In cerca di Bobby Fischer

Titolo originale: Searching for Bobby Fischer
Regia: Steven Zaillian |
Anno: 1993
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: new york city | chess | hustler | child prodigy | chess champion | chess tournament | playing chess | chess match | pressure to perform |
Cast: Max Pomeranc | Joe Mantegna | Joan Allen | Ben Kingsley | Laurence Fishburne | Michael Nirenberg | Robert Stephens | David Paymer | Hal Scardino | William H. Macy | Vasek Simek | Dan Hedaya | Laura Linney | Anthony Heald | Steven Randazzo | Chelsea Moore | Josh Mostel | Josh Kornbluth | Tony Shalhoub | Austin Pendleton | Tom McGowan | Ona Fletcher | Kamran Shirazi | Roman Dzindzichashvili | Jerry Poe McClinton | Matt De Matt | Vincent Smith | Jerry Rakow | William Colgate | Tony De Santis | R.D. Reid | Anthony McGowan | Katya Waitzkin | Ryder Fleming-Jones | Harris Krofchick | John Bourgeois | Maria Ricossa | Caroline Yeager | Andrew Sardella | Nathan Carter | Nicholas Taylor | Jonathan Fazio | Nicky Mellina | Philip Neiman | Elizabeth Gropman | Joel Benjamin Mowdy | Bobby Fischer |

Un padre (Mantegna) scopre che il proprio figlio Josh, di sette anni, ha una predisposizione per il gioco degli scacchi. Decide di fargli prendere lezioni da un ex grande campione (Kinsley) che paragona il talento del bambino a quello del più famoso scacchista americano: Bobby Fisher. Il bambino inizia così la sua carriera. Ma molto presto il padre si rende conto di come questo gioco si possa trasformare in una totalizzante e malsana passione che può isolare dal resto del mondo da chi ne è pervaso. È un grande rischio per il bambino che ormai difficilmente riuscirà a sottrarsi dai meccanismi del successo.

Errori

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