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<html> <head> <title>A Beautiful Mind</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> A Beautiful Mind (13-Dec-2001) <img src="t.beautiful-mind-4.jpg" height=220 width=152 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right> Director: <a href="/people/365/000025290/">Ron Howard</a>Writer: Akiva GoldsmanBased on a book: A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia NasarKeywords: <a href="/lists/800/000083551/">Drama</a>, <a href="/lists/388/000085133/">Cryptography</a>, <a href="/lists/707/000083458/">Biography</a>, <a href="/lists/875/000085620/">Harvard</a>, <a href="/lists/876/000085621/">Mathematics</a>, <a href="/lists/850/000204238/">Mental Illness</a><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"></div>Biographical drama follows famed mathematician <a href="/people/276/000023207/">John Nash</a>'s life, career, and descent into mental illness. ABSTRACT Nobel Prize-winning mathematician <a href="/people/276/000023207/">John Nash</a> finds events surrounding his life and career fictionalized for the silver screen in A Beautiful Mind, a semi-biographical picture depicting the prodigy's rise to prominence on the strength of an ability to solve seemingly-uncrackable math puzzles at Princeton and the Pentagon before falling victim to demons unleashed by his own mind. <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/605/000043476/">Paul Bettany</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>A Knight's Tale</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/240/000026162/">Jennifer Connelly</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Betty Ross in The Hulk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/782/000022716/">Russell Crowe</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>A Beautiful Mind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/374/000031281/">Adam Goldberg</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Saving Private Ryan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/041/000160558/">Jason Gray-Stanford</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lt. Disher on Monk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/107/000025032/">Ed Harris</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Rock</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/589/000023520/">Judd Hirsch</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Taxi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/271/000130878/">Rance Howard</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Father of Ron Howard, Clint Howard</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/606/000044474/">Josh Lucas</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wonderland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000131447/">Austin Pendleton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>William Giles on Oz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000023247/">Christopher Plummer</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>A Beautiful Mind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/502/000109175/">Anthony Rapp</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Broadway cast of Rent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000160720/">Roy Thinnes</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>David Vincent on The Invaders</td> </tr> </table> REVIEWSReview by Michael Lesch (posted on 10-Jul-2009)This is an outstanding motion picture telling the powerful story of the rise & fall, then subsequent triumphant rise again of Dr. John Nash. Russell Crowe is outstanding as the compelling lead. Film is visually stunning throughout as it covers over 40 years of Nash's amazing brilliant and often tragic life; a sincere tribute to a genuinely unique and interesting life struggle. Jennifer Connelly delivers a memorable performance as well giving brave portrayal of Nash's wife, which earned her a well-deserved Oscar in the female lead category. Yet the major credit for this well-crafted motion picture is the inventive collaboration of director Ron Howard's vision with the skilled production talents of Brian Grazer who took home Oscar that same year for Best Director and Best Picture respectively. Through their collective efforts they utilized Akiva Goldsman's Oscar winning screenplay in a clever and imaginative way to transform this sympathetic yet complex story into a delightful, pleasing to the eye treat that will engage all that screen this powerful biography of a brilliant yet flawed professor. <hr width=15% align=left><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? We would love to see your review. <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/review/?id=32597" rel="nofollow">Submit your review for this film</a></td></tr></table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=32597" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </div> </body> </html>