In cerca di Bobby Fischer

Joan Allen appeared in the first Hannibal Lecter/Lecktor movie, Manhunter - Frammenti di un omicidio [...]	D
Josh's first opponent in the National Championships ("ranked 82nd") is played by Josh Waitzkin's rea [...]	D
Bobby Fischer, a vocally anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist, denounced the movie, claiming that it was [...]	D
Joan Allen and William H. Macy later appeared in Pleasantville (1998) and Room (2015).	D
Writer-director Steven Zaillian also wrote Schindler's List (1993), which also featured Sir Ben King [...]	D
Near the beginning of the movie, when Josh's mom picks him up from school, the shorter, brown-haired [...]	D
Even though having small roles in this film and not sharing any scenes together, Tony Shalhoub and D [...]	D
Josh Waitzkin is depicted as the next Bobby Fischer in this movie and a genius chess prodigy. Howeve [...]	D
Many of the characters who were famous chess players were actually played by themselves (Kamran Shir [...]	D
The cast includes one Oscar winner: Sir Ben Kingsley; and five Oscar nominees: Laurence Fishburne, J [...]	D
In addition to many other storylines, this movie stresses a common chess theme several times. In che [...]	D
In real life, Josh Waitzkin began to transition away from his early career in chess and into the stu [...]	D
Joe Mantegna's character, Fred Waitzkin, wrote the book on which this movie was based.	D
William H. Macy, Tony Shalhoub and Dan Hedaya all appeared in A Civil Action (1998). Both films were [...]	D
This film has a 100% rating based on 45 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.	D
In their final match, Jonathan Poe, who is playing the white pieces, is wearing a white shirt. Josh, [...]	D
The final game, specifically the endgame position, was composed for the movie by Josh Waitzkin and [ [...]	D
The real Bruce Pandolfini is very different from the character Sir Ben Kingsley plays. Pandolfini is [...]	D
Bobby Fischer was granted citizenship in 2004 by Iceland where he moved with his wife Miyoko Watai.	D
In the second half of the movie where Josh's father brings him back to the park to play with Vinnie, [...]	D
Josh Waitzkin, the subject of this movie, has won the U.S. Junior Chess Championships since the movi [...]	D
The chess piece that Josh finds in the park at the beginning of the movie appears to be a replica of [...]	D
The character of Jonathan Poe (Josh's young rival) was based on real-life young chess prodigy Jeff S [...]	D
Laurence Fishburne's role was originally offered to Ice-T.	D
Joe Mantegna and Joan Allen played husband and wife in this movie. They also played husband and wife [...]	D
Max Pomeranc was chosen because he is, in real life, a chess player (or was at the time of this movi [...]	D

After he works out the sequence of moves which will win the game, Josh offers Jonathan a draw before [...]	D
None of the chess clocks are really running when they are shown, the little red second indicator nev [...]	D
Josh tells Vinnie he learned the "Schliemann Attack" from his teacher. Actually there's no such thin [...]	D
When Josh's mom throws Bruce out of her house, he gets up from the table twice.	D
Vinnie is holding the McDonald's cup with his fingertips and thumb. In the next shot, Vinnie's hand [...]	D
When Josh and Fred Waitzkin are playing chess, Fred picks up a bishop and puts down a rook.	D
"Errors" such as the McDonalds cups seen in the movie being from the early 90s and not mid-80s are n [...]	D
Josh hits the clock button at the start of his match with Jonathan, but in the next shot the button [...]	D
When Fred meets Morgan's Father at the pool, the beach sandals and towel jump about between shots an [...]	D
At the end of the final game, when Josh offers his rival a draw, his thumb is alternately seen up an [...]	D
When Josh is watching Vinnie play Shirazi, Katya (Josh's sister) looks up at her mother and says, "J [...]	D
The baseball scene opens with Roberto Alomar hitting a ground ball to the second baseman. Minutes la [...]	D
At one point in the last match, Poe who is playing white picks up a black pawn and plays it.	D
Ben Kingsley portrays Bruce Pandolfini as speaking with an Irish accent, whereas he was a New Yorker [...]	D
The supposedly winning combination in the final game between Josh and Poe is unsound. Poe could have [...]	D
In the opening scene when Josh encounters Vinnie for the first time, as Vinne stands there with the [...]	D
There are numerous mismatched shots of games in the film. In the final game, Josh moves his queen ea [...]	D

[after the first lesson] Fred: So were you two ta [...]	D
Josh Waitzkin: You've lost, you just don't know it [...]	D
Vinnie: He didn't teach you how to win, he taught [...]	D
Tournament Director: Ok. I want to remind you to c [...]	D
Bruce Pandolfini: His chess ideas are like pieces [...]	D
Bruce: Do you know what it means to have "contempt [...]	D
Josh: Can we go to the dealerships now? Fred: But [...]	D
Tunafish Father: If your son wins this game and my [...]	D
Bruce Pandolfini: [throws the baseball. It hits an [...]	D
Bruce Pandolfini: Look deep, Josh. It's there. It' [...]	D
Josh Waitzkin: [throwing baseball inside mansion a [...]	D
Bonnie: He's not afraid of losing. He's afraid of [...]	D
Bonnie: You have a good heart. And that's the most [...]	D
Fred: He's better at this than I've ever been at a [...]	D
Man #1: I did not pull on my ear! Man #2: You pul [...]	D
Vinnie: There it is!	D
Bruce Pandolfini: It's white's move. Josh Waitzki [...]	D
Bruce Pandolfini: Paraphrase: Look at the board, c [...]	D
Bruce Pandolfini: Bobby Fischer held the world in [...]	D
Josh Waitzkin: [talking to a friend on the phone] [...]	D
[first lines] Josh Waitzkin: [about Bobby Fischer [...]	D
Bruce Pandolfini: [sets each chess piece up] Now, [...]	D
Bruce Pandolfini: [Josh is attempting to solve a c [...]	D
Josh: Can we get some brochures now? Fred: Sure, [...]	D
Fred: You know you could give up the game, and tha [...]	D
Josh: Maybe it's better not to be the best. Then y [...]	D
Jonathan Poe: [after beating Russian Park Player] [...]	D
Bruce: You have no idea what I want. What is chess [...]	D
[watching Josh's final game] Bruce: That was a mi [...]	D
Vinnie: What's that? Josh Waitzkin: Schliemann at [...]	D

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