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* NoEnding: Tom plays the final four bars of La Cinquette correctly on the now-damaged piano, and the key is released. He picks it up, and he film cuts to Black.

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* NoEnding: Tom plays the final four bars of La Cinquette correctly on the now-damaged piano, and the key is released. He picks it up, and he the film [[SmashToBlack cuts to Black.black]].



* TakingYouWithMe: Tom pulls this with Clem at the end. Tom survives however...

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* TakingYouWithMe: Tom [[spoiler:Tom]] pulls this with Clem [[spoiler:Clem]] at the end. Tom survives however...[[spoiler:Tom]] survives, however.
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* [[Determinator]]: Clem insists on continuing the heist since he spent 3 years planning it, and kills his partner when he tries to leave.

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* [[Determinator]]: {{Determinator}}: Clem insists on continuing the heist since he spent 3 years planning it, and kills his partner when he tries to leave.
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* Determinator: Clem insists on continuing the heist since he spent 3 years planning it, and kills his partner when he tries to leave.

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* Determinator: [[Determinator]]: Clem insists on continuing the heist since he spent 3 years planning it, and kills his partner when he tries to leave.



* {{GASP}}: The audience lets out a loud one, the first time Tom leaves the stage [[spoiler:thinking he had another bout of stage fright]]

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* {{GASP}}: The audience lets out a loud one, the first time Tom leaves the stage [[spoiler:thinking he had another bout of stage fright]]fright]].
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* Determinator: Clem insists on continuing the heist since he spent 3 years planning it, and kills his partner when he tries to leave.
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* TakingYouWithMe: Tom pulls this with Clem at the end. Tom survives however...
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even after already killing Wayne and Ashley, the assistant comes to his senses once Clem's lunacy over this heist kicks into overdrive.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even after already killing Wayne and Ashley, the assistant comes to his senses once Clem's lunacy over this heist kicks into overdrive. He gets a bullet to the head for it.
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* [[ThePreciousPreciousCar The Precious, Precious Piano]]
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!!GrandPiano !!This film provides examples of:
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* NoOSHACompliance: A rivet on the the catwalks, causing it to come crashing down on stage, destroying the piano and killing Clem.

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* NoOSHACompliance: A rivet on the the catwalks, causing it to come crashing down on stage, destroying the piano and killing Clem.



* PerformanceAnxiety: Tome experiences this after a performance of "La Cinquette" goes badly [[spoiler:five years prior to his return.]]

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* PerformanceAnxiety: Tome Tom experiences this after a performance of "La Cinquette" goes badly [[spoiler:five years prior to his return.]]

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* HiddenWire: Subverted. Clem and the assistant forget that Tom has a device as well. At some point during the concert, the signals get crossed and Tom hears the conversation between the two. Eventually realizing that that the assistant is part of the plan. [[HowMuchDidYouHear The assistant realizes that Tom heard it all.]]

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* HiddenWire: HowMuchDidYouHear: Subverted. Clem and the assistant forget that Tom has a device as well. At some point during the concert, the signals get crossed and Tom hears the conversation between the two. Eventually realizing two, eventually revealing that that the assistant is part of the plan. [[HowMuchDidYouHear The assistant in turn realizes that Tom heard it all.]]all.
* LaserSight



* VillainousBreakdown: The assistant once he pleads for Clem to call the heist quits.

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* VillainousBreakdown: The assistant once he pleads for Clem to call the heist quits.quits.
* YouAlwaysHearTheBullet: Averted the first time Clem uses his gun.
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* NoEnding: Tom plays the final four bars of La Cinquette correctly on the now-damaged piano, and the key is released. He picks it up, and he film cuts to Black.

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* {{Chessmaster}}: Clem



* NoOSHACompliance: A rivet on the the catwalks, causing it to come crashing down on stage, destroying the piano and killing Clem.



* [[ThePreciousPreciousCar The Precious, Precious Piano]]

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* [[ThePreciousPreciousCar The Precious, Precious Piano]]Piano]]
* VillainousBreakdown: The assistant once he pleads for Clem to call the heist quits.

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* {{Chessmaster}}: Clem



* ForgotAboutTheMindReader: Clem and the assistant forget that Tom has a device as well. At some point during the concert, the signals get crossed and Tom hears the conversation between the two. Eventually realizing that that the assistant is part of the plan. [[HowMuchDidYouHear The assistant realizes that Tom heard it all.]]



* HiddenWire: Subverted. Clem and the assistant forget that Tom has a device as well. At some point during the concert, the signals get crossed and Tom hears the conversation between the two. Eventually realizing that that the assistant is part of the plan. [[HowMuchDidYouHear The assistant realizes that Tom heard it all.]]



* PlotDevice: The piano, moreso the Key locked within the mechanics of the piano.

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* PlotDevice: The piano, Grand Piano, moreso the Key locked within the mechanics of the piano.
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* ArcWords: "The audience doesn't know it"


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* ForgotAboutTheMindReader: Clem and the assistant forget that Tom has a device as well. At some point during the concert, the signals get crossed and Tom hears the conversation between the two. Eventually realizing that that the assistant is part of the plan. [[HowMuchDidYouHear The assistant realizes that Tom heard it all.]]
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* ObviousJudas: The assistant. It doesn't help that his quips are blatantly foreshadowing. Even if it's your first time watching the film, you'll automatically know he's working against Tom.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Tom's feverish texting. It's very well executed as he's typing through the sheet music, and doing so ''while'' playing the piano.



* PerformanceAnxiety: Tome experiences this after a performance of "La Cinquette" goes badly [[spoiler:five years prior to his return.]]

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* PianoDrop: Inverted. Tom and Clem fight on the catwalks towards the climax, and fall on the prized piano, completely destroying it.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Tome experiences this after a performance of "La Cinquette" goes badly [[spoiler:five years prior to his return.]]]]
* PlotDevice: The piano, moreso the Key locked within the mechanics of the piano.
* TheOmniscient: Clem, though he notices a lot, some things get right past him thanks to Tom's fast-thinking.
* [[ThePreciousPreciousCar The Precious, Precious Piano]]
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* DevilInPlainSight/ObviousJudas: The assistant. It doesn't help that his quips are blatantly foreshadowing.

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* DevilInPlainSight/ObviousJudas: EvenEvilHasStandards: Even after already killing Wayne and Ashley, the assistant comes to his senses once Clem's lunacy over this heist kicks into overdrive.
* FlatCharacter: Emma, Tom's wife. It's established that she's an actress, but other than that, she serves no purpose than to be put in danger later in the film.
* {{GASP}}: The audience lets out a loud one, the first time Tom leaves the stage [[spoiler:thinking he had another bout of stage fright]]
* NoNameGiven: The Assistant, he's never credited with a name but instead a title.
* ObviousJudas:
The assistant. It doesn't help that his quips are blatantly foreshadowing. Even if it's your first time watching the film, you'll automatically know he's working against Tom.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Tome experiences this after a performance of "La Cinquette" goes badly [[spoiler:five years prior to his return.]]
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* BottleEpisode: The majority of the film takes place in a Concert Hall.
* DevilInPlainSight/ObviousJudas: The assistant. It doesn't help that his quips are blatantly foreshadowing.
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[[caption-width-right:600:Play one wrong note, and you die!]]

Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood) is the most talented pianist of his generation, but has stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public for a long awaited concert in Chicago. In the sights of an anonymous sniper (John Cusack), Tom must get through the most difficult performance of his life and look for help without being detected.

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