The Piano Lesson Page #22

Synopsis: 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. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and influences on their lives. But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and "no longer have to work for someone else" involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him.
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Lloyd Richards
Production: Republic Pictures Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
PG
Year:
1995
95 min
1,618 Views


(ii)EXTRA MAORI DIALOGUE SC 15

Awe!

(What wag that?)

-He Kehua?

(Is it a ghost)

UNSUBTITLED:

(iii)Many of the MAORIS have coughs, running noses and sores.

(They have no immunity to European diseases.)

(iv)MAORI NAMES

MEN:

TnTame

VitoHotu

HonePara

TipiKahu (boy)

WOMEN:

TaiAni

4.

Sc 19

(i)BACKGROUND DIALOGUE FOR BEGINNING OF SCENE

He ahu te rarurarti

(what happened?)

SUBTITLED:

I konei tonu, ka moe te koroua nei.

(He just decided to go to sleep)

SUBTITLED:

(ii)BACKGROUND DIALOGUE FOR END OF SCENE

Taiho. Kei muri pea inga rakan nei. Auc!

Tino matatoru konei.

Me haere ake ano an ki runga.

(Hold on maybe behind this clump. Gee the

undergrowth is thick here. I'll come up again.)

UNSUBTITLED:

Kahore ne huarahi - kahorene tutae.

(No track, no sh*t)

UNSUBTITLED:

5.

Sc 29ADA's piano piece duration approximately 90 sees.

6.

Sc 30Duet 20-30 sees

7.

Sc 33FLORA's singing 20 sees

8.

Sc 34HENI/MARY phrasing of National Anthem

HENI/MARY

Got safe ah gayshy Quin

Long hf a gayshy Quin

Oat shayf a Quin

Shendab Wikitoria

Har - py en a Clohria

Long to rain ourush

Got Safe ah Quin

9.

Sc 37 TRANSLATION NOTE:

Who is it that rumbles within?

Is it Ruaumoko, is it Ruaurnoko?

Jab, smash, jab, smash

Jab, smash, jab, smash

The Taniwha, the Taniwba.

That is within ... He!

UNSUBTITLED:

10.

Sc 65 The mud around the School Hall is so deep that a labyrinths of

planks is setup to avoid it.

11.

Sc 87 Extra dialogue

MAORI PIANO CARRIERS

Tahi Patene ruapuri patene

Tekan patene ornatekau pwari patene

(One button, two bloody buttons.

Ten buttons, twenty bloody buttons.)

'cia Whai tarau ano ra monga patene!

(We need pants for the buttons eh!)

He patene te kai, he patene te kai A popo ka tiko patene ahan patene

ma nga tangata katoa.

(Buttons for food, buttons for food. Buttons for everybody. By

tomorrow I'll be shitting buttons.)

12.

Sc 100 Approximately 60 sec. of ADA's piano playing.

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