Editing The Piano

{{Short description|1993 film by Jane Campion}}
{{About|the film|the instrument|Piano|other uses|Piano (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Piano
| image          = The-piano-poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Jane Campion]]
| producer       = [[Jan Chapman]]
| writer         = Jane Campion
| narrator       = <!-- In-character voiceovers don't belong here --->
| starring       = {{Plain list |
* [[Holly Hunter]]
* [[Harvey Keitel]]
* [[Sam Neill]]
* [[Anna Paquin]]
* [[Kerry Walker]]
* [[Genevieve Lemon]]}}
| music          = [[Michael Nyman]]
| cinematography = [[Stuart Dryburgh]]
| editing        = [[Veronika Jenet]]
| studio         = [[Jan Chapman|Jan Chapman Productions]]<br />[[Ciby 2000|CiBy 2000]]
| distributor    = [[BAC Films]] (France)<br /><!--This is how the source and Australian poster billings mention the company-->[[Miramax]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Piano (1993)|website=Oz Movies|access-date=9 March 2024|url=https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/piano}}</ref> (Australia and New Zealand; through [[Buena Vista International]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 100 Australian Feature Films of All Time|website=[[Screen Australia]]|access-date=12 May 2023|url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/australian-films/feature-film-releases/top-australian-films}}</ref> and [[Roadshow Entertainment|Roadshow Film Distributors]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Piano (35mm)|website=[[Australian Classification Board]]|access-date=8 April 2023|url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/piano-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408161215/https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/piano-24|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 April 2023}}</ref>)
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|1993|05|15|[[1993 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|1993|05|19|France|1993|08|05|Australia}} <!--Please do not add the US release date.-->
| runtime        = 117 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 117:37-->
| country        = New Zealand<br />Australia<br />France
| language       = English<br />Māori<br />British Sign Language
| budget         = US$7&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/piano |title=Box Office Information for ''The Piano'' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211233700/http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/piano |archive-date=11 December 2013 |website=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=4 April 2013}}</ref>
| gross          = US$140&nbsp;million{{sfn|Margolis|2000|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=mFZ6gBsl2ZgC&pg=PA135 135]}}
}}

'''''The Piano''''' is a 1993 [[Historical drama|historical]] [[romance film]] written and directed by New Zealand filmmaker [[Jane Campion]]. It stars [[Holly Hunter]], [[Harvey Keitel]], [[Sam Neill]], and [[Anna Paquin]] (in her first major acting role). The film focuses on a [[Elective mutism|mute]] Scottish woman who travels to a remote part of New Zealand with her young daughter after her arranged marriage to a settler. The plot has similarities to [[Jane Mander]]'s 1920 novel, ''The Story of a New Zealand River'', but also substantial differences. Campion has cited the novels ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' and ''[[The African Queen (novel)|The African Queen]]'' as inspirations.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Frey |first=Hillary |date=September 2000 |title=Field Notes: The Purloined Piano? |url=http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/print/0009/field-piano.html |website=Lingua Franca}}</ref>

An international co-production between New Zealand, Australia, and France, ''The Piano'' premiered at the [[1993 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 15, 1993, where it won the [[Palme d'Or]],{{efn|name="farewell"|Shared with ''[[Farewell My Concubine (film)|Farewell My Concubine]]''}} rendering Campion the first female director to achieve that distinction. It was a commercial success, grossing US$140.2&nbsp;million worldwide against its US$7&nbsp;million budget. The film was also noted for its crossover appeal beyond the [[arthouse]] circuit in attracting mainstream popularity, largely due to rave reviews and [[word of mouth]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Elaine Margolis |first1=Harriett |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/40948460 |title=Jane Campion's The Piano |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2000 |isbn=978-0521592581 |page=32}}</ref>

''The Piano'' earned numerous accolades, including three [[Academy Awards]], a [[Writers Guild of America Awards|WGA Award]], a [[Golden Globe Award]], three [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]], and eleven [[AACTA Awards|Australian Film Institute Awards]].

==Plot==
In the mid-1800s,<ref>{{cite web |date=15 June 2018 |title=The Piano review – Jane Campion's drama still hits all the right notes &#124; The Piano |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/15/the-piano-review-jane-campion-holly-hunter |accessdate=2022-02-17 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Ada McGrath, a Scottish woman with [[elective mutism]], travels to colonial New Zealand with her daughter Flora for an arranged marriage to settler Alisdair Stewart. Ada has not spoken since the age of six, and the reason for this as well as the identity of Flora's father remain unknown. She communicates through playing the piano and sign language, with Flora acting as her interpreter.

Ada and Flora, along with their handcrafted piano, are stranded on a New Zealand beach by a ship's crew. The next day, Alisdair arrives with his [[Māori people|Māori]] crew and neighbour George Baines, a retired sailor who's adapted to Maori customs, including [[Tā moko|facial tattoos]]. Alisdair tells Ada that they don't have enough bearers for the piano and then refuses to go back for it, claiming that they all need to make sacrifices. Desperate to retrieve her piano, Ada seeks George's help. While at first saying no, he appears to give in due to her keenness on recovering the piano. Once at the beach, he is entranced by her music and appears charmed by her happy ways when she is playing, in contrast to her stern behaviour when in the farm. 

George offers Alisdair the land he's been coveting in exchange for the piano and Ada's lessons. Alisdair agrees, oblivious to George's attraction to Ada. Ada is enraged by George's proposition but agrees to trade lessons for piano keys. She restricts the lessons to the black keys only and resists George's demands for more intimacy. Ada continues to rebuff Alisdair's advances while exploring her sensuality with George. George eventually realizes that Ada will never commit to him emotionally and returns the piano to her, confessing that he wants Ada to care for him genuinely.

Although Ada has her piano back, she longs for George and returns to him. Alisdair overhears them having sex and watches them through a crack in the wall. Furious, he confronts Ada and tries to force himself on her despite her strong resistance. He then coerces Ada into promising she will no longer see George.

Shortly after, Ada instructs Flora to deliver a package to George, which contains a piano key with a love declaration engraved on it. Flora delivers it to Alisdair instead. Enraged after reading the message, Alisdair cuts off Ada's index finger, depriving her of the ability to play the piano. He sends Flora to George with the severed finger, warning him to stay away from Ada or he will chop off more fingers. Later, while touching Ada as she sleeps, Alisdair hears what he thinks is her voice in his head, asking him to let George take her away. He goes to George's house and asks if Ada has ever spoken to him, but George says no. George and Ada leave together with her belongings and piano tied onto a Māori [[Waka (canoe)|canoe]]. As they row to the ship, Ada asks George to throw the piano overboard. She allows her leg to be caught by the rope attached to the piano and is dragged underwater with it in an attempt to drown herself. As she sinks, she appears to change her mind and struggles free before being pulled to safety.

In the [[epilogue]], Ada describes her new life with George and Flora in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]], where she gives piano lessons in their new home. George has made her a metal finger to replace the one she lost, and Ada has been practicing and taking speech lessons. She sometimes dreams of the piano resting at the bottom of the ocean with her still tethered to it.

==Cast==
{{div col}}
* [[Holly Hunter]] as Ada McGrath
* [[Harvey Keitel]] as George Baines
* [[Sam Neill]] as Alisdair Stewart
* [[Anna Paquin]] as Flora McGrath
* [[Kerry Walker]] as Aunt Morag
* [[Genevieve Lemon]] as Nessie
* [[Tungia Baker]] as Hira
* [[Ian Mune]] as the Reverend
* Peter Dennett as the head seaman
* [[Cliff Curtis]] as Mana
* [[Pete Smith (actor)|Pete Smith]] as Hone
* Te Whatanui Skipwith as Chief Nihe
* [[Mere Boynton]] as Nihe's daughter
* George Boyle as Ada's father
* [[Rose McIver]] as Angel
* [[Mika Haka]] as Tahu
* Gordon Hatfield as Te Kori
* [[Bruce Allpress]] as the blind piano tuner
* [[Stephen Papps]] as [[Bluebeard]]
{{div col end}}

==Production==
The film was originally titled ''The Piano Lesson'', but the filmmakers could not obtain the rights to use the title because of [[The Piano Lesson|the American play of the same name]], and it was changed to ''The Piano''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bourguignon|first1=Thomas|last2=Ciment|first2=Michel|year=1999|orig-year=1993|chapter=Interview with Jane Campion: More Barbarian than Aesthete|editor-last=Wexman|editor-first=Virginia Wright|title=Jane Campion: Interviews|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|page=109|isbn=1-57806-083-4}}</ref>

Casting the role of Ada was a difficult process. [[Sigourney Weaver]] was Jane Campion's first choice, but she was not interested. [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]] was also considered, but had a conflict with her commitment to ''[[Rush (1991 film)|Rush]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movingimage.us/pinewood/files/pinewood/2/24866_programs_transcript_pdf_209.pdf| title=A Pinewood Dialogue With Jennifer Jason Leigh| website=Museum of the Moving Image| date=23 November 1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703112419/http://www.movingimage.us/pinewood/files/pinewood/2/24866_programs_transcript_pdf_209.pdf |archive-date=2007-07-03}}</ref> [[Isabelle Huppert]] met with Campion and had vintage period-style photographs taken of her as Ada, and later said she regretted not fighting for the role as Holly Hunter did.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://mjf.missouristate.edu/faculty/wang/ih/career/index_trivia1.htm |title=Isabelle Huppert: La Vie Pour Jouer – Career/Trivia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216030405/http://mjf.missouristate.edu/faculty/wang/ih/career/index_trivia1.htm |archive-date=16 February 2012 }}</ref>

The casting for Flora occurred after Hunter had been selected for the part. They did a series of open auditions for girls age 9 to 13, focusing on girls who were small enough to be believable as Ada's daughter (as Hunter is relatively short at {{convert|157|cm|ftin|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}} tall<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966298,00.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071223092530/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966298,00.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 23 December 2007|title=Show Business: Holly Hunter Takes Hollywood|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=22 July 2010 |first=Denise |last=Worrell|date= 21 December 1987}}</ref>). Anna Paquin ended up winning the role of Flora over 5,000 other girls.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Andrew |last=Fish |date=Summer 2010 |title=It's in Her Blood: From Child Prodigy to Supernatural Heroine, Anna Paquin Has Us Under Her Spell |journal=Venice Magazine |url=http://www.venicemag.com/news/index/view/235 |access-date=22 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725155534/http://www.venicemag.com/news/index/view/235 |archive-date=25 July 2010 }}</ref>

Hunter collaborated extensively with [[Los Angeles Pierce College|Pierce College]] sign language instructor Darlene Allen Wittman,<ref name="sign1">{{cite news |title= NORTHRIDGE: Instructor and Actress Created Own Language |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-16-me-23702-story.html |date=16 February 1994 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=16 March 2025 |eissn=2165-1736 |issn=0458-3035 |oclc=3638237 |last=Pitzer |first=Kurt |editor-link=Shelby Coffey III |editor-last=Coffey III |editor-first=Shelby}}</ref> blending [[American Sign Language|American]], [[British Sign Language|British]], [[Russian Sign Language|Russian]], [[Plains Indian Sign Language|Indigenous]], as well as some unique new signs into an amalgamated sign language for her character Ada.<ref name="sign1" /><ref name="sign2">{{cite magazine |title=Icon: Holly Hunter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/icon-holly-hunter-112782/ |date=29 May 2008 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=17 March 2025 |issn=0018-3660 |oclc=44653726 |last=Galloway |first=Stephen |via=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Hunter also took piano lessons to authentically play the compositions that [[Michael Nyman]] wrote for the film.<ref name="sign2" />

[[Alistair Fox]] has argued that ''The Piano'' was significantly influenced by [[Jane Mander]]'s ''The Story of a New Zealand River''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otago.ac.nz/communicationstudies/campion/participants/fox.html |title=Puritanism and the Erotics of Transgression: the New Zealand Influence on Jane Campion's Thematic Imaginary |first=Alistair |last=Fox |access-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024034335/http://www.otago.ac.nz/communicationstudies/campion/participants/fox.html |archive-date=24 October 2007}}</ref> [[Robert Macklin]], an associate editor with ''[[The Canberra Times]]'' newspaper, has also written about the similarities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/print/0009/field-piano.html|work= lingua franca|volume= 10|number= 6|date= September 2000|last=Macklin |first=Robert|title=FIELD NOTES: The Purloined Piano?}}</ref> The film also serves as a retelling of the fairytale "[[Bluebeard]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/bluebeard/themes.html|title=Modern Interpretations of Bluebeard|first=Heidi Ann |last=Heiner|access-date=12 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/video/article/a-look-at-the-piano/ |title=Look at The Piano |first=Scott C. |last=Smith |access-date=12 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012042312/http://blogcritics.org/video/article/a-look-at-the-piano/ |archive-date=12 October 2010 }}</ref> itself depicted as a scene in the [[Nativity play|Christmas pageant]]. Campion has cited the novels ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' and ''[[The African Queen (novel)|The African Queen]]'' as inspirations.<ref name=":0" />

In July 2013, Campion revealed that she originally intended that the main character would drown in the sea after going overboard after her piano.<ref>{{cite news|author=Child, Ben| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/08/jane-campion-bleak-ending-the-piano |title=Jane Campion wanted a bleaker ending for The Piano| work=[[The Guardian]]|date= 8 July 2013}}</ref>

Principal photography took place over 12 weeks from February to mid-May 1992.<ref name="Cinemontage">{{cite journal| url=https://cinemontage.org/the-piano-aint-got-no-wrong-notes/ |date=June 12, 2018 |title='The Piano' Ain't Got No Wrong Notes |journal=[[Motion Picture Editors Guild|CineMontage]] |access-date=July 19, 2023}}</ref> ''The Piano'' was filmed in New Zealand’s [[North Island]]. The scene where Ada comes ashore and the piano is abandoned was filmed at [[Karekare, New Zealand|Karekare Beach]], west of [[Auckland]]. Bush scenes were filmed near [[Matakana]] and [[Awakino]], while underwater scenes were filmed at the [[Bay of Islands]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Piano 1993 |url=https://movie-locations.com/movies/p/Piano.php |website=Movie Locations |access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>

Campion was determined to market the film to appeal to a larger audience than the limited audiences many [[arthouse|art]] films attracted at the time. Simona Benzakein, the publicist for ''The Piano'' at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] noted: "Jane and I discussed the marketing. She wanted this to be not just an elite film, but a popular film."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/40948460 |last1=Elaine Margolis|first1=Harriett|title=Jane Campion's The Piano|year=2000|pages=136|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=978-0521592581}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical reception===
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Reviews for the film were overwhelmingly positive. [[Roger Ebert]] wrote: "''The Piano'' is as peculiar and haunting as any film I've seen" and "it is one of those rare movies that is not just about a story, or some characters, but about a whole universe of feeling".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-piano-1993 |title=The Piano |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=19 November 1993 |access-date=3 July 2017 |work=Rogerebert.com}}</ref> [[Hal Hinson]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it an "evocative, powerful, extraordinarily beautiful film".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/thepianorhinson_a0a8ab.htm |title='The Piano' (R) |last=Hinson |first=Hal |date=19 November 1993 |access-date=3 July 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

''The Piano'' was named one of the best films of 1993 by 86 film critics, making it the most acclaimed film of 1993.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1994/01/09/86-thumbs-up-for-once-the-nations-critics-agree-on-the-years-best-movies/1bbb0968-690e-4c02-9c8b-0c3b4b5b4a1e/|title=86 Thumbs Up! For Once, The Nation's Critics Agree on The Year's Best Movies |newspaper=The Washington Post|first1=Pat|last1=McGilligan|first2=Mark|last2=Rowl|date=January 9, 1994|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>

In his ''2013 Movie Guide'', [[Leonard Maltin]] gave the film three and half out of four stars, calling the film a "haunting, unpredictable tale of love and sex told from a woman's point of view" and went on to say "writer-director Campion has fashioned a highly original fable, showing the tragedy and triumph erotic passion can bring to one's daily life".<ref name="bookref1">{{cite book| last=Maltin| first=Leonard|title=2013 Movie Guide| year=2012|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|page=1084|isbn=978-0-451-23774-3}}</ref>

On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 71 reviews, and an average rating of 8.50/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Powered by Holly Hunter's main performance, ''The Piano'' is a truth-seeking romance played in the key of erotic passion."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Piano (1993) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/piano |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-piano |title=The Piano Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film was the highest-grossing New Zealand film of all-time surpassing ''[[Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale]]'' (1986) with a gross of $NZ3.8 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=29 August 1994|title=Summer B.O. goes out like a 'Lion'|page=14|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref>

It grossed over US$140 million worldwide (equivalent to ${{Inflation|index=US|value=140.2|start_year=1993|r=1}} million in {{Inflation year|index=US}}), including $7 million in Australia, $16 million in France, and $39 million in the United States and Canada against its US$7&nbsp;million budget (equivalent to ${{Inflation|index=US|value=7|start_year=1993|r=1}} million in {{Inflation year|index=US}}).{{sfn|Margolis|2000}}

===Accolades===
The film was nominated for eight [[66th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] (including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]), winning three for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Holly Hunter), [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (Anna Paquin) and [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] (Jane Campion). At age 11, Anna Paquin became [[List of Academy Award records|the second youngest competitive Academy Award winner]] (after [[Tatum O'Neal]] in [[46th Academy Awards|1973]]).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2008/12/24/recall-93supact/|title=Anna Paquin: Did she really deserve an Oscar?|last=Young|first=John|date=24 December 2008|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>

At the [[1993 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]], the film won the [[Palme d'Or]] (sharing with [[Chen Kaige]]'s ''[[Farewell My Concubine (film)|Farewell My Concubine]]''), with Campion becoming the first woman to win the honour, as well as the first filmmaker from [[Cinema of New Zealand|New Zealand]] to achieve this.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/1993-is-the-first-and-last-time-the-palme-went-to-107695|title=1993 is the first and last time the Palme went to a woman|last=Dowd|first=AA|date=13 February 2014|access-date=3 July 2017|website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Margolis|2000|page=1}} [[Holly Hunter]] also won [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].<ref name="Cannes"/>

In 2019, the [[BBC]] polled 368 film experts from 84 countries to name the 100 best films by women directors, and ''The Piano'' was named the top film, with nearly 10% of the critics polled giving it first place on their ballots.<ref name="BBC 100 greatest">{{cite news|title=The 100 greatest films directed by women|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191125-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-poll|access-date=28 December 2019|work=BBC|date=26 November 2019}}</ref>

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!scope=col|Award
!scope=col|Category
!scope=col|Nominee(s)
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
|rowspan=8|[[66th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
|[[Jan Chapman]]
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=8|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-10-ca-21456-story.html |title= The 66th Academy Award Nominations : Oscars : The Nominees |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date= February 10, 1994  |access-date= December 22, 2023 |archive-date= December 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231222070342/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-10-ca-21456-story.html |url-status=live}}<br/>{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/22/movies/the-1994-oscar-winners.html |title= The 1994 Oscar Winners |work= [[The New York Times]] |date= March 22, 1994 |access-date= December 22, 2023 |archive-date= December 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231222070302/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/22/movies/the-1994-oscar-winners.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|[[Jane Campion]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|[[Holly Hunter]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[Anna Paquin]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|[[Stuart Dryburgh]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|[[Janet Patterson]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
|rowspan=2|[[Veronika Jenet]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[American Cinema Editors Awards]]
|[[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|[[American Society of Cinematographers|American Society of Cinematographers Awards]]
|[[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases]]
|Stuart Dryburgh
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php|title=The ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802060537/http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php|archive-date=2 August 2011}}</ref>
|-
|[[Argentine Film Critics Association Awards]]
|[[Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|rowspan=13|[[1993 Australian Film Institute Awards|Australian Film Institute Awards]]
|[[AACTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|Jan Chapman
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=13|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/1993/|title=1993 Winners & Nominees|access-date=15 November 2022|publisher=[[Australian Film Institute]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
|[[Harvey Keitel]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
|[[Sam Neill]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
|[[Kerry Walker]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|Stuart Dryburgh
|{{won}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|Janet Patterson
|{{won}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|Veronika Jenet
|{{won}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score|Best Original Music Score]]
|Michael Nyman
|{{won}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
|Andrew McAlpine
|{{won}}
|-
|[[AACTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
|[[Lee Smith (film editor)|Lee Smith]], [[Tony Johnson (sound engineer)|Tony Johnson]], [[Gethin Creagh]], <br> Peter Townsend, and Annabelle Sheehan
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Bodil Awards]]
|[[Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film|Best Non-American Film]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bodilprisen 1994 |url=https://www.bodilprisen.dk/aar-for-aar/1994-2/ |website=bodilprisen.dk |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=da}}</ref>
|-
|[[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1993|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
|[[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/|title=Past Award Winners|date=27 July 2018 |access-date=15 November 2022|publisher=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]]}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=10|[[47th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|Jan Chapman and Jane Campion
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=10|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1994/film|title=Film in 1994|access-date=2 July 2017|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]}}</ref> 
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|Jane Campion
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
|Jane Campion
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|Stuart Dryburgh
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|Janet Patterson
|{{won}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|Veronika Jenet
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
|Andrew McAlpine
|{{won}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|Best Score for a Film]]
|Michael Nyman
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
|Lee Smith, Tony Johnson, and Gethin Creagh
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[British Society of Cinematographers#Award categories|British Society of Cinematographers Awards]]
|[[British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film|Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film]]
|rowspan=2|Stuart Dryburgh
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bscine.com/media/uploads/awards/bsc-cinematography-feature-film.pdf?v|title=Best Cinematography in Feature Film|access-date=23 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Camerimage]]
|Golden Frog (Main Competition)
|{{won}} 
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1993 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] 
|[[Palme d'Or]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}{{efn|name="farewell"}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|<ref name="Cannes">{{cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/the-piano|title=The Piano|publisher=[[Cannes Film Festival]]|access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref> 
|-
|[[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[19th César Awards|César Awards]]
|[[César Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/resnais-smoking-duo-dominates-cesar-prizes-118709/|title=Resnais' 'Smoking' duo dominates Cesar prizes|last=Williams|first=Michael|date=27 February 1994|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=7|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1993|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=7|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-02-08-9402080288-story.html|title=Spielberg, 'List' Win in Chicago|last=Terry|first=Clifford|date=8 February 1994|access-date=2 July 2017|work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929051511/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-02-08-9402080288-story.html |archive-date=2020-09-29}}</ref>
|-
|colspan=2|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|Jane Campion
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|Anna Paquin
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|Jane Campion
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
|Michael Nyman
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1993|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3| 
|-
|[[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|Jane Campion
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan=2|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
|[[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|[[46th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
|rowspan=2|Jane Campion
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1990s/1993.aspx?value=1993|title=46th DGA Awards|website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]]|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Film Critics Circle of Australia|Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards]]
|Best Director
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/fcca-awards?year=1994|title=1994 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards|website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]]|access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|Best Supporting Actor – Female
|Anna Paquin
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Screenplay
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Musical Score
|Michael Nyman
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=6|[[51st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=6|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/piano|title=The Piano – Golden Globes|website=[[HFPA]]|access-date=5 July 2021|ref={{harvid|HFPA|1994}}}}</ref>
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
|Anna Paquin
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
|rowspan=2|Jane Campion
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score – Motion Picture]]
|Michael Nyman
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[MPSE Golden Reel Awards|Golden Reel Awards]]
|[[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Foreign Feature]]
|Martin Oswin
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|[[29th Guldbagge Awards|Guldbagge Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/Item/?type=film&itemid=17864|title=The Piano (1993)|access-date=3 July 2017|publisher=[[Swedish Film Institute]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[9th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film|Best International Film]]
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2021_SA_ALLNomineesWinners_063021.pdf|title=36 Years of Nominees and Winners|website=[[Independent Spirit Awards]]|access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
|colspan=2|[[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|[[Kinema Junpo Awards]]
|Best Foreign Language Film
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1993|London Film Critics Circle Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Film of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://criticscircle.org.uk/critics-circle-film-year-1980-2010/|title=Critics' Circle Film of the Year: 1980–2010|date=4 December 2010|access-date=2 July 2017|publisher=[[London Film Critics' Circle]]}}</ref><br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/london-ccfas?year=1994|title=London Film Critics Circle Awards 1994|website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]]|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year|Actress of the Year]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=7|[[1993 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Picture]]
|{{Runner-up}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=7|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1993.php|title=The 19th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref> 
|-
|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|Anna Paquin
|{{won}}{{efn|Shared with [[Rosie Perez]] for ''[[Fearless (1993 film)|Fearless]]''.}}
|-
|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|Stuart Dryburgh
|{{won}}{{efn|Shared with [[Janusz Kamiński]] for ''[[Schindler's List]]''.}}
|-
|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music|Best Music Score]]
|Michael Nyman
|{{Runner-up}}
|-
|[[Nastro d'Argento]]
|Best Foreign Director
|Jane Campion
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[National Board of Review Awards 1993|National Board of Review Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
|{{draw|4th Place}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1993/|title=1993 Award Winners|website=[[National Board of Review]]|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=6|[[1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|{{draw|2nd Place}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=6|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/|title=Past Awards|date=19 December 2009|access-date=2 July 2017|publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]]}}</ref> 
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|Jane Campion
|{{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|Anna Paquin
|{{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|Stuart Dryburgh
|{{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
|rowspan=5|[[1993 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
|colspan=2|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|{{Runner-up}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=5|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1993|title=1993 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]]|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]] 
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]]
|Stuart Dryburgh
|{{Runner-up}}
|-
|Political Film Society Awards
|colspan=2|[[Political Film Society Award for Democracy|Democracy]]
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[5th Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]
|[[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture|Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures]]
|rowspan=2|Jan Chapman
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cox|first=Dan|title=Laurel noms announced|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/laurel-noms-announced-117589/|magazine=Variety|date=19 January 1994}}</ref>
|-
|Most Promising Producer in Theatrical Motion Pictures
|{{won}}
|-
|[[11th Robert Awards|Robert Awards]]
|[[Robert Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|rowspan=4|Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
|Best Picture
|Jan Chapman
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1993|title=1993 SEFA Awards|website=sefca.net|access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
|colspan=2|Top Ten Films
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Director
|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Actress
|Holly Hunter
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]]
|colspan=2|Best Foreign Film
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|[[Vancouver International Film Festival]]
|Most Popular International Film
|rowspan=2|Jane Campion
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|[[46th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
|{{won}}
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-14-ca-33988-story.html|title='Schindler's' Adds a Pair to the List : Awards: Spielberg epic takes more honors&mdash;for screenwriting and editing. Jane Campion's 'The Piano' also wins.|last=Fox|first=David J.|date=14 March 1994|access-date=3 July 2017|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
|}

==Soundtrack==
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{{For|more details|The Piano (soundtrack)}}

The [[Film score|score for the film]] was written by [[Michael Nyman]], and included the acclaimed piece "The Heart Asks Pleasure First"; additional pieces were "Big My Secret", "The Mood That Passes Through You", "Silver Fingered Fling", "Deep Sleep Playing" and "The Attraction of the Pedalling Ankle". This album is rated in the top 100 soundtrack albums of all time and Nyman's work is regarded as a key voice in the film, which has a mute lead character. The main musical score "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" is based on the traditional Scottish song "Gloomy Winter's Noo Awa'" <ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |title=Top 100 Soundtrack Albums |date=12 October 2001 |page=44}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Mark Ravenhill and Michael Nyman - Take your seats for jazzed-up |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/mark-ravenhill-and-michael-nyman-take-your-seats-for-jazzedup-monteverdi-2264713.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230405115356/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/mark-ravenhill-and-michael-nyman-take-your-seats-for-jazzedup-monteverdi-2264713.html |archive-date=2023-04-05 |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Home media==
The film was released on [[VHS]] on May 25, 1994. Initial fears in leadup to its release were in relation to the films status as "arty" and "non-mainstream," however its nominations and success at the Academy Awards guaranteed it profitability in the [[home video]] market.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hunt|first=Dennis|date=February 11, 1994 |title=Oscars Give Rentals New Lease on Life
 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-11-ca-21533-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> It finished in the top 30 [[video rentals]] of 1994 in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 7, 1995 |title=Top Video Rentals |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-01-07.pdf |pages=65|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> It was released on DVD in 1997 by LIVE Entertainment and on [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] on 31 January 2012 by [[Lions Gate Entertainment|Lionsgate]], but already released in 2010 in Australia.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Blu-ray/dp/B0064MT1NU/ Piano &#91;Blu-ray&#93; (1993)]</ref>

On 11 August 2021, the [[Criterion Collection]] announced their first 4K Ultra HD releases, a six-film slate, will include ''The Piano''. Criterion indicated each title would be available in a 4K UHD+Blu-ray combo pack, including a 4K UHD disc of the feature film as well as the film and special features on the companion Blu-ray. ''The Piano'' was released on January 25, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Machkovech |first1=Sam |title=Criterion announces support for 4K UHD Blu-ray, beginning with Citizen Kane |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/08/criterion-announces-support-for-4k-uhd-blu-ray-beginning-with-citizen-kane/ |access-date=12 August 2021 |work=Ars Technica |date=11 August 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of films considered the best]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |last=Margolis |first=Harriet |year=2000 |title=Jane Campion's ''The Piano'' |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521597210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mFZ6gBsl2ZgC |access-date=13 July 2016}}

==Further reading==
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* {{cite journal|last=Althofer |first=Beth |title=The Piano, or Wuthering Heights revisited, or separation and civilization through the eyes of the (girl) child |journal=[[Psychoanalytic Review]] |volume=81 |number=2 |year=1994 |pages=339–342}}
*{{cite journal|last=Attwood |first=Feona |title=Weird Lullaby Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=[[Feminist Review]] |volume=58 |number=1 |year=1998 |pages=85–101 |doi=10.1080/014177898339604 |jstor=1395681 |s2cid=144226880 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1395681}}
*{{cite journal|last=Bentley |first=Greg |title=Mothers, daughters, and (absent) fathers in Jane Campion's The Piano |journal=Literature/Film Quarterly |volume=30 |number=1 |year=2002 |page=46 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/226994856|id={{ProQuest|226994856}} }}
*{{cite journal|last=Bihlmeyer |first=Jaime |title=The (Un) Speakable FEMININITY in Mainstream Movies: Jane Campion's" The Piano" |journal=[[Cinema Journal]] |volume=44 |number=2 |year=2005  |pages=68–88 |doi=10.1353/cj.2005.0004|s2cid=191463102 }}
*{{cite journal|last=Bihlmeyer |first=Jaime |title=Jane Campion's The Piano: The Female Gaze, the Speculum and the Chora within the H (y) st (e) rical Film |journal=Essays in Philosophy |volume=4 |number=1 |year=2003  |pages=3–27 |doi=10.5840/eip20034120 |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/48856719.pdf}}
*{{cite journal|last1=Bogdan |first1=Deanne |last2=Davis |first2=Hilary |last3=Robertson |first3=Judith |title=Sweet Surrender and Trespassing Desires in Reading: Jane Campion's The Piano and the struggle for responsible pedagogy |journal=Changing English |volume=4 |number=1 |year=1997 |pages=81–103 |doi=10.1080/1358684970040106}}
*{{cite journal|last=Bussi |first=Elisa |title=13 Voyages and Border Crossings: Jane Campion's "The Piano" (1993) |journal=The Seeing Century |pages=161–173 |publisher=Brill |year=2000 |doi=10.1163/9789004455030_014|isbn=9789004455030 |s2cid=239977351 }}
*{{cite book|last=Campion |first=Jane |author-link=Jane Campion |title=Jane Campion's The Piano |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-0521597210}}
*{{cite journal|last=Chumo II |first=Peter N. |title=Keys to the Imagination: Jane Campion's The Piano |journal=Literature/Film Quarterly |volume=25 |number=3 |year=1997 |page=173}}
*{{cite journal|last1=Dalton |first1=Mary M. |last2=Fatzinger |first2=Kirsten James |title=Choosing silence: defiance and resistance without voice in Jane Campion's The Piano |journal=Women and Language |volume=26 |number=2 |year=2003 |page=34}}
*{{cite journal|last=Davis |first=Michael |title=Tied to that Maternal 'Thing': Death and Desire in Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=Gothic Studies |volume=4 |number=1 |year=2002 |pages=63–78 |doi=10.7227/GS.4.1.5}}
*{{cite journal|last=Dayal |first=Samir |title=Inhuman love: Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=[[Postmodern Culture]] |volume=12 |number=2 |year=2002 |doi=10.1353/pmc.2002.0005 |s2cid=144838814 |url=http://pmc.iath.virginia.edu/issue.102/12.2dayal.html}}
*{{cite journal|last=DuPuis |first=Reshela |title=Romanticizing Colonialism: Power and Pleasure in Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=The Contemporary Pacific |year=1996 |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=51–79 |jstor=23706813 |url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/23706813}}
*{{cite book|last=Frankenberg |first=Ronnie |chapter=Re-presenting the Embodied Child: the Muted Child, the Tamed Wife and the Silenced Instrument in Jane Campion's "The Piano" |title=The Body, Childhood and Society |year=2016 |page=125 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-333-98363-8}}
*{{cite book|last=Frus |first=Phyllis |chapter=Borrowing a Melody: Jane Campion’s "The Piano" and Intertextuality |title=Beyond Adaptation: Essays on Radical Transformations of Original Works |editor-last1=Frus |editor-first1=Phyllis |editor-last2=Williams |editor-first2=Christy |publisher=McFarland |year=2010 |isbn=978-0786442232}}
*{{cite journal|last=Gillett |first=Sue |title=Lips and fingers: Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=Screen |year=1995 |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=277–287 |doi=10.1093/screen/36.3.277}}
*{{cite journal|last=Hazel |first=Valerie |title=Disjointed Articulations: The Politics of Voice and Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=Women's Studies Journal |volume=10 |number=2 |year=1994 |page=27 |url= https://www.proquest.com/openview/03512487898e81df3fc006062d6ca158/1.pdf?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1816886}}
*{{cite journal|last=Hendershot |first=Cyndy |title=(Re) Visioning the Gothic: Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=Literature/Film Quarterly |volume=26 |number=2 |year=1998 |pages=97–108 |jstor=43796833 |url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/43796833}}
*{{cite journal|last=Izod |first=John |title=''The Piano'', the Animus, and the Colonial Experience |journal=Journal of Analytical Psychology |volume=41 |number=1 |year=1996 |pages=117–136 |doi=10.1111/j.1465-5922.1996.00117.x|pmid=8851259 }}
*{{cite journal|last=Jacobs |first=Carol |author-link=Carol Jacobs (academic) |title=Playing Jane Campion's Piano: Politically |journal=[[Modern Language Notes]] |volume=109 |date=December 1994 |pages=757–785}}
*{{cite news|last=James |first=Caryn |author-link=Caryn James |title=A Distinctive Shade of Darkness |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/28/movies/a-distinctive-shade-of-darkness.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 28, 1993 |access-date=July 19, 2023}} 
*{{cite journal|last=Jayamanne |first=Laleen |title=Post-colonial gothic: the narcissistic wound of Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=Toward Cinema and Its Double: Cross-cultural Mimesis |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2001 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rrz4ZVsOFEAC&pg=PA24 |pages=24–48 |isbn=978-0253214751}}
*{{cite journal|last=Jolly |first=Margaret |title=Looking Back? Gender, Sexuality and Race in "The Piano" |journal=Australian Feminist Studies |volume=24 |number=59 |year=2009 |pages=99–121 |doi=10.1080/08164640802680627|hdl=1885/31897 |s2cid=143160100 |hdl-access=free }}
*{{cite journal|last=Klinger |first=Barbara |title=Contested Endings: Interpreting ''The Piano''{{'}}s (1993) Final Scenes |year=2003 |journal=Film Moments: Criticism, History, Theory |pages=135–39}}
*{{cite journal|last=Klinger |first=Barbara |title=The art film, affect and the female viewer: "The Piano" revisited |journal=[[Screen (journal)|Screen]] |volume=47 |number=1 |year=2006 |pages=19–41 |doi=10.1093/screen/hjl002|doi-access=free }}
*{{cite book|last=Molina |first=Caroline |chapter=Muteness and mutilation: the aesthetics of disability in Jane Campion’s "The Piano" |title=The Body and Physical Difference: Discourses of Disability |year=1997 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |pages=267–282 |isbn=978-0472066599}}
*{{cite journal|last=Najita |first=Susan Yukie |title=Family Resemblances: The Construction of Pakeha History in Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature |volume=32 |number=1 |year=2001 |url=https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ariel/article/view/34397}}
*{{cite journal|last=Norgrove |first=Aaron |title=But is it music? The crisis of identity in "The Piano" |journal=[[Race & Class]]|volume=40 |number=1 |year=1998 |pages=47–56 |doi=10.1177/030639689804000104|s2cid=143485321 }}
*{{cite journal|last=Pflueger |first=Pennie |title=The Piano and Female Subjectivity: Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" (1899) and Jane Campion's "The Piano" (1993) |journal=Women's Studies |volume=44 |number=4 |year=2015 |pages=468–498 |doi=10.1080/00497878.2015.1013213|s2cid=142988458 }}
*{{cite journal|last=Preis-Smith |first=Agata |title=Was Ada McGrath a Cyborg, or, the Post-human Concept of the Female Artist in Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=Acta Philologica |year=2009 |page=21 |url=https://acta.wn.uw.edu.pl/api/files/view/1811454.pdf}}
*{{cite journal|last=Reid |first=Mark A. |title=A few black keys and Maori tattoos: Re-reading Jane Campion's the piano in PostNegritude time |journal=[[Quarterly Review of Film & Video]] |volume=17 |number=2 |year=2000 |pages=107–116 |doi=10.1080/10509200009361484|s2cid=191617268 }}
*{{cite journal|last=Riu |first=Carmen Pérez |title=Two Gothic Feminist Texts: Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" and the Film "The Piano" by Jane Campion |journal=Atlantis |year=2000 |pages=163–173 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/28049912}}
*{{cite book|last=Sklarew |first=Bruce H. |chapter=I Have Not Spoken: Silence in "The Piano" |title=Psychoanalysis and Film |editor-last1=Gabbard |editor-first1=Glen O. |pages=115–120 |publisher=Routledge |year=2018 |isbn=978-0429478703}}
*{{cite book|last=Taylor |first=Lib |editor-first1=Jonathan |editor-last1=Bignell |chapter=Inscription in "The Piano" |title=Writing and Cinema |pages=88–101 |publisher=Routledge |year=2014 |doi= 10.4324/9781315839325 |isbn=978-1315839325}}
*{{cite journal|last=Thornley |first=Davinia |title=Duel or Duet? Gendered Nationalism in "The Piano" |journal=[[Film Criticism (journal)|Film Criticism]] |volume=24 |number=3 |year=2000 |pages=61–76 |jstor=44019061 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44019061}}
*{{cite journal|last=Williams |first=Donald |title=The Piano: The Isolated, Constricted Self |journal=Film Commentaries |year=2013 |url=https://jungpage.org/learn/articles/film-reviews/730-the-piano-the-isolated-constricted-self}}
*{{cite journal|last=Wrye |first=Harriet Kimble |title=Tuning a clinical ear to the ambiguous chords of Jane Campion's "The Piano" |journal=Psychoanalytic Inquiry |volume=18 |number=2 |year=1998 |pages=168–182 |doi=10.1080/07351699809534182}}
*{{cite journal|last=Zarzosa |first=Agustin |title=Jane Campion's The Piano: melodrama as mode of exchange |journal=New Review of Film and Television Studies |volume=8 |number=4 |year=2010 |pages=396–411 |doi=10.1080/17400309.2010.514664|s2cid=191596093 }}
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|0107822}}
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* {{Metacritic film|title=The Piano}}
* [http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/piano The Piano] at [http://www.ozmovies.com.au Ozmovies]
* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7669-the-piano-gothic-gone-south ''The Piano:'' Gothic Gone South] an essay by Carmen Gray at the [[The Criterion Collection|Criterion Collection]]

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