A Beautiful Mind

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

Director
- Ron Howard
Writers
- Akiva Goldsman
- Sylvia Nasar(book)
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Top rated movie #149

Won 4 Oscars
- 37 wins & 69 nominations total

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From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced it all. A mathematical genius, he 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 tragedy, and finally - late in life - received the Nobel Prize. —Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures

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Taglines
- The Only Thing Greater Than the Power of the Mind is the Courage of the Heart
Genres
- Biography
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for intense thematic material, sexual content and a scene of violence
Parents guide

Trivia
The equations seen on the classroom chalk boards are actual equations written by the real-life John Nash.

Goofs
There is no "ceremony of the pens" at Princeton University.

Quotes
Dr. Rosen: Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?

Crazy credits
The initial theatrical release (as well as the Canadian VHS equivalent) has the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 20th Anniversary variation of the Universal Pictures logo. Subsequent prints, starting from the home media releases, replaced the variant with the Universal Studios Home Video logo.

Connections
Featured in HBO First Look: Inside 'A Beautiful Mind' (2001)

Soundtracks
All Love Can Be
Music by James Horner
Lyric by Will Jennings
Performed by Charlotte Church
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Limited

Top review

9/10

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.

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Release date
- January 4, 2002 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official sites
- Official Facebook
- Universal (United States)
Language
- English
Also known as
- Một Tâm Hồn Đẹp
Filming locations
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $58,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $170,742,341
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $367,151
- Dec 23, 2001
Gross worldwide
- $316,791,257

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Runtime
2 hours 15 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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