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They Shot the Piano Player Screenings

SONY PICTURES CLASSICS SET TO RELEASE THIS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2024, FERNANDO TRUEBA &

JAVIER MARISCAL’S “THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER” IN

NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES

SHOWINGS IN OTHER MAJOR MARKETS SUCH AS SAN FRANCISCO, CAMBRIDGE, DENVER, CLEVELAND, ATLANTA TO FOLLOW THROUGHOUT MARCH

SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ANNOUNCES ALL THEATERS AND MARKETS WHERE THE FILM WILL PREMIERE FOR THE FIRST TIME

This Friday, February 23, 2024, Sony Pictures Classics will release Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal’s Bossa Nova-themed animated film THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER in theaters in

New York and Los Angeles. The film expands nationwide to other major markets such as Boston, San Francisco, Denver, Atlanta, Washington D.C., and Cleveland among others in the following weeks. All theaters, markets, and release dates are listed below.

The film is produced by Cristina Huete of Trueba PC (CHICO & RITA) in Spain, along with Serge Lalou for Les Films d’Ici (JOSEP) in France, Janneke van de Kerkhof for Submarine Sublime (BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF TURTLES) in the Netherlands, and Humberto Santana in Portugal. It is executive produced by Nano Arrieta of Atlantika and Fabien Westerhoff of Film Constellation.

From the duo behind the 2012 Academy Award®-nominated CHICO & RITA, THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER is narrated by Jeff Goldblum and features a who’s who of the best of Brazilian music, including João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Vinicius de Moraes, Milton Nascimento and Paulo Moura.

In THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER, a New York music journalist goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of young Brazilian piano virtuoso Tenorio Jr. A celebratory origin story of the world-renowned Latino musical movement Bossa Nova, the film captures a fleeting time bursting with creative freedom at a turning point in Latin American history in the 60s and 70s, just before the continent was engulfed by totalitarian regimes.

The film marks the second collaboration between Sony Pictures Classics and Trueba after the 1992 Academy Award®-winning BELLE ÉPOQUE.

ABOUT SONY PICTURES CLASSICS    

Michael Barker and Tom Bernard serve as co-presidents of Sony Pictures Classics—an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment they founded with Marcie Bloom in January 1992—which distributes, produces, and acquires independent films from around the world. Barker and Bernard have released prestigious films that have won 41 Academy Awards® (37 of those at Sony Pictures Classics) and have garnered 186 Academy Award® nominations (160 at Sony Pictures Classics) including Best Picture nominations for THE FATHER, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, WHIPLASH, AMOUR, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, AN EDUCATION, CAPOTE, HOWARDS END, and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. 

ABOUT SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT    

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services. http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/divisions.html.


Official Trailer for They Shot the Piano Player

February & March U.S. Screenings

Theater NameCityStateOpen Date
ROYALLos AngelesCA2/23/2024
ANGELIKA FILM CENTER 6New YorkNY2/23/2024
TOWN CENTER 5EncinoCA3/1/2024
OPERA PLAZA FOURSan FranciscoCA3/1/2024
CORAL GABLES ART CINEMACoralgablesFL3/1/2024
HARKINS SHEA 14ScottsdaleAZ3/8/2024
LAEMMLE GLENDALEGlendaleCA3/8/2024
E-STREET CINEMAWashingtonDC3/8/2024
KENDALL SQUARE CINEMA 9CambridgeMA3/8/2024
CHEZ ARTISTE 3DenverCO3/15/2024
TROPIC CINEMAKey WestFL3/15/2024
LAGOON THEATRE 5MinneapolisMN3/15/2024
CLEVELAND CINEMATHEQUEClevelandOH3/16/2024
MIDTOWN CINEMAS 8AtlantaGA3/22/2024
PLAZA FRONTENAC CINEMA 6FrontenacMO3/22/2024
GUILD CINEMAALBUQUERQUENM3/22/2024

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