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Emilia Fox | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Ed Stoppard | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Maureen Lipman | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Ronald Harwood | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Paweł Edelman | Won | |||
| Best Costume Design | Anna B. Sheppard | Won | |||
| Best Editing | Hervé de Luze | Won | |||
| Best Film Score | Wojciech Kilar | Won | |||
| Best Production Design | Allan Starski | Won | |||
| Best Sound | Jean-Marie Blondel | Won | |||
| Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards | 2003 | Best Foreign Film | Roman Polanski | Nominated | [41] |
| Best Foreign Actor | Adrien Brody | Nominated | |||
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | 17 December 2002 | Best Film | The Pianist | Won | [42] |
| Sant Jordi Awards | 22 April 2003 | Audience Award for Best Foreign Film | Roman Polanski | Won | [43] |
| Satellite Awards | 12 January 2003 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Ronald Harwood | Nominated | [44] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 9 March 2003 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Adrien Brody | Nominated | [45] |
| USC Scripter Awards | 22 January 2003 | Best Realization of a Book Adapted to Film | Ronald Harwood | Nominated | [46] |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards | 30 January 2003 | Best Director | Roman Polanski | Nominated | [47] |
| Best Actor | Adrien Brody | Nominated |