[pianotech] Killer Diller

[paul bruesch]

I posted about this one <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285144/> 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
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> Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone
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