There's a movie with Morgan Freeman tuning a piano and one with Fred Astaire tuning a piano. Haven't got a clue what the names are, maybe someone else knows, but the one with Freeman was a mystery and the with Astaire had him in a Navy hat.... Laura On Jan 22, 2013, at 4:22 PM, paul bruesch wrote: > I posted about this one in June 2011 on the "other" list, and now I see it's currently available on Netflix Instant. A piano tech plays a prominent role throughout the film. It's not a 100% accurate portrayal, but not completely bogus, either. > > Paul Bruesch > Frozen in Stillwater, MN, where, just a couple hours ago we broke above 0°F for the first time in about 48 hours. Pity is welcomed > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 3:22 PM, <paulmulik at yahoo.com> wrote: > Yesterday I watched a somewhat obscure movie called Killer Diller (made in 2004 and available from Netflix -- Not to be confused with a 1948 film with the same title.) It's about a group of young adults at a halfway house who have reluctantly formed a gospel band (at the insistence of the man who runs the house, played by Fred Willard), and a young autistic man from the community named Vernon, who is a piano savant. > > In the film, Vernon (Lucas Black) carries a tuning lever with him and every time he comes to a piano, he insists on tuning one note before he plays. I didn't check, but I think it was the same note every time. As one who deals with autism on a daily basis, I found this interesting. > > I can't think of very many movies in which someone is seen tuning a piano. Tuners are mentioned (but not seen) in Mary Poppins and The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Whoopi Goldberg's character attempts to tune a piano in the second Sister Act film. Anybody know of others? > > Paul Mulik > > > > > Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130122/0e17803c/attachment.htm>
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