First Run Features presents The Award-winning Documentary THE NEW YORK TIMES calls “The arT of The STeinway whiSperer” “HHHH a captivating film not just for pianomaniacs!” -Trevor Johnston, Time OuT “faScinaTing!” “Thoroughly enjoyable!” -Tom Huizenga, -peter Rainer, National public Radio Christian SciencE Monitor “Stefan Knüpfer is a co-conspirator, a sorcerer’s apprentice, even a piano witch doctor and to watch him in action is addictive.” -Kenneth Turan, Los ANgeles Times “DelighTfully eSoTeric!” -The London TelegrapH “SurpriSingly exciTing! you don’t have to love classical piano to love pianomania!” -This Week in New York As Steinway & Sons’ Chief Technician and Master Tuner in Vienna, Stefan Knüpfe is dedicated to the unusual H H 25 City Theatrical Art House Release! task of pairing world-class instruments with world-fa- H The World’s Greatest Pianists Featured H mous pianists. Juggling the demands of the pianist, the H Lang Lang H piano, and the piece to find the perfect match requires H Pierre-Laurent Aimard H boundless enthusiasm, but also endless patience and H Alfred Brendel H Rudolph Buchbinder H nerves of steel. No detail is too small or too inconsequential for Knüpfe, not even the tiniest speck of dust on a piano string. SRP: $27.95 Pianomania is a funny and surprisingly suspenseful peek into the Canada: $29.95 heated clash of wills between a genius craftsman and the renowned Catalog #: FRF 914987D 93 minutes, color, 2010 pianists who rely on his talent as they search together for that elusive perfect tone. Pre-book: JANUARY 17 • Street Date: FEBRUARY 14 TO ORDER CALL 1-800-229-8575 OR CONTACT YOUR DISTRIBUTOR Email: [email protected].