Last weekend I saw the musical "Lautrec" in London which
features music and lyrics by Charles Aznavour. Reading his
bio in the program I was surprised to see among his movie
credits the title "Don't Shoot the Pianist." While the copy
of the novel I have back in the US is the original DOWN THERE
and it has been twenty years since I saw the movie, I
remember the movie title as
"Shoot the Piano Player."
Thinking this was mildly amusing I mentioned it to three
friends (one each: Belgium, English, American) here in
Brussels and to my surprise all remembered "Don't" in the
movie title. The only reference book I have with me here is a
battered copy of HALLIWELL'S FILMGOERS COMPANION and the
relevent entries have the title "Shoot the Pianist."
I can imagine that the American release of the movie used
"piano player" as
"pianist" carries the image of a concert performer and that
may not be the case for "pianist" in Europe. Halliwell
sometimes gives the US title and other times not. One of the
many frustrations I have always found with his book.
Can anyone out there run through the title history for me? I
think the theater program is simply wrong and all three of my
friends have worse memories than I do.
No bar bets are at stake. I'm not that confident of my
memory.
Richard Moore
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