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Any one seen ' Copying Beethoven' ?

Posted by il Barbiere (A) on October 11, 2006 at 20:43:53

Any one seen ' Copying Beethoven' ?

It's a new movie portraying Beethoven's last year of life.

This movie has snatches of the choral movement of B's ninth
(how could any one avoid putting such a crowd puller into a movie about Beethoven)?

Ed Harris plays Beethoven. In my opinion the best actor to portray Beethoven would have been Anthony Hopkins (with a wig).

The movie is not factually correct, as a woman acts as Beethoven's copyist. Also, it shows Beethoven conducting his ninth with a degree of precision - B was stone deaf at the time that the ninth was performed & was not audibly aware that this symphony had ended.

Would really appreciate any feedback regarding this movie.
Hope that it's not like the dreadful , inaccurate; 'Immortal Beloved'.

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