HD DVD - The Look and Sound of Perfect

Real-Time Interactivity

With Microsoft’s HDi™ technology, you can navigate through the movie, bonus features and settings as the movie plays. Instantly search through chapters or turn Picture-in-Picture filmmaker commentary on and off at any time during the movie. With Universal’s HD DVD, you’re in complete control of this baby.

My Scenes

What if you could watch the The Pianist scenes you love the most back to back? With My Scenes, you can. While watching the movie, press the “B” button on your remote control to bookmark a scene, and press the “C” button to create a clip. Repeat at any time to mark all your favorite clips. Then sit back and watch your favorites playback in HD. It’s like having your own personal The Pianist at your fingertips!

• Insight into the making of the film and its authenticity

• Roman Polanski’s own story of survival during WWII

• Clips of Wladyslaw Szpilman playing the piano

Nominated for seven Academy Awards® including Best Picture and winner of three, The Pianist stars Oscar® winner Adrien Brody in the true life story of brilliant pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, the most acclaimed young musician of his time until his promising career was interrupted by the onset of World War II. This powerful, triumphant film follows Szpilman’s heroic and inspirational journey, an unforgettable epic testifying to the power of hope and the resiliency of the human spirit. Brought to life by visionary filmmaker Roman Polanski, The Pianist is his most personal movie ever.