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A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film directed by Ron Howard. The screenplay, written by Akiva Goldsman, is based on the work of the same name. The cast includes Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, and Paul Bettany. Production was handled by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, with Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, and Imagine Entertainment serving as production companies. James Horner composed the score, while Roger Deakins served as director of photography and Mike Hill as film editor.
The film has a runtime of 135 minutes and was released in the United States. It received a PG-13 rating and was distributed by Netflix and iTunes. The narrative is set in New Jersey, with filming taking place in New Jersey and at Princeton University. The movie earned a budget of 58,000,000 and generated revenue of 316,791,257.
A Beautiful Mind won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. It also received nominations for Best Actor and Best Film Editing. The film holds an IMDb rating of 8.2 and a Metascore of 72.
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7.9From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.
Cast
- Russell Crowe as John Nash
- Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash
- Ed Harris as William Parcher
- Paul Bettany as Charles Herman
- Christopher Plummer as Dr. Rosen
- Adam Goldberg as Richard Sol
Themes
- schizophrenia
- based on novel or book
- love of one's life
- self-discovery
- professor
- paranoia
- mathematics
- massachusetts
- mathematician
- economic theory
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Ratings
IMDb
8.2/10
1,052,138 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 4 Oscars. 37 wins & 69 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- A Beautiful Mind
- Main subject
- John Forbes Nash
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Screenwriter
- Akiva Goldsman
- Cast member
- Bryce Dallas Howard
- Composer
- James Horner
- Producer
- Ron Howard
- Production company
- Imagine Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Roger Deakins
- Narrative location
- New Jersey
- Filming location
- Princeton University
- Duration
- 135
- FilmAffinity ID
- 326587
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- abeautifulmind.com
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- publication date
- 2001-00-00
- film editor
- Mike Hill
- title
- A Beautiful Mind
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- distributed by
- iTunes
- after a work by
- Sylvia Nasar
- set in period
- 1970s
- box office
- 313500000
- capital cost
- 58000000
- references work, tradition or theory
- game theory
- review score
- 8.2/10
- characters
- Alicia Nash
- different from
- A Beautiful Mind
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 16:9
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Encyclopedic overview
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film about the mathematician John Nash who won a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Nash's character was played by actor Russell Crowe. The film was directed by Ron Howard and based on a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, who adapted the 1998 biography by Sylvia Nasar. In addition to Crowe, the film's cast features Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, and Christopher Plummer in supporting roles. The story follows Nash's life and career as he struggles with the impact schizophrenia had on him.
A Beautiful Mind premiered in Beverly Hills on December 13, 2001 before being released theatrically in the United States on December 21, 2001, by Universal Pictures and internationally by DreamWorks Pictures (through United International Pictures). It received generally positive reviews and went on to gross $316.8 million worldwide against a $58 million budget, and won four Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Director (Ron Howard), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly). It was also nominated for Best Actor, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup, and Best Original Score.
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