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A Beautiful Mind (2001)

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Overview

Director:
Ron Howard
Writers (WGA):
Sylvia Nasar (book)
Akiva Goldsman (written by)
Release Date:
4 January 2002 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
He Saw The World In A Way No One Could Have Imagined. more
Plot:
After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Plot Keywords:
School | Teacher | Humiliation | Loner | College more
Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 48 nominations more
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense thematic material, sexual content and a scene of violence.
Runtime:
135 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (DeLuxe)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA more
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Trivia:
According to a 2001 Entertainment Weekly article on this film, the filmmakers originally wanted to mention Nash's homosexuality, but they feared the film would make the wrong connection between homosexuality and schizophrenia, so they abandoned it. This connection, according to the article, was based on several now-discredited psychological studies that first appeared in the late 1950s. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Nash is talking to the man about the Nobel Prize nomination and they are drinking tea, the spoon in the man's hand disappears and reappears between shots. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Helinger: Mathematicians won the war. Mathematicians broke the Japanese codes... and built the A-bomb. Mathematicians... like you. The stated goal of the Soviets is global Communism. In medicine or economics, in technology or space, battle lines are being drawn...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
All Love Can Be more

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64 out of 77 people found the following comment useful:-
A Beautiful Movie, 17 December 2001
10/10
Author: Boyo-2

I think its a good idea to know as little as possible about this movie before seeing it. Now that I've seen it, the commercials on television seem to be giving away too much. With that in mind DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT!

Its a hard movie to pinpoint. Its not like any other movie I've ever seen, in that a character exists that is not real. John Nash's mind is the reality of the movie and its not until the movie is half over that you realize this and its jarring that you've been taken on a ride with this man's illness, and accepted it as the real world. Its also a very heartbreaking thing.

From the middle point, John and you see the world differently because he starts to receive treatment.

Russell Crowe does not overdo it for a minute and turns in his customary brilliant performance. Would not surprise me at all if he were to win his second Best Actor Oscar in March 2002. He really is that good.

Just as good but with less screen time is the beautiful and beautifully talent Jennifer Connelly, who the world may finally get to see in a mainstream movie. Her chemistry with Crowe is vital to the movie and neither of them disappoint the audience at all in that respect.

I enjoyed it immensely and felt like I had seen a movie when it was over. I was shown a person at their best and the worse and everything in between, by a masterful actor at the top of his game.

I am sure Ron Howard deserves a lot of credit that he won't get, too.

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