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Proof

  • 20052005
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 40m
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Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jake Gyllenhaal in Proof (2005)
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The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her f... Read allThe daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students, who wants to search through his papers, and her estranged sister, who... Read allThe daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students, who wants to search through his papers, and her estranged sister, who shows up to help settle his affairs.
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    • John Madden
    • David Auburn(play)
    • Rebecca Miller(screenplay)
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    • Gwyneth Paltrow
    • Anthony Hopkins
    • Hope Davis
    • John Madden
    • David Auburn(play)
    • Rebecca Miller(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Gwyneth Paltrow
    • Anthony Hopkins
    • Hope Davis
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    • 64Metascore
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    Gwyneth Paltrow
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    • Catherine
    Anthony Hopkins
    Anthony Hopkins
    • Robert
    Hope Davis
    Hope Davis
    • Claire
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Harold Dobbs - Hal
    Danny McCarthy
    Danny McCarthy
    • Cop
    Tobiasz Daszkiewicz
    Tobiasz Daszkiewicz
    • Limo Driver
    • (as Tobiacz Daszkiewicz)
    Gary Houston
    Gary Houston
    • Professor Barrow
    Anne Wittman
    Anne Wittman
    • Friend at Party
    Leigh Zimmerman
    • Friend at Party
    Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton
    • Theoretical Physicist
    Leland Burnett
    • Band Vocalist
    John Keefe
    John Keefe
    • University Friend
    Chipo Chung
    Chipo Chung
    • University Friend
    C. Gerod Harris
    C. Gerod Harris
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    • (as C Gerod Harris)
    Roshan Seth
    Roshan Seth
    • Professor Bhandari
    Lolly Susi
    • Airport Check-In Lady
    Rhys Bond
    • Wake Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Benjamin S. Carroll
    • Memorial Attendee
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      • John Madden
      • David Auburn(play) (screenplay)
      • Rebecca Miller(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Gwyneth Paltrow was pregnant with Apple Martin while filming.
    • Goofs
      The daughter talks about how the father was looking for a message from aliens in the Dewey decimal call numbers on the books from the University of Chicago library. The University of Chicago uses Library of Congress call numbers, which begin with letters, not numbers.
    • Quotes

      Catherine: [Reading Robert's Notebook] "Let X equal the quantity of all quantities of X. Let X equal the cold. It is cold in December. The months of cold equal November through February. There are four months of cold, and four of heat, leaving four months of indeterminate temperature. In February it snows. In March the Lake is a lake of ice. In September the students come back and the bookstores are full. Let X equal the month of full bookstores. The number of books approaches infinity as the number of months of cold approaches four. I will never be as cold now as I will in the future. The future of cold is infinite. The future of heat is the future of cold. The bookstores are infinite and so are never full except in September..."

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      Featured in The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      El chocha loca
      (2002)

      Written by Claudio Quattrocchi

      Performed by Loca

      Published by Big Tiger Music (BMI)

      Courtesy of Lovecat Records

      By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

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    Ramanujan's Bluejeans
    A few things about this are striking. Oh, that's in addition to the committed acting and generally good idea.

    This is story about mathematics, actually about mathematicians which is much, much better. "Beautiful Mind" was repellent in a few ways; one was in the cartoonish way mathematical imagination was shown. Another was the way history was bent away from a truly interesting story to be palatable for film audiences. Math at that level requires the juice of life that he took in large gulps from both sexes. And he was such a glutton for mindbending adventure that he bent his own mind. I do not believe he suffered from some genetic disease, nor did he.

    This movie repairs some of that. Its clear I think that the Nash phenomenon is at work here: minds powerful enough to break themselves, possibly leaving some mathematical residue, possibly not. The focus on primes may be accidental, but it is apt. As time goes on, they become increasing rarer and infinitely more fascinating, all apparently random but with some hint of unseen order. They don't interest me so much...

    In fact, selecting films to build into your life (perspectives and stories to live) is a lot like choosing the types of problems to work on and how. The proof of being in a way is that the selection is made deliberately, based on your weaknesses, not your strengths. Only weak mathematicians and souls work on problems they understand. No life comes from the undaunting. No magic ever comes alone or from peace.

    Hopkins isn't obnoxious here. Its clear that he is acting and that the lines are those of a stage character. But he doesn't grandstand; he's gently broken and there are some sweet moments (only two, but central) where he seems to completely have second-guessed where his daughter is going and lucidly makes key suggestions. Hopkins understood those moments and gives then some significance.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
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    • Apr 9, 2007

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      • October 7, 2005 (United States)
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      • Elstree, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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      • Miramax
      • Endgame Entertainment
      • Hart Sharp Entertainment
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