Basic Info
Title: Copying
Beethoven
Genre: Drama
Country: United
States
Language: English
Production Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Running time: 104 minutes
Release date: November 10,
2006
Staff
Director: Agnieszka
Holland
Producer: Sidney
Kimmel, Stephen J. Rivele, Michael Taylor, Christopher Wilkinson
Written by: Stephen J.
Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
Music: Cliff
Eidelman
Cinematography:
Ashley Rowe
Editor: Alex Mackie
Cast
Ed Harris (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Diane Kruger (Anna Holtz)
Matthew Goode (Martin Bauer)
Phyllida Law (Mother Canisius)
Joe Anderson (Karl van Beethoven)
Ralph Riach (Wenzel Schlemmer)
Bill Stewart (Rudy)
Summary
The film "Copying Beethoven"
is a 2006 drama distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Agnieszka
Holland. It is a fictional story about the triumphs and heartaches of the last
years of Ludwig van Beethoven.
It is 1824, when Beethoven is finishing
his Ninth Symphony. He suffers from deafness, loneliness and personal trauma,
and his personality is getting worse. Before the premiere of his last symphony,
Anna Holtz, a young conservatory student and aspiring composer, helps him
finish preparing the score of his symphony for the first performance.
Beethoven
is skeptical of her at first because she is just a woman, but on the first day,
she finds Beethoven's wrong notes and corrects them herself, and then Beethoven
acknowledges her genius talent. Eventually, Beethoven trusts Anna's help and
relies on her with respect.
Movie Review
“Copying Beethoven is a sort of
grand cinema opera of the composer's life and music”, Chicago Tribune
“The deaf maestro conducting his
Ninth Symphony as Anna coaches. It goes on for what seems a whole reel, but
it's so sublime it seems too short and, by itself, could stand as one of the
greatest classic music videos ever”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Helmer Agnieszka Holland's Copying
Beethoven joins 1994's "Immortal Beloved" in the ranks of mediocre
dramatic interpretations of Beethoven's biography”, Variety
Interesting stories about the film
1. Ed Harris, in an interview with
The Guardian on August 11, 2007, said that his biggest disappointment with the
film was “the distribution of the film in the United States.” He also said that
the most important lesson he learned from his life is "Don't let MGM
distribute the movies you care about.”
2. This film was originally written
with Anthony Hopkins in mind as a role of Ludwig van Beethoven.
3. Bill Stewart died shortly after
the film was released.
4. Ed Harris and Diane Kruger also
appeared in the 2007 film "National Treasure: Book of Secrets."
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