A Beautiful Mind (2001)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Ron Howard

Writers (WGA):

Akiva Goldsman (written by)
Sylvia Nasar (book)

Release Date:

4 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

The Only Thing Greater Than the Power of the Mind is the Courage of the Heart

Plot:

After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish.

Plot Keywords:

Nobel Prize | School | Student | Princeton | Mathematics

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 49 nominations

Cast

Russell Crowe	...	John Nash
Ed Harris	...	Parcher
Jennifer Connelly	...	Alicia Nash
Christopher Plummer	...	Dr. Rosen
Paul Bettany	...	Charles
Adam Goldberg	...	Sol
Josh Lucas	...	Hansen
Anthony Rapp	...	Bender
Jason Gray-Stanford	...	Ainsley
Judd Hirsch	...	Helinger
Austin Pendleton	...	Thomas King
Vivien Cardone	...	Marcee
Jillie Simon	...	Bar Co-Ed (as Jill M. Simon)
Victor Steinbach	...	Professor Horner
Tanya Clarke	...	Becky

Also Known As:

Una mente brillante (Argentina) (Colombia) (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
Un homme d'exception (Belgium: French title) (dubbed version) (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
A Beautiful Mind (Austria) [de]
A beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn (Germany) [de]
Akil oyunlari (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Cistá dusa (Slovakia) [sk]
Cistá duse (Czech Republic) [cs]
Egy csodálatos elme (Hungary) [hu]
Enas yperohos anthropos (Greece) [el]
Et smukt sind (Denmark) [da]
Et vakkert sinn (Norway) [no]
Kaunis mieli (Finland) [fi]
Niflaot Ha-Tvuna (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
O minte sclipitoare (Romania) [ro]
Piekny umysl (Poland) [pl]
Uma Mente Brilhante (Brazil) [pt]
Una mente maravillosa (Spain) [es]
Una mente prodigiosa (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense thematic material, sexual content and a scene of violence.

Runtime:

135 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Alberta) | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Hungary:14 | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38595) | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The Harvard scene is actually filmed at Manhattan College.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Nash walks on the Harvard campus on his way to the math conference (shortly before being chased by Rosen and his men), he drops his bag behind him to hug his "roomate" and the young girl. During his conversations with them, the bag remains on the ground. Within one second, just before Nash walks off, the bag goes from being on the ground to being clutched to his chest.

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...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Beautiful Mind: The Process of Age Progression (2002) (V)

Soundtrack:

Columba aspexit

Le génie frise la folie / genius is close kin to madness

A poorly tailored trailer does not begin to describe what is one man's journey from the heaven of clear thought to the hell of schizophrenia.

Russell Crowe does an excellent role as John Nash, a mathematician who revolutionizes Group Theory, only to have his mind crash into confused and split views of the world.

Jennifer Connelly is superb as his wife. It is through her that we begin to understand the range of problems and pittfalls Nash is facing, most of his own devising. She deserves an Oscar, period.

The director has arranged beautiful 'red herrings' to kept viewers guessing and it works suprisingly well. Ron Howard's best work to date.

A beautiful movie to decribe a beautiful mind.