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Songs in the key of ‘Quiet’
The psychological domestic thriller “The Quiet,” produced last year in Austin by Burnt Orange Productions and the UT Film Institute, hits theaters in September. Trite, soggy and sometimes laughable, the small film stars Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle and Edie Falco (who has an alarming nude scene).
Belle and Cuthbert play bits of Beethoven on the piano in the movie, and they learned their tinklings from Austin pianist Tony Tobin, who spent three weeks coaching the actresses and made the music you hear on the soundtrack. (Here’s Tobin’s Web site.)
We interviewed Cuthbert today about “The Quiet” and asked about her lessons with Tobin.
“He said I needed finger extenders, because my fingers are too short,” Cuthbert told us with a laugh. “He said if I wanted a career as a pianist that it probably wouldn’t happen. It didn’t break my heart because I realized how bad I was.”
She laughed some more.
Cuthbert
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