Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. Showing unusual precocity at the outdoor matches at Washington Square in New York City, he quickly makes friends with a hustler named Vinnie who teaches him speed chess. Josh's parents hire a renowned chess coach, Bruce, who teaches Josh the usefulness of measured planning. Along the way Josh becomes tired of Bruce's system and chess in general and purposely throws a match, leaving the prospects of winning a national championship in serious jeopardy.
ORIGINAL TITLE: Searching for Bobby Fischer
YEAR: 1993
RUNNING TIME: 107 min.
COUNTRY: USA
DIRECTOR: Steven Zaillian
Screenplay: Steven Zaillian (Novel: Fred Waitzkin)
MUSIC: James Horner
PHOTO: Conrad L. hall
CAST: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Nirenberg, David Paymer
GENRE: Drama. Sport. Chess. Based on a true story
Audio: Spanish 2.0, English 5.1 & 2.0, French 2.0, German 2.0, Italian 2.0
Subtitles: English, Finnish, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Portuguese, Hebrew, Greek, Croatian, Arabic, Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovenian, Serbian, French
DVD: Full format. Complete DVD9. Material removed: none
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