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A Beautiful Mind - Ron Howard

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Directed by: 
Ron Howard
Story by: 
Sylvia Nasar
Screenplay by: 
Akiva Goldsman
Produced by: 
Brian Grazer
Ron Howard
Release year: 
2001
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
135min
Genre: 
Biographical film
Psychological thriller
Historical period drama
Romance Film
Marriage Drama
Documentary film
Drama
Music by: 
James Horner
Locations: 
Fordham
Princeton
Fordham University
Soundtrack: 
A Beautiful Mind
Subjects: 
Mathematics
Tagline: 
The Only Thing Greater Than the Power of the Mind is the Courage of the Heart
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Plot: 
A biopic of the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a math prodigy able to solve problems that baffled the greatest of minds. And how he overcame years of suffering through schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.
Cast: 
Russell Crowe
as
John Nash
Jennifer Connelly
as
Alicia Nash
Ed Harris
as
Parcher
Paul Bettany
as
Charles
Christopher Plummer
as
Dr. Rosen
Adam Goldberg
as
Sol
Anthony Rapp
as
Bender
Josh Lucas
as
Hansen
Judd Hirsch
as
Helinger
Vivien Cardone
as
Marcee
Jason Gray-Stanford
as
Ainsley
Austin Pendleton
as
Thomas King
Ron Howard
as
Man at Gouverners Ball #2
Tanya Clarke
as
Becky
Victor Steinbach
as
Professor Horner
Jill M. Simon
as
Bar Co-Ed
Jesse Doran
as
General
Kent Cassella
as
Analyst
Patrick Blindauer
as
MIT Student #1
John Blaylock
as
Photographer
Roy Thinnes
as
Governor
Anthony Easton
as
Young Man
Cheryl Howard
as
Harvard Administrator
Rance Howard
as
White-Haired Patient
Jane Jenkins
as
Code-Red Nurse
Darius Stone
as
Adjunct
Josh Pais
as
Princeton Professor
Alex Toma
as
Toby
Valentina Cardinalli
as
Joyce
Teagle F. Bougere
as
Young Professor
David B. Allen
as
John Nash Jr.
(
Teenager
)
Michael Esper
as
John Nash Jr.
(
Young Man
)
Eva Burkley
as
Girl at Bar
Amy Walz
as
Blond in Bar
Tracey Toomey
as
Brunette #1
Jennifer Weedon
as
Brunette #2
Yvonne Thomas
as
Brunette #3
Holly Pitrago
as
Brunette #4
Isadore Rosenfeld
as
Pen Ceremony Professor #1
Tommy Allen
as
Pen Ceremony Professor #2
Dave Bayer
as
Pen Ceremony Professor #3
Brian Keith Lewis
as
Pen Ceremony Professor #4
Tom McNutt
as
Pen Ceremony Professor #5
Will Dunham
as
Pen Ceremony Professor #6
Glenn Roberts
as
Pen Ceremony Professor #7
Ed Jupp Jr.
as
Pen Ceremony Professor #8
Christopher Stockton
as
Princeton Student #1
Gregory Dress
as
Princeton Student #2
Carla Occhiogrosso
as
Princeton Student #3
Matt Samson
as
Princeton Student #4
Reina Nomura
as
Princeton Student #5
Kathleen Fellegara
as
Insulin Treatment Nurse #1
Betsy Klompus
as
Insulin Treatment Nurse #2
Stelio Savante
as
Technician #1
Logan McCall
as
Technician #2
Bob Broder
as
Technician #3
Michael Abbott Jr.
as
Princeton Library Tutor
Reggie Austin
as
Pen Ceremony Professor #9
Fileena Bahris
as
Student #1
Lloyd Baskin
as
Professor #1
Sean Bennett
as
Student #2
Cade Bittner
as
Harvard Student #1
James Thomas Bligh
as
Nobel Prize Attendee
Rich Bryant
as
College Student
Dan Chen
as
Nobel Prize Ceremony Guest
Phil Cirincione
as
MIT Student #2
Scott Addison Clay
as
MIT Student #3
Sean Dillon
as
MIT Student #4
Berly Ellis
as
Princeton Tutor '78
Jonah Falcon
as
Mental Patient
Fabrizio Fante
as
Harvard Student #2
Scott Fernstrom
as
Trent Humphres
Michael Fiore
as
MIT Student #5
Mike Fitzgerald
as
Princeton Student #6
Todd Fredericks
as
Man at Gouverners Ball #1
Gregory Gordon
as
Student #3
Evan Hart
as
Princeton Student #7
Jason Horton
as
Princeton Student #8
Dory Manzour
as
Princeton Student #9
Charles McClelland
as
Man at Nobel Ceremony
Jon M. McDonnell
as
Bar Patron
Robert Myers
as
Professor #2
Charles Pendelton
as
Bartender
Reed Penney
as
MIT Student #6
Michael Pierce
as
Radio Operator
Mills Pierre
as
Princeton Student #10
Sean Reid
as
Harvard Student #3
Brian Smyj
as
Soldier
Ned Stuart
as
Professor #3
Dave Sweeney
as
Campus Cop
Alessandro Tanaka
as
Student Admirer
Douglas Taurel
as
Princeton Student #11
John H. Tobin
as
Shadow Figure
Jeffrey Christopher Todd
as
Princeton Student #12
Ryan Tygh
as
Princeton Math Grad
Erik Van Wyck
as
Princeton Student #13
Warner Wolf
as
Award Ceremony Bystander

Reviews

Review by Thomas Steven Roth MBA MD

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Ron Howard’s interest in making movies about mental illness is very important, and especially movies about true stories which show people (including entire families) bravely walking through (and even overcoming) not only mental illness, but also bravely walking through (and even overcoming) a mental healthcare system that is doing more harm than giving any significant lasting form of help for those who already suffer so greatly in addition to getting sucked into the cruel compassion of the iatrogenic standards of care of psychiatry as proven in my ethics teaching and the secular scientific

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
When Harry Met Sally, 1989