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A Beautiful Mind (Widescreen Awards Edition)
starring: Paul Bettany, Patrick Blindauer, Vivien Cardone, Kent Cassella, Tanya Clarke

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: CROWE,RUSSELL
EAN: 9780783261430
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783261438
Label: Universal Home Video
Manufacturer: Universal Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Universal Home Video
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 136 minutes
Sales Rank: 2266
Studio: Universal Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2001

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Product Description:
The story of John Forbes Nash Jr., a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who overcomes his disease and wins a Nobel Prize.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 17-JAN-2006
Media Type: DVD

Amazon.com essential video:
A Beautiful Mind manages to twist enough pathos out of John Nash's incredible life story to redeem an at-times goofy portrayal of schizophrenia. Russell Crowe tackles the role with characteristic fervor, playing the Nobel prize-winning mathematician from his days at Princeton, where he developed a groundbreaking economic theory, to his meteoric rise to the cover of Forbes magazine and an MIT professorship, and on through to his eventual dismissal due to schizophrenic delusions. Of course, it is the delusions that fascinate director Ron Howard and, predictably, go astray. Nash's other world, populated as it is by a maniacal Department of Defense agent (Ed Harris), an imagined college roommate who seems straight out of Dead Poets Society, and an orphaned girl, is so fluid and scriptlike as to make the viewer wonder if schizophrenia is really as slick as depicted. Crowe's physical intensity drags us along as he works admirably to carry the film on his considerable shoulders. No doubt the story of Nash's amazing will to recover his life without the aid of medication is a worthy one, his eventual triumph heartening. Unfortunately, Howard's flashy style is unable to convey much of it. --Fionn Meade

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A great insight into Mental Illness
I resisted this movie for awhile. I tend to rebel against anything or anyone who appears to be over-hyped. I got tired of hearing about Russell Crowe. Finally I broke down and bought the movie.

In a way, this is two stories in one. The beginning story is totally engrossing and believable. You watch this beautiful mind, this talented man emerge into his field, gather followers, find love, and get an intriguing, dangerous job. Then you learn The Truth.

The remainder of the ... Read More

Rating:

- A Piece of My Complex Mind
Russell Crowe's portrayal of John Nash's life is simply superb. It will forever stand as the definitive movie on that imperceptible line separating the truly genius from mere mortals. If considered from the perspective of "Complex Viewing", this movie has many spiritual implications.

Rating:

- Russell Crowe got robbed!!!
I don't care how big of a jerk he is in real life. Why did this movie win every award that year EXCEPT best actor. And they give it to Densel for TRAINING DAY???
Granted Densel got robbed by not getting the oscar for well....at least three previous roles. Still, comon!!! Is it poetic justice? I suppose.
Still, Russell deserved it and everyone knows it.
The most brilliant performance I have ever seen.
I say this movie is probably # 1 on my all time list. You just can't touch ... Read More

Rating:

- A Beautiful Movie
This is such a great movie on a very complex subject. Schizophrenia is very misunderstood. To watch this man battle his demons, so to speak, as an every day occurrence was fascinating to watch. Although I had seen this movie years ago, watching it again brought back some things that I had forgotten about. Now, I have the opportunity for many more friends to see the movie and give their opinions. I actually have an Abnormal Psychology student that I let watch it so that she could see some of the symptoms ... Read More

Rating:

- Not that beautiful.
A Beautiful Mind is a good film but not brilliant. Russell Crowe does a fine job as College professor John Nash but the real magic performance goes to Jennifer Connelly, she is truly amazing as Nash's understanding wife. Ron Howard is a fantastic director but this film is probably is most flawed. A Beautiful Mind is an important film but it left me disappointed.

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