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Call Number: DVD00064

by Brian Grazer; Ron Howard; Akiva Goldsman; Russell Crowe; Ed Harris; Jennifer Connelly; Paul Bettany; Adam Goldberg; Judd Hirsch; Josh Lucas; Anthony Rapp; Christopher Plummer; Roger A Deakins; Robert Guerra; Mike Hill; Dan Hanley; James Horner; Rita Ryack; Wynn P Thomas; Sylvia Nasar; Universal Pictures (Firm); Dreamworks Pictures.; Imagine Entertainment (Firm);

Format: DVD

Language: English

Publisher:  Universal City, CA : Universal, [2002], ©2001.

Notes: Originally released in 2001 (136 mins.); Based on the novel by Sylvia Nasar; Nominated for eight 2002 Academy Awards; Special features: Disc 1 – feature film; deleted scenes – with optional director’s commentary ; Disc 2 – A Beautiful Partnership: Ron Howard and Brain Grazer; development of the screenplay; meeting John Nash – The Nash Theory of Equilibrium; “Accepting the Nobel Prize in Economics”; “The Process of Age Progression”; storyboards to final feature comparison; creation of special effects; scoring the film; inside A Beautiful Mind

Summary: Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his schizophrenia, and finally, late in life, received the Nobel Prize.

OCLC #: 49231301

Added: April 19, 2010