On December 13th, 2001, the film A Beautiful Mind premiered to a limited audience before it’s nation-wide release on January 4th, 2002. With a budget of about $58 million, A Beautiful Mind had an all-star cast led by Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany and more. All under the helm of the talented Ron Howard as director.
The film was a smash hit as it earned over $317 million worldwide on its way to winning the coveted Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Despite such great numbers, many critics said the filmmakers changed around many of the key details, and omitted many more. Are they correct? Let’s find out as we dive into the world of the Nobel Laureate John Forbes Nash, Jr., as we learn the true story behind A Beautiful Mind.
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- A Beautiful Mind (film)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) – IMDb
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) – Synopsis
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) – Financial Information
- A Beautiful Mind Details and Credits – Metacritic
- A Beautiful Mind (2001) – Rotten Tomatoes
- The Free Information Society – Nash Jr., John Forbes
- Sylvia Nasar, ‘Beautiful Mind’ Author, Suing Columbia University For Nearly $1 Million | The Huffington Post
- Columbia News ::: Sylvia Nasar Discusses Her Book, ‘A Beautiful Mind;’ Psychiatrist Roberto Gil: Schizophrenia and Recovery
- Mathematics to Madness, and Back
- The Lost Years of a Nobel Laureate
- The Prize in Economics 1994 – Press Release
- Why was John Nash’s 1950 Game Theory paper such a big deal? – MathOverflow
- Nash equilibrium – Wikipedia
- Explaining a Cornerstone of Game Theory: John Nash’s Equilibrium – The New York Times
- MIT facts meet fiction in ‘A Beautiful Mind’ | MIT News
- A Beautiful Mind’s John Nash is less complex than the real one.
- A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- 6 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Also Full of Shit)
- Monkey Migraine Mountain: A Beautiful Lie: The Truth Behind “A Beautiful Mind”
- Nash: Film No Whitewash – CBS News
- How Realistic Is ‘A Beautiful Mind’? – ABC News
- History vs. Hollywood: A Beautiful Mind | The American Spectator
- A Beautiful Mind hides ugly truths | Film | The Guardian
- John Forbes Nash Jr. – Wikipedia
- John F. Nash Jr. – Biographical
- Alicia Nash – Wikipedia
- Sylvia Nasar – Wikipedia
- Brian Grazer – Wikipedia
- Film Description
- Further Reading
- Timeline of Mental Illness 400 B.C. – 1949
- Timeline of Mental Illness 1950s – 1992
- People & Events: Mental Illness in Film
- People & Events: Recovery from Schizophrenia
- People & Events: A Definition of Schizophrenia
- People & Events: A Definition of Schizophrenia
- People & Events: Cold War Hysteria
- People & Events: RAND Corporation
- People & Events: Math and Science Achievement in the U.S.
- People & Events: Alicia Nash (1933-)
- People & Events: John Nash (1928 – )
- People & Events: John Nash and the Nobel Prize
- Teacher’s Guide: Suggestions for Active Learning
- Interview with John Nash: Discovering Math
- Interview with John Nash: The Most Original
- Interview with John Nash: Non-Conformity
- Interview with John Nash: Alicia
- Interview with John Nash: The Downward Spiral
- Interview with John Nash: Hearing Voices
- Interview with John Nash: Misconceptions about Mental Illness
- Interview with John Nash: My Experience with Mental Illness
- Interview with John Nash: Being Institutionalized
- Interview with John Nash: Insulin Coma Therapy
- Interview with John Nash: Medication
- Interview with John Nash: Delusional Thinking
- Interview with John Nash: Paths Toward Recovery
- Interview with John Nash: How Does Recovery Happen?
- Interview with John Nash: The Nobel Prize — and the Future
- Bluefield Sanitarium (historical) (hospital)