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The piano lesson

The piano lesson

DVD 2006

August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future. The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm--the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of prid...

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African Americans Drama
Heirlooms Drama
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Edition:
Gold Crown collector's edition
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
analog
magnetic
surround
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Target Audience Note:
Rated PG
Other Title:
Title on container: August Wilson's The piano lesson
Notes:
Originally produced for television broadcast in 1995
Special features: a behind-the-scenes featurette and an interview with August Wilson; biographies
Production designer, Jim Newport ; director of photography, Paul Elliott ; edited by Jim Oliver
Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard, Carl Gordon, Tommy Hollis, Lou Myers, Courtney B. Vance ... [et al.]
DVD, Dolby digital surround Full screen version (2.0)
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Control Number:
719774
UPC:
015012948813
Other Authors:
Dutton, Charles S., actor
Gordon, Carl, 1932-2010, actor
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc
Hollis, Tommy, actor
Myers, Lou, 1945- actor
Richards, Lloyd, director
Vance, Courtney B., actor
Wilson, August, producer, screenwriter
Wilson, August. Piano lesson
Woodard, Alfre, 1953- actor
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