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American Grand

2013 · 83 min

A gentle, unhurried look at craftspeople coaxing an old instrument back to life, quietly satisfying and easy to sink into.

Directed by
Harry Bromley Davenport
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Richard Davenport, Pamella Consolli, Kayoko Forest
Tagline
Who knew that restoring a piano could be so dramatic?
Overview
A vintage Steinway with rusty strings, wood-boring insects, and cat hair clogging the action, is dragged into a workshop and restored over the course of a year by a colorful team of technicians led by Richard Davenport, a renowned Los Angeles piano doctor.

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Directed by
Harry Bromley Davenport
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Richard Davenport, Pamella Consolli, Kayoko Forest
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • art
  • healing
  • aging
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Harry Bromley Davenport
Starring
Richard Davenport, Pamella Consolli, Kayoko Forest, Neema Pazargad
Runtime
83 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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