Pawn Sacrifice
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Biopic, Drama
115 min
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10–12PG
On the board he fought the Cold War. In his mind he fought his madness. During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.
Fischer struggles with genius and madness, rising and falling as a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
Cast
Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lily Rabe, Robin Weigert
Directed by
Edward Zwick
Music
James Newton Howard
Screenplay
Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Steven Knight