Shine (1996) - Flight of the Bumblebee

[@АлександраНиколаева-ь2ь]

The most incredible thing is not the playing itself but the fact that the piano in a cafe is perfectly tuned😂

[@idocare6538]

Lol, so true!

[@skybluescholar]

considering it's a cafe full of posh folk, it's quite believable

[@opticalmixing23]

Hagq, tht wht i was thinking too. No piqno is ever tuned tht good. Esp around ppl tht arent necessadily music savvy. ( excuse my grammar in spelling) tysm❤

[@opticalmixing23]

​@@skybluescholarlol

[@MrOtistetrax]

And the action is even remotely good enough to perform that piece.

[@HeyRussianCommissar]

It's one thing to play Flight of the Bumblebee, It's quite another to play it while smoking.

[@Juliansnake1000]

And without letting the cigarette's leftovers fall off.

[@MsBeautybeez]

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[@richardj.rustleshyman2026]

And smugly looking over your shoulder instead of the keys

[@TheFreddyEduard]

She let the piano smoke VIDEO Flicht of the Bumblebee - 3 Piano Versions

[@ericday4505]

RussianCommissar Great comment funny too.

[@jorgepedro8431]

Geoffrey Rush is one of the most underrated actors in movie history. Fortunately, he won an Oscar for this performance...and he has other stellar performances like this one.

[@buckhorncortez]

Everyone today is "underrated." The new complement du jur rather than simply saying he's a good actor. I understand the Grand Canyon is underrated as a hole in the ground...

[@jasonfitzpatrick2197]

@@buckhorncortez He said 'underrated' and 'won an Oscar' in the space of ten words, I don't think he's that smart.

[@SunnyDiegoProduction]

⁠​⁠@@jasonfitzpatrick2197he got 18 other geniuses to agree to that oxymoron 😂

[@georgestuart8656]

The Peter Sellers biopic he did was amazing. It was a made for TV movie. If they had the foresight to put it in half a dozen cinemas he would have walked the Oscar.

[@georgestuart8656]

Nicely constructed scene. The first thing I thought was he would never have gotten away with smoking in a restaurant. Then the manager/owner lights up. Sign of the times. How quickly we forget.

[@martinwetles]

"Give us Beethovens 5th" "Sure mate, Symphony or Concerto" My dream to say one day :P

[@tsquaredtest1]

So conduct the symphony?

[@pianoa226]

@@tsquaredtest1 Arr by Liszt.

[@cxdrew474]

How’s that goin bruh? It’s been 6 years @martinwetles

[@drowization]

Hope you have achieved your goal by now, if you haven't, then keep pushing, if you have then keep going. Good luck....

[@martinwetles]

@@wibblewobblewellies No I had to sell my piano some years ago unfortunatly while moving between cities. Never got the space or the money for a new one. Perhaps some time in the future there will be a piano waiting for me again.

[@slimj091]

Honestly I wasn't shocked to learn that Geoffrey Rush re-learned how to play the piano so he could do this scene without faking it.

[@electricjellyfish375]

Amazing

[@el_jefe74]

One of the most epics "in your face" scenes.

[@syadoga]

Jeffro Man its not a fucking song

[@michaelvan1009]

•Sebastian• he was saying about the expression “in your face” lol

[@사연듣기좋은날]

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[@nicholasschroeder3678]

How do you like them apples.

[@jf3767]

One of the best scenes in the history of film. One reason why this is so good is that Flight of the Bumblebee is such an amazing piece of music.

[@johnathangrey3463]

i like how the bully leaves. the best way to beat up a bully, a piano. lol.

[@Bananaboatfloat123]

yeah, you can do real damage if you throw it at them

[@johnathangrey3463]

123friendslover and let it fall on his head. Lol.b

[@frankgallacher4799]

Johnathan Grey that would turn him into a loony tune ha ha ha get it a loony TUNE

[@johnathangrey3463]

I like you. LOL

[@johnathangrey3463]

I like you. LOL

[@mrstandfast2212]

When this film came out in 1996, I took my future wife to see it. She went to buy some drinks and I quickly bought the tickets. We settled down to watch and after few minutes, and a couple of grisly murders, I turned to her and said, 'Where's the piano?' It turned out that I'd bought tickets for Scream and not Shine. An easy mistake to make.

[@flemwad]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JesseStevenTrumm3992]

Hey Scream was a good movie too lol

[@richardgrier8968]

Fabulous story! 😂😂😂😂

[@garcia4062]

Jajajajaja

[@Zoltan-sb2hh]

😂

[@petar1008]

One of my favourite scenes of all time :)

[@HowDrab]

Yes me too. I had this on VHS when I was 12 or 13 and would rewind this scene and play it over and over and over. Now I have KZbin! :)

[@jeffj2495]

Mine too. Expertly acted, and expertly synched to the scene. I liked the movie too.

[@michelerota1897]

The second is mozart once🤣

[@illuminatiCorgi]

*At one point even looks away from the piano, and continues to play and smoke his cigarette* Skill.

[@felin_de_la_nuit]

He actually does it twice 😉

[@VDAM1984]

3 times 2 over both shoulders lol

[@philip9485]

When he looks over his shoulder his’s just like “take that ass hole”

[@josephhapp9]

Its a movie, all synched with the sound track recorded by David,, Filming each segment so the actor is in synch which is difficult on another level.

[@daviddegiorgio1399]

The greatest unintentional revenge scene in the history of film!!! 'hey baby.....how about a tune?' Ya certainly got one ya bastard haha

[@Turco949]

I love this movie and this scene had me in tears. Both Noah Taylor (very underrated and unspoken of) and Geoffrey Rush did an amazing job in this movie.

[@416Raps]

Moral of this scene is simply: Don't judge a book by its cover.

[@aussiebookworm1767]

Yes.

[@KaiMax_23]

absolutely

[@greengreen9878]

except this is Hollywood not reality. most of the time you can get a good judgement from someone's apperance

[@edigunawan2991]

Nope the moral of this movie is smoke weed and you can play flight of the Bumblebee like a badass

[@insearchofpeace2151]

Yet people make this mistake everytime.

[@izentink8576]

If yOu caN plAy iT sloWLy YoU cAn pLay iT qUicKLy

[@chrismurphy6109]

I haven't seen Shine. Someone in the film say that? Was it Patches O'Houlihan from Dodgeball? "If you can dodge a wrench..."? :)

[@brianc.9517]

@@chrismurphy6109 I think he was making fun of that violin player that said that.

[@gwaynebrouwn844]

@@chrismurphy6109 You don't know TwoSetViolin???

[@TheBarbahaba]

lin lin will make us all proud:)

[@ChapCinematics]

Ling ling will be proud

[@1richeyjo]

1/2 century ago I use to be able to play it this good on a violin and loved every second of it. Out of everything our orchestra played, this was always my favorite music. Now I'm so old I'd never be able to do it again, but I think at least I would be able to hold the violin correctly.

[@v4v819]

Did you get a recording?

[@dairyair5371]

I was never in an orchestra but used to be able to play dizzy fingers on the accordion. Too old to hold it now so know where you are coming from.

[@CBeard849]

Shine was a crushing victory for all those musicians who lived similar tortured lives.... but remained obscure. Rush was clearly the winner that year for BA.

[@mikesmithz]

Clear winner? I think you mean he robbed Tom Cruise of the Oscar. Anyone could see that Tom should have won for his role in Jerry Mcguire.

[@MrMjolnir69]

That's funny.

[@TheBarbahaba]

such a great movie and i love the fact its Geoffrey Rush who is really playing classical education sure has its perks....:)

[@markt3720]

Its definitely not rush.. he had a double sitting behind him

[@TheBarbahaba]

@@markt3720 Geoffrey Rush had once learned the piano up until aged fourteen. He took up piano lessons again thirty years later for this movie and also acted as his own hand double and body double. its a known trivia piece

[@markt3720]

@@TheBarbahaba look up Simon tedeschi. Rush may play some piano but these scenes are 100% not him playing

[@TheBarbahaba]

@@markt3720 dude you just bursted the illusion i had :( you mean to tell me the whole flight of the bumblebee scene in the pub was simon and not rush ?

[@cxloke_]

​@@TheBarbahaba Actually, it was no illusion :) Geoffrey played the piano by himself and Simon played the piano scenes of when David was a teen\young adult

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

brilliant film ! A performance about a talented musician who has paid a price for his art in modern society! David Helgott is a genius to the world.

[@therespectedlex9794]

For his art? Classically able musicians can usually find somewhere to play.

[@BlokeOzzie]

I had the great pleasure of hearing Helfgott play live at a small country town recital in Merredin decades ago. Humble and talented. I also hate Flight of the Bumblebee. Took me three years to master it, my right hand ached after finally getting it right, played it once for a concert, then never played it again. Ever.

[@BlokeOzzie]

***** That's putting it mildly. If you're extremely talented, you could probably nail it in a fortnight. I'm not that talented.

[@ryanbooth9292]

Never even considered trying to play it. Playing 'The Entertainer' is on my bucket list though, and I think that's more realistic for now.

[@bakashiina2823]

BlokeOzzie why you never played it again? :D

[@BlokeOzzie]

Baka Shiina Because it's technically a pain in the arse to perform well, my fingers aren't fast enough, and I don't even really like it that much. My parents did though, so I learned it for them. Much prefer the third movement of the Moonlight Sonata myself. Also difficult, but I just like it better over all.

[@cesarescobar1211]

xxg

[@denizbesikcioglu]

David Helfgott just played in Izmir tonight and he was such a pleasure to be around. Geoffrey Rush couldn't have acted better, David is exactly the sweetie pie you see at the movie. He runs around kissing everyone during the applouse, sings along while he plays (sings a totally different tune though), he's such a lovely man.

[@Drdrepacshakur]

nice

[@davidsimpson911]

+Deniz Erdogan i am so happy to meet another david helfgott fan god bless you deniz.

[@tommyt1971]

Always loved Rush's performance in this film, he was really great BUT I was always even more impressed by Noah Taylor playing Helfgott in his teens, he's such an underappreciated actor. Excellent in Game of Thrones!

[@Aramis7]

My thoughts exactly. Saw him yesterday at the Sydney Opera House and I didnt know if I was watching Helfgott play Rush or the other was around!

[@Lalulalala824]

Deniz Erdogan. H

[@emigrant1510]

I don't care about who you are or what you do, if you can play Flight Of The Bumblebee on any instrument then I have nothing but respect for you

[@symphoniacus]

Emi Grant But … it‘s technically just chromatics!

[@calmminecraft6804]

Numerus Rachmaninoff and Cziffra's arrangements are both far more than chromatics

[@kiwi.kiwi.]

i can only play it on my tablet :(

[@Emiliapocalypse]

What about on the kazoo?

[@emigrant1510]

@@Emiliapocalypse Then you're god to me.

[@skalkraser666]

Geoffrey Rush resumed piano lessons for the movie because he was suspended from piano school when he was 14... in order not to require a hand double... this men is awesome :D

[@savedbyjesusblood]

So many music teachers today shy away from teaching kids scales. "Flight of the Bumblebee" is full of chromatic scales. Kids can't grasp basic music concepts and structure without a basic knowledge of how music works. Teaching a kid music without the basics is like teaching someone to write a novel before they can spell properly.

[@felathar1985]

He took piano lessons for like 2 weeks or something.

[@TheCromulentMan]

@@savedbyjesusblood I don't know dick about theory, and I've wrote and recorded fuck loads of songs. Theory and scales aren't everything. But it definitely can help

[@MRHEY]

Man*

[@TheCromulentMan]

@IPA SOLÉ you're obviously an idiot.

[@Robbie_B]

I consider this to be one of the best scenes in film not to mention one of the greatest films of all time, no matter how many times I watch it. Pure Karma shown in all it's glory. Rush was outstanding here and deserved the Oscar for leading actor that year. He absolutely nailed Helfgott's mannerisms.

[@Andy-sp2ke]

Robert Bateman Whats the films name?

[@donjohnson24]

Shine

[@marieadams3720]

Don't forget Noah Taylor's performance.

[@liamg2271]

Geoffrey Rush is an absolutely brilliant actor, one of the best on the planet. That said I thought Noah Taylor's performance was grossly underrated and a more difficult role than Rush. He was the portrait of the artist and had to create an arc, especially when it came to his relationship with his father. It was a more nuanced performance but truly first class and he deserves far more recognition.

[@josephhapp9]

If you knew David Helfgott you would understand how good Geoffrey Rush was in this film.

[@rizla2000]

Agree fantastic actor, especially in this and in the matrix as Smith.

[@brucekilby9957]

Geoffrey Rush is such a Versatile Actor. From Helfgott to the Boss of Mossad in Munich to a Pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean. One of the best actors to come from Australia.😊🇦🇺

[@paspax]

@@rizla2000 .. Rush didn't play Smith. That was Hugo Weaving.

[@plang42]

@@rizla2000 wrong actor completely mate 👍

[@shohrehpourmand9906]

I believe G. Rush should get an Oscar for every role he performs. Pure genius.

[@CaptainReedo40]

Even for “Pirates?”

[@shohrehpourmand9906]

@@CaptainReedo40 That one no, I agree

[@kuanjuliu]

@@CaptainReedo40I still feel we were lucky to have him in “Pirates”, but that the series was Rush’s reward to enjoy. “ARRR!!!” as he charged Depp … I mean, seriously, that looked like so much fun!

[@ModeratelyAmused]

You probably haven't seen Mystery Men. A cute movie and not a waste of time to watch out of boredom but no Oscar winning performances for that cast.

[@jfn1066]

I agree!

[@HallidayASR]

Best song to shout badass mouths EVER.

[@thanhnampham1699]

Donovan A S R piece*

[@LouisGuillotYT]

Thành Nam Phạm Omg thank you I was about to say it

[@robertpajak4958]

same here xD

[@syadoga]

Its not a fucking song

[@romagman]

Could not agree with you more

[@ronnielittlerock7208]

I had not heard of this movie before I watched this clip. After which I promptly watched entire movie. What an absolutely brilliant film. Geoffrey Rush did an outstanding job.

[@jeremesalazar3134]

The piano player made the place alive again. Nice movies is hard to be forgotten.

[@ericday4505]

There are not 5 actors today with the range of Rush, truly one of our finest actors I loved him in Elizabeth, he was fiendishly good there. Here he made me very sad, how could a father snuff out the genius of his child. Or attempt to. Great performances all around in this very good movie.

[@josephhapp9]

Not just the father,,, the real story was the Electric Shock Therapy and medications on top of 130 cigarettes per day, 30 cups of coffee per day, alcohol and cigars fed to David by the Doctor who owned the Wine Bar.

[@3dbadboy1]

Amen on the Elizabeth reference.

[@ted.angell7609]

130??? That would be 6-1/2 packs 🤢

[@lindamanas6735]

The guy who realises he has been a prat is excellent in this scene too. Really helps to make the scene. Such a wonderful scene. I always want to join the party at the end. I can play Flight of the Bumble Bee on piano but only at 80% speed! I bet the ‘prat’ guy’s lovely in real life!

[@MrAlanfalk73]

That is not "only" that is amazing !

[@Vince1266]

Chris Haywood

[@maryclaremayo6157]

It's a great scene. Everyone else is captivated and delighted by this unexpected surprise. But Sam can't share in their enthusiasm. He looks around in dismay. How can this dishevelled mess of a man be drawing such rapt attention and respect?! It's so well done.

[@arthurradley5372]

"The 'Flight of the Bumblebee' is the single greatest piece of music ever written that captures the true majesty of nature's perfect chaos."

[@jcmat9917]

This was the movie that introduced, with a bang, the marvelous Geoffrey Rush to worldwide audiences...

[@mydogskips2]

And Rachmaninoff, at least his third Piano Concerto, not to mention this arrangement of bumblebee.

[@jcmat9917]

@@mydogskips2 OMG!! The Rachmaninoff Third sequence… 😬

[@jean-christophemurat9414]

I remembering crying my eyes out while watching this film for the first time on a plane to Mexico City, back in August 1997. Certain scenes are simply heartrending.

[@sleeplesscake]

Remember the guy who you called lame in middle school

[@aussiebookworm1767]

haha precisely.

[@johnathangrey3463]

I remember that guy. I put him in a wheel chair for molesting my younger cuz. Is that you?

[@NunYa953]

Now they just shoot people. Should give them free piano lessons

[@michaelodwyer5305]

I am what they call a tough sort of man. But the minute he started playing I could not stop crying.

[@4shunhere]

I'm amazed. I remember when I was teenager ,I had seen this movie .Now I play piano and wanted to make sure, that actor was really playing this bumble one or not. I thought this was played by pro pianist. But now I knew he was playing for himself and how difficult this was !

[@josephhapp9]

David Helfgott recorded this, Geoffrey Rush synched the hand movements but was not playing. Movies are made piece by piece then edited together in the studio.

[@RustinChole]

@@josephhapp9 at 1:19 there’s no edit and it REALLY looks like he’s actually playing. I know he studied for the film so they wouldn’t need a hand double for sure. But if that was fake piano playing on Rush’s part that’s the best faking I’ve ever seen.

[@oztiger5663]

Australian concert pianist Simon Tedeschi actually played this and the other complex pieces in Rush.

[@Meisha-san]

I remember watching this with my mum as a teen. We loved it and bonded so well that day. That was more than 30 years ago & I remember it like yesterday.

[@newtechi]

haha i love how the bar asshole is played by that actor.

[@LeonardoGPN]

The rule is simple: If you hate the asshole the actor is great.

[@Amber90125]

One of my all-time favorite films of all time - I cry every time I watch this film.

[@martinweier505]

One of the Greatest scenes in movie history. The Toowoomba boys know what they are doing

[@StevieCram]

Just popped up on the random feed, I now have to watch the full film again from years ago….. one hell of a film totally recommend

[@phillips278]

I never get tired of watching this scene.....I bet I have watched it 1000+ times or more.

[@ChapCinematics]

Me too?

[@richardprado5914]

Geoffrey Rush is just a stunning actor, one of the best of all time.

[@prof.heinous191]

It's about time some producer somewhere in the world had the guts to give Geoffrey Rush a job, one of the world's very greatest acting talents wasting...

[@tommyt1971]

Still my favorite scene in the movie. It has a great silent energy about it b/c the people in the bar are transfixed on his playing.

[@jasongailor5657]

Probably one of the best movies ever made.

[@televisionsover]

Most uplifting film scene ever. Many thanks for posting.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Geoffrey, one of greatest artists/actors on planet earth 🌎 ...shine on brother 👬💪

[@em8842]

I met David Helfgott, he did a concert in Denmark some years back. Such a sweet man, and incredibly talented.

[@busterbcook]

That piano was surprisingly well tuned and regulated for an ancient 2-pedal upright.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

They always are………..Hollywood don’t you know!

[@ted.angell7609]

Suspend your disbelief 😄

[@Professionalnyj_Troll]

you have to keep your temperament equal

[@lundsweden]

It would've sounded bad though on a honky tonk piana!

[@Hanamy7777]

One of the greatest scenes of cinema history. A bum - sneering and ''throw him out' - and suddenly 'Flight of the Bumblebee' played with cigarette. I especially love Sylvia played by Sonia Todd who encourages him and whose surprise is palpable.

[@greekleatherbiker5947]

One of the best cinematic scenes and one of the best films ever !! Genius

[@AMDave1023]

This is one of my MOST FAVORITE video clips on KZbin. Sign That Man Up! Did you see how everyone... EVERYONE (including the heckler) in that bistro seemed to be mesmerized by this man's honest talent.

[@knowhere60]

The Heller was the manager...😊

[@rikkir8755]

And not a single smartphone to record with

[@rikkir8755]

Mike Castillo sarcasm

[@rikkir8755]

Mike Castillo You're an idiot

[@basedbattledroid3507]

RIKKI R Eh well, still won an Oscar for it.

[@MikeeLord]

Johnathan Grey how dumb can you be.....

[@lookoutforchris]

Thank god they had the movie camera rolling.

[@lanceforever2412]

Anytime. Every single time I watch this scene I cry like a baby, there’s nothing I can do about it, they just shed on

[@grahamthompson2594]

I remember watching David playing at Riccardos wine bar (where this scene took place). He had the smoke on the lip and had turned his body to order a drink from a waiter, his hands just kept playing. Incredible. Geoffrey Rush had no hand double in this movie, and claims to not be a pianist, so you have just witnessed the greatest acting to ever be captured on film.

[@ken6771]

Are you sure there was no hand double? It’s just to damn perfect!

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

I'm skeptical on the hand double claim, they don't show him fully playing and face at the same time, fun to watch though

[@madpogue]

"It's a mystery!"

[@edique9772]

​@@ken6771His hands studied method acting while he took a smoke!

[@kevinh5349]

Ain't no way a non-pianist could do this, actor or not.

[@starpawsy]

Geoffrey Ruh really can and did play Rimsky-Korsikoff's "Flight of the Bumblebee", from memory, at that speed. What an intellectual achievement that was !

[@JanieO]

That’s incredible!

[@MrRegio1966]

parte de la película "Shine" una de mis preferidas, aquí es cuando una vieja amiga decide apoyarle dándole una oportunidad de tocar el piano en su pequeño restaurant, cuando el toca unas cuantas notas alguien del publico lo "invita" con tono altanero a dejar el piano y es cuando sorprende a lo comensales con esta ejecución..magistral. Al final de la película él halla el amor de su vida de manera circunstancial y es quien reactiva su carrera, apoyándole en todo.

[@cristianruiz1972]

En la traducción esa persona dijo: ¿Por qué no tocas algo Liberace?

[@opticalmixing23]

That must be the only piano, perfectly tuned in a restaurant setting like this anywhere in the world, especially that model 🎹🌍🐝🎶✨😍🎉

[@blakeshimabukuro5464]

One of the biggest "shut the fuck up's "in history...

[@Stormdrop1]

I saw David Helfgott play last night, and he did the Bumblebee as the 2nd encore. I'll never forget the moment when he kicked it off!

[@juanasanchez5302]

Shine nos habla de la vida de David Helfgott y cómo se vio marcado por su historia familiar y la obsesión por la música. Puede que esta escena no sea la más representativa, pero sí nos da una idea de en qué se convirtieron gran parte de sus años adultos tras sufrir un colapso nervioso.

[@javierreyna5321]

Disculpa mi ignorancia. Pero quién es David Helfgott?

[@carlossimancas9867]

El personaje que interpreta Geoffrey Rush. La peli trata de su vida

[@gtrpkr2487]

That’s the best scene of the entire movie. Great how bar owner shuts up quick.

[@stevecooksley]

I didn't know how good Geoffrey Rush's portrayal of David Helfgott was until I saw a documentary on the real one - it is stunning.

[@janeunjuchoi]

What was the documentary?

[@kurtzwar729]

Fab Geoffrey Rush on an antique upright grand piano. Wonderful job. Rush is top drawer. Cheers.

[@neilfincham7717]

About some 65 years ago, a high school classmate, Albert Laidlaw, played this at M.D.H.S. It was amazing to hear then and still is today.

[@jillrovner5886]

This is my favorite movie of all, Rush played Helfgott to the tee

[@KM-mi5ob]

favourite scene in the movie. had the honour of seeing him play this live, it was life-changing.

[@godbluffvdgg]

You're blessed...:)

[@kena.8003]

I still remember seeing this for the first time. I got chills when he goes right into playing after being heckled. And then looks back at 1:13 like 'I don't hear you laughing now b****' lol

[@LoganOliver1]

Makes me happy that he's able to play again and make everyone happy while also being happy himself.

[@godbluffvdgg]

21 years ago, when this first came out; it was my first exposure to the Rack 3...I had heard some things by Rachmaninoff and I knew what an amazing pianist he was but...This movie gave me a thirst for more Rachmaninoff...The Rack 3 haunts me; It's power is sublime!

[@RustinChole]

Me too. Favorite concerto from anyone. Absolutely gorgeous. I was shocked I had missed that piece, having been classically trained as a kid and a fan of everyone from Wolfgang to Stravinsky.

[@cliffspencer9989]

Out of curiosity rob. Do you like ( the yellow shark) by mr Zappa??

[@cfwintner1]

It's Rimsky-Korsakov, not Rachmaninoff.

[@RHt09]

@@cfwintner1 he’s talking about the key song in the movie not this video clip

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@cfwintner1 Yes, but the Rack 3 is where he goes nutso...Do try to keep up dear boy!

[@smallfaucet]

One of the best FU scenes of all time!

[@widesen]

Yes. Geoffrey Rush is a brilliants and lovable actor ... but he is portraying an even more brilliant and lovable person, David Helfgott. Please don't forget. I met Helfgott shortly a couple of times after concerts in Denmark and when I told him my name is Leif he hugged me long and dearly and kept repeating "Leif Den Lykkelige" which was the nordic explorer that came to America 500 years before Columbus. Helfgott lived in Denmark for some time in my home town though I regrettable never met him at that time. When he played his birthday concert in Copenhagen after the regular set he kept running off stage asking his wife if he could play another piece. She rushed him in again and he ran back on stage and asked the audience if he could play another piece. The love from the audiience was never ending. He ended up playing double time, a night never to forget. I still cry when I reminisce.

[@msss8036]

感動だね。定期的に見たくなる。

[@-Vitalis-]

_It doesn't matter the place: if you can make people happy, you won at life._

[@2011newdiscovery]

If I remember correctly according to the director's comments, the music you here isn't Rush playing BUT he did learn the fingering to a "T" so he could appear as if he was playing without splicing someone else's hands in. That, in itself, is amazing!

[@josephhapp9]

David Helfgott recorded for soundtrack,,,Geoffrey Rush finger synched for the cameras and acted/voiced David perfectly.

[@ewallt]

@@josephhapp9 The playing looked fine, but his looking back at people seemed a bit odd to me.

[@lindamanas954]

I think Geoffrey is pretty good on piano and his fingers are definitely in the right place.I can play this piece but not up to speed. In the opening downward run, however, the first note of every 16 should be with the left hand not the right hand. Geoffrey does the lot with the right hand which I thought was interesting! Pretty impressive hand synch though!

[@SharonCasey-d3w]

Happened to be thinking of this movie just the other day, and here this scene pops up on my page!

[@bobdole4916]

Need to buy this film, I love the story for all its tragic humor, but it's rare that a movie about a pianist has somebody who can fake the hand motions well enough to fit what they're supposed to be playing. Rush is superb.

[@000msh000]

+lygophile If you look closely, you can actually see that he is kinda faking it or maybe failing a bit sometimes. It's originally played by the real David Helfgott and added on to the footage. But i read in the trivia of the film at IMDB that Geoffrey Rush actually had to learn this piece to play this role in the movie, so he is kinda playing it the right way still

[@maulcs]

+lygophile Not true, at all. He's miming it.

[@josephhapp9]

@lygophile Geoffrey Rush finger synchs the piano part. David Helfgott recorded the soundtrack music.

[@flamindigo]

Geoffrey Rush was so lucky to get such a great role, and he did a great job of it. David was a true genius, no matter what his father thought.

[@rontomkins6727]

This scene is perhaps the one that popularized that piece so much and made it commercial in popular culture. Looking back, I can see why it was chosen: It's a good piece to depict the performer's ability in front of people who know little to nothing about music. Most importantly, it "sounds" difficult. A lot of pieces are incredibly difficult but they sound a lot easier than they really are. Generally speaking, pieces that feature fast passages with lots of chromaticism are perceived by the ear as incredibly difficult. Notice that the same happens in the movie The Legend of 1900 in the duel scene between 1900 and Jelly Roll Morton: When (SPOILERS) the protagonist finally plays the piece with which he will blow everyone away, it's a fast piece with a ridiculous (almost unnecessary) amount of chromaticism. I always thought that that final showdown piece sounded more like a technical exercise than a piece of music. But again, chromaticism is one of the features that blow people away the most.

[@rickmaldoo4205]

We know🙄 gawwwwd!!!

[@abandoned-mines-novascotia]

Why do you claim it's not difficult? If you can pull off the sustained dexterity, it IS kind of a 'musical stunt' that naturally wows the audience. What defines "difficult" ? I'd say it's not just a blaze of notes itself... but if you can deliver the 'blaze' with absolute precision, endurance, and dynamics, it DOES put you in the top 1% of players. I propose that executing Flight of the Bumblebee properly and cleanly *IS* difficult on piano. You don't need a music degree to appreciate this for what it is. To suggest that this performance, with allegedly your better-educated-ear, is some kind of 'trick piece' you can see as underwhelming, while the general public are rubes merely being fooled by lots of notes... is snobbery. Yes - to Helfgott, this was Chopsticks... but to most piano players, especially amateurs - this delivery is something they will never achieve. That right hand work is beastly.

[@rontomkins6727]

You misread my comment. I never said the piece is not difficult. But not all pieces "sound" or "appear" as difficult to general audiences even if they are. You can have a very difficult piece such as Satie's Gymnopedie Number 1, but it doesn't sound flashy and acrobatic. You can also have a piece that appears to be more difficult than it is. My point is simply that while the piece depicted here is very difficult, the directors probably wanted to use something that sounded really flashy and acrobatic, to really hammer down the point that what David is playing is extremely hard, so they could get the point across to general audiences who are not musically literate.

[@joeblack8915]

@@rontomkins6727 not musically literate? - which is faux academic bullshit, relating to something which, at the end of the day, affects human emotions. No-one has to be a musical genius to enjoy music or understand it. There is nothing to understand about music, other than how it affects an individual's emotions -and no amount of sniffy nonsense will change that fact. You remind me of those pretentious idiots who try to explain the meaning of an abstract painting which is made up of a single stripe (no doubt painted by someone as equally pretentious) as though it contained the meaning of life and other pretentious twaddle. When it comes to music, there is nothing to take into consideration or work out or understand. Listening to it and enjoying it - or not, as the case may be - is all that's required. Music is what it is, nothing more.

[@RtB68]

@@rontomkins6727 ...you just keep on piling up the conceit, eh? Tell us more, Liberace.

[@patriciaadams-rl4iz]

Here we go, this is spectacular to watch. He is so awesome in this movie

[@coralarch]

Bravo Geoffrey Rush, a wonderful performance. And Chris Heywood, I wish we could see more of him.

[@picciona719]

Shine è un film meraviglioso, commovente, splendido! Recitato magistralmente dal protagonista, Geoffrey Rush, fa' ridere, fa' pensare, fa' piangere, pensando alla triste vita a cui è stato costretto il povero David, un ragazzo pieno di talento e fragile, troppo fragile x fronteggiare quell'orribile padre! 😠😑😔... È difficile guardare questo film senza commuoversi... 😢😢

[@pianofan46]

See how they go from deriding him and treating him like dirt to accepting him once they know he has talent (apart from the kind lady). How I loathe fair-weather 'friends'!

[@Ratboy2004]

That's the sad part of it all. Happens all the time to these unique humans. Mozarts are born every day but only one or two every generation make it to a piano never mind an audience.

[@scootdaws25]

One of my favorite movies of all time.

[@danyeun01]

when your enemy tries to roast you but you tell them to watch and fk off

[@Baj64]

The Crossing Guard, Leaving Las Vegas, Shine, … '96 was such a great year in cinema.

[@Sirpepsicherricosplays]

I fecking love this scene !!!!

[@roberto3752]

Geoffrey Rush deserved the Oscar for this interpretation.

[@bravaLiz]

I've seen this film several times. NEVER have I watched it and NOT cried at the end.

[@jeffhoward9186]

Interesting and simple aspect that this movie showed us. That is, that we tend to judge people based on their appearance first and not their character and talent. We fail to get to know people before we pass judgement about them. It continues to this day and maybe even worse now then it ever was.

[@davidpalmer7175]

This movie is a masterpiece!

[@dinaldcurchod3296]

What a great movie that was. One of the best.

[@PaulJordan318]

Great scene from a fabulous movie.

[@bartman898]

I saw this movie with one of the best human beings I have ever met. Miss you.

[@caesarstrings]

Oddly enough, the left-hand chords of “Bumblebee” played perfectly in time have always been more difficult to play correctly than the flashy fast right-hand chromatic melody part in my experience.

[@roscored1000]

Meet him several times at work, a lovely gentle man.

[@tomtrinchera8405]

The most music I've ever heard stuffed into 69 seconds.

[@neissansaber8423]

It still brings tears to my eyes