![Australian pianist David Helfgott performs onstage at the 69th annual Academy Awards, March 24. Australian actor Geoffrey-Rush on Monday won the best acting Oscar for portraying the troubled concert pianist David Helfgott Australian pianist David Helfgott performs onstage at the 69th annual Academy Awards, March 24. Australian actor Geoffrey-Rush on Monday won the best acting Oscar for portraying the troubled concert pianist David Helfgott](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/36c9b3f7fc83418081fcfa5f8113a016/2d586a8.jpg)
Australian pianist David Helfgott performs onstage at the 69th annual Academy Awards, March 24. Australian actor Geoffrey-Rush on Monday won the best acting Oscar for portraying the troubled concert pianist David Helfgott
![Pianist David Helfgott and actor Geoffrey Rush, who played him in the film Shine, 13 August 2016 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Pianist David Helfgott and actor Geoffrey Rush, who played him in the film Shine, 13 August 2016 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)](https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7732780-3x2-700x467.jpg)
Pianist David Helfgott and actor Geoffrey Rush, who played him in the film Shine, 13 August 2016 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
![Amazon.co.jp: Shine [VHS] : Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood, Alex Rafalowicz, Gordon Poole, Nicholas Bell, Danielle Cox, Rebecca Gooden, Marta Kaczmarek, John Cousins, Geoffrey Simpson, Scott Hicks, Amazon.co.jp: Shine [VHS] : Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood, Alex Rafalowicz, Gordon Poole, Nicholas Bell, Danielle Cox, Rebecca Gooden, Marta Kaczmarek, John Cousins, Geoffrey Simpson, Scott Hicks,](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/511XSN265HL._AC_SY445_.jpg)
Amazon.co.jp: Shine [VHS] : Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood, Alex Rafalowicz, Gordon Poole, Nicholas Bell, Danielle Cox, Rebecca Gooden, Marta Kaczmarek, John Cousins, Geoffrey Simpson, Scott Hicks,
![David Helfgott, Barbican, London, review: He's harnessed his demons, and now plays like a proper concert pianist | The Independent | The Independent David Helfgott, Barbican, London, review: He's harnessed his demons, and now plays like a proper concert pianist | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2017/05/30/14/mc-111.jpg?quality=75&width=982&height=726&auto=webp)