A Beautiful Mind

Titolo originale: A Beautiful Mind
Regia: Ron Howard |
Anno: 2001
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Romance
Tag: schizophrenia | based on novel or book | love of one's life | self-discovery | professor | paranoia | mathematics | massachusetts | mathematician | economic theory | princeton university | nobel prize | mathematical theorem | delusion | genius | harvard university | based on true story | code breaking | paranoid | cryptography | math genius | dramatic | intense | based on real person | biographical drama | math professor |
Cast: Russell Crowe | Jennifer Connelly | Ed Harris | Paul Bettany | Christopher Plummer | Adam Goldberg | Josh Lucas | Anthony Rapp | Jason Gray-Stanford | Judd Hirsch | Austin Pendleton | Vivien Cardone | Jillie Simon | Victor Steinbach | Tanya Clarke | Thomas F. Walsh | Jesse Doran | Kent Cassella | Patrick Blindauer | John Blaylock | Roy Thinnes | Anthony Easton | Cheryl Howard | Rance Howard | Jane Jenkins | Darius Stone | Josh Pais | Alex Toma | Valentina Cardinalli | Teagle F. Bougere | David B. Allen | Michael Esper | Eva Burkley | Amy Walz | Tracey Toomey | Jennifer Weedon | Yvonne Thomas | Holly Pitrago | Isadore Rosenfeld | Tommy Allen | Dave Bayer | Brian Keith Lewis | Tom McNutt | Will Dunham | Glenn Roberts | Ed Jupp Jr. | Christopher Stockton | Gregory Dress | Carla Occhiogrosso | Matt Samson | Lyena Nomura | Kathleen Fellegara | Betsy Klompus | Stelio Savante | Logan McCall | Bob Broder | Scott Fernstrom | Ron Howard | Bryce Dallas Howard | Michael Arthur | Brian Smyj | Michael C. Pierce | Alex Lorre | John H. Tobin | James Whalen | Nick Oddo | Ty Copeman | Jonah Falcon | Reggie Austin | Robert Myers | Dave Sweeney | Berly Ellis | Michael Abbott Jr. | Liche Ariza | Peter Bonilla | Evan Hart | Jason Horton | Vivian Kalinov | Dory Manzour | Tiffany Marz | Ryan O'Connor | Deborah Rayne | Colby Ryan | Douglas Taurel | Jeffrey Christopher Todd | Ryan Tygh | Erik Van Wyck | Cade Bittner | Fabrizio Fante | Seth Gabel | Monique Marissa Lukens | Phil Cirincione | Scott Addison Clay | Michael Fiore | Reed Penney | Sean Bennett | Rich Bryant | Jersey Carell | Gregory Gordon | Jarred Treiber |

Il film si ispira alla vita di John Forbes Nash Jr. Di origini medio borghesi, Forbes nacque in una piccola città della Virginia occidentale il 13 giugno 1928 e, per oltre cinquant'anni è stato considerato un mito negli ambienti della ricerca matematica. Grazie al suo studio della teoria dei giochi, negli anni 50 diventò l'astro nascente della "nuova matematica". Poco a poco, vittima di una grave forma di schizofrenia, Nash sprofondò in un mondo tutto suo, convinto che le sue allucinazioni fossero realtà. Passò diversi anni in ospedali psichiatrici, ma durante la sua assenza, la teoria dei giochi acquistò un ruolo di importanza fondamentale nei campi dell'economia e degli affari. Nel 1994, Nash aveva riacquistato il pieno controllo della sua vita e ripreso le ricerche. In quello stesso anno venne insignito del Premio Nobel per l'economia.

Approfondimenti

John Nash attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology on a full scholarship. One of his professors [...] D
Jennifer Connelly, who plays Alicia Nash, and Paul Bettany, who plays Charles, married shortly after [...] D
Three people closely associated with the movie unexpectedly passed away in vehicle accidents in 2015 [...] D
John Nash is the co-inventor (independently from the Danish mathematician Piet Hein) of the strategy [...] D
The issue of the New York Times that Nash scans for messages is from May 16, 1956, as evidenced by t [...] D
The cast includes three Oscar winners: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, and tw [...] D
Patrick Dempsey and Josh Lucas tested for the role of Martin Hensen. D
During production, Ron Howard and Russell Crowe appeared on a video-only webcam stationed at the set [...] D
Bruce Willis, Kevin Costner, John Travolta, Tom Cruise, John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey Jr [...] D
While this film is inspired by the life of John Nash, there were elements from his life that were de [...] D
Anthony Rapp and Adam Goldberg also played friends in Dazed and Confused (1993). D
Holly Pitrago's debut. D
Emily Watson was considered for the role of Alicia Nash, but was considered too British. D
John and Alicia Nash were killed in a car accident on May 23, 2015, when the driver of a taxi they w [...] D
The scene where Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly are at a fancy party was filmed at the NJ Univer [...] D
An earlier trivia item describes John Nash as an anti-smoker. The movie is indeed accurate. He took [...] D
Greg Cannom was chosen to create the makeup effects, specifically the age progression of the charact [...] D
Charlize Theron tried out for the role of Alicia Nash. D
Mira Sorvino was considered for the role of Alicia Nash, but was considered too old. D
Famke Janssen and Ashley Judd campaigned for the role of Alicia Nash. D
A running discussion between Ron Howard and James Horner was the concept of high-level mathematics b [...] D
The producers had not originally thought of Jennifer Connelly for the role of Alicia. Toni Collette, [...] D
The Pentagon office scene was filmed in the basement of Keating Hall on Fordham University's Bronx c [...] D
After coming up with the idea for his revolutionary paper, John Nash goes and shows a manuscript of [...] D
The film was shot in sequence in order to help Russell Crowe develop a consistently progressive mann [...] D
Jennifer Connelly's Alicia Nash doesn't appear until around thirty minutes into the film. D
The Harvard scene is actually filmed at Manhattan College. D
Vivien Cardone's debut. D
Russell Crowe knew the minute he read Akiva Goldsman's screenplay that he wanted to play John Nash. D
According to director Ron Howard, fake snow is used in some scenes. Although it was cold enough to s [...] D
For his performance, Russell Crowe won Best Actor at all the major precursor awards (Golden Globes, [...] D
For the third successive year, Russell Crowe was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his performa [...] D
Robert Redford and Tom Cruise discussed doing the film together with Redford as director after they; [...] D
The problem that John Nash writes on the blackboard in his lecture is a real one (unlike in other mo [...] D
In one scene, the imaginary roommate's niece runs through a field of birds. None of the birds move, [...] D
Akiva Goldsman was inspired to write the screenplay after stumbling across a Vanity Fair article on [...] D
Seth Gabel who is married to Ron Howard's daughter, Bryce, appeared uncredited as a Harvard Student [...] D
As of 2020, Jennifer Connelly won Best Supporting Actress for this film from her only Academy Award [...] D
Rachel Weisz was offered the role of Alicia Nash and turned it down. She later played a famous mathe [...] D
Three separate trips were made to the Princeton University campus. D
The scene towards the end of the film, where John Nash contemplates drinking tea, is based on a true [...] D
During filming, Ron Howard decided that Nash's hallucinations should always be introduced first audi [...] D
John Nash visited the set, and Russell Crowe said later that he had been fascinated by the way he mo [...] D
Jennifer Connelly and Josh Lucas later appeared together in Hulk (2003), while Paul Bettany appeared [...] D
Julia Ormond auditioned for the role of Alicia Nash. D
The scene where Nash is sitting on the lawn talking to the students was filmed at the Bronx Communit [...] D
A love scene with Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly was cut from the film. D
There are a few actors in this movie who acted in comic book films. Jennifer Connelly and Josh Lucas [...] D
Producer Brian Grazer won the rights to the project after John Nash and Alicia Nash chose him over c [...] D
Salma Hayek was originally considered for the part of Alicia Larde because Alicia Nash is from El Sa [...] D
This is one of Ron Howard's only films to feature an end title sequence. His other films all have op [...] D
One of John Nash's sons plays the orderly on the right, in the scene where Nash is being dragged dow [...] D
John Nash is shown smoking in the film. In reality, he was a militant anti-smoker. D
The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All Time" by Premiere. D
The infant used to portray their "son" in the dangerous bathtub scene was a female. D
Professor Peyton Young was interviewed on the BBC radio programme "More or Less". He had dinner with [...] D
The film was shot 90% chronologically. D
Barnard College professor Dave Bayer served as the math advisor on the film, and also was Russell Cr [...] D
Robert Redford was considered as director, but withdrew due to scheduling conflicts. Coincidentally, [...] D
Geena Davis, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mía Maestro, Rhona Mitra and Hilary Swank were c [...] D
The equations seen on the classroom chalk boards are actual equations written by the real-life John [...] D
Nash's mutterings after he loses the board game (along the lines of "the game is flawed," "I had the [...] D
After producer Brian Grazer first read an excerpt of Sylvia Nasar's book A Beautiful Mind in Vanity [...] D
The painting Alicia is admiring at the governor's house on her and John's first date is "Self portra [...] D
The Nobel Prize ceremony was filmed in Prudential Hall at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJP [...] D
Mary McCormack was reportedly one of the finalists for the part of Alicia Nash, according to Ron How [...] D
Adam Goldberg and Anthony Rapp previously costarred in "Dazed and Confused" (1993). D
Jennifer Connelly beat out Brittany Murphy for the role of Alicia Nash. D
The Riemann Hypothesis mentioned throughout the movie is a real and famous problem in mathematics th [...] D
Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman had plenty of personal experience to draw on in developing the story; he [...] D
When John Nash is shown in the car riding from The Pentagon to Wheeler Labs, the voice on the radio [...] D
Dave Bayer, a professor of Mathematics at Barnard College, Columbia University, was consulted on the [...] D
James Horner chose Charlotte Church to sing the soprano vocals after deciding that he needed a balan [...] D
According to a 2001 Entertainment Weekly article on this film, the filmmakers originally wanted to m [...] D
One of two Best Picture Oscar winners whose title begins with the word "A" (the other is Un uomo per [...] D
The filmmakers developed a technique to represent Nash's mental epiphanies. Mathematicians described [...] D
John Nash wasn't taking medication when he won the Nobel. When he is speaking to the man about wheth [...] D
Tom Cruise was considered to play John Nash. D
To create the "golden" look of the campus scenes early in the film, the filmmakers took a low-contra [...] D
Bryce Dallas Howard: The director's daughter and actress Bryce Dallas Howard appears midway through [...] D
Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany have worked together in two very different films.... "A Beautiful Min [...] D
Although Russell Crowe did not want to meet the real John Nash for fear it might color his interpret [...] D
In 1954, Harper's Bazaar published the story The Jet-Propelled Couch, by psychologist Robert M. Lind [...] D
When Nash works at MIT his office is room 101, like the infamous torture room of the Ministry of Lov [...] D
For this film, Jennifer Connelly became the eighth white actor to win an Academy Award for playing a [...] D