I gotta see that again! I saw it long before I ever considered getting into this field. Now, 27 years later, I'll pay attention! Thanks, ET. Laura Olsen On Jan 22, 2013, at 7:48 PM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote: > The Astaire movie is "Follow the Fleet" with Randolph Scott, Ginger Rogers and Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie Nelson's band-singer wife, later of "Ozzie and Harriet" fame. ) Fred then proceeds to (!really!) play a superb rendition of "I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket", by Irving Berlin, who wrote the whole score. > > > Thumpe > > From: Laura Olsen <ajoyfulsound at gmail.com>; > To: <pianotech at ptg.org>; > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Killer Diller > Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 11:56:57 PM > > 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/20130122/42954533/attachment.htm>
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