Rating: PG13
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/21/2001(USA
Release Date: 06/25/2002
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 136 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: DreamWorks
The true story of prominent mathematician
John Forbes Nash Jr. is the subject of this
biographical drama from director
Ron Howard.
Russell Crowe stars as the brilliant but arrogant and conceited professor
Nash. The prof seems guaranteed a rosy future in the early '50s after he marries beautiful student
Alicia (
Jennifer Connelly) and makes a remarkable advancement in the foundations of "game theory," which carries him to the brink of international acclaim. Soon after,
John is visited by
Agent William Parcher (
Ed Harris), from the CIA, who wants to recruit him for code-breaking activities. But evidence suggests that
Nash's perceptions of reality are cloudy at best; he is struggling to maintain his tenuous hold on sanity, and
Alicia suspects a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Battling decades of illness with the loyal
Alicia by his side,
Nash is ultimately able to gain some control over his mental state, and eventually goes on to triumphantly win the Nobel Prize. Based loosely on the book of the same name by
Sylvia Nasar,
A Beautiful Mind (2001) co-stars
Paul Bettany,
Adam Goldberg,
Anthony Rapp,
Christopher Plummer, and
Judd Hirsch.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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A Howard/Grazer Oscar-Winning Team Effort.
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer struck pure Oscar gold when this psychological drama won the Academy Award as Best Picture and Howard won as Best Director. Inspired by a true story, Russell Crowe portrays John Forbes Nash, Jr., a brilliant mathematician whose bouts with paranoid schizophrenia are starting to cloud his sanity and could risk his being incarcerated for life. Jennifer Connelly gives an Oscar-winning performance as his wife, Alicia, who stuck by him during his turmoil. Also starring Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer, Judd Hirsch, Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, and Austin Pendleton. Akiva Goldsman won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay Adaptation.
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