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Pawn Sacrifice( 2015)

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On the board he fought the Cold War. In his mind he fought his madness.

Overview

American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tobey Maguire

      Bobby Fischer

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      Peter Sarsgaard

      Father Bill Lombardy

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      Liev Schreiber

      Boris Spassky

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      Michael Stuhlbarg

      Paul Marshall

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      Lily Rabe

      Joan Fischer

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      Sophie Nélisse

      Young Joan

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      Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

      Teen Bobby Fischer

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      Conrad Pla

      Carmine Nigro

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      Aiden Lovekamp

      Young Bobby Fischer

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      Evelyne Brochu

      Donna

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      Robin Weigert

      Regina Fischer

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      Andreas Apergis

      Uncle Paul

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      Katie Bird Nolan

      Maria

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      Ilia Volok

      KGB Agent

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      Peter Janov

      KGB Agent

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      Spiro Malandrakis

      Reporter

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      Arthur Holden

      Party Guest #3

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      Raphael Grosz-Harvey

      Donald Byrne

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      John Maclaren

      Theodore Tremblay

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      Vitali Makarov

      Yovanovic

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      Eric Lee Huffman

      KGB Bodyguard

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      Brett Watson

      Lothar Schmid

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      Shawn Campbell

      Cyril Pustan

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      Eugene Nomura

      Japanese Anchorman

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      Norman Lehnert

      German Reporter

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      Edward Zinoviev

      Geller

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      Sam Stone

      Deli Customer

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      Jonathan Dubsky

      Tremblay's Aide

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      Mark Slacke

      Icelandic Journalist

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      Alexandre Gorchkov

      Iivo Nei

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      Igor Ovadis

      Russian Bookstore Owner

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      Bobo Vian

      Bookstore Owner's Wife

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      Joe Cobden

      Motel Clerk

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      Brent Skagford

      Businessman (Motel)

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      Richard Jutras

      Referee - Santa Monica

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      Yanick Bousquet

      Foreign Reporter #1 (French)

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      Shanmugasunder Chetty

      Foreign Reporter #2 (East Indian)

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      Mohsen El Gharbi

      Foreign Reporter #3 (Dutch)

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      Andrew Peplowski

      ABC News Anchor

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      David Pryde

      50's Reporter

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      Roc LaFortune

      Official (Soviet Accres.)

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      Vito DeFilippo

      Russian Opponent (Bulgaria 1967)

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      Ellen David

      Party Guest #1 (Fischer Apt.)

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      Rosaruby Kagan

      Party Guest #2 (Fischer Apt.)

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      Alain Goulem

      Reporter #1 (Vancouver)

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      Carlo Mestroni

      Reporter #2 (Vancouver)

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      Glen Bowser

      Bus Driver

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      Zach Fraser

      Long Haired Hippy

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      Alexandra Van Loon

      Joan's Daughter

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      Marco Verdoni

      Joan's Husband

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      Matt Keyes

      JFK Airport Journalist

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      Edward Yankie

      President Nixon

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      Al Vandecruys

      Arbiter - Bulgaria

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      Al Dubois

      NBC Reporter

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      Francois Cote

      Marshall Heavy

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      François Ducharme

      Bent Larsen

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      Maurice Demers

      President Brezhnev

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      Grace Anne

      Bobby Fischer Fan (uncredited)

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      Nathaly Thibault

      Press Conference (uncredited)

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      Benoit Priest

      Texan Trucker (uncredited)

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      Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson

      Icelandic Policeman (uncredited)

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      Natalija Ugrina

      Bikini Babe (uncredited)

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      Lydia Zadel

      Kissing Woman (uncredited)

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      Dennis Staroselsky

      (uncredited)

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      André Sogliuzzo

      Henry Kissinger (voice, uncredited)

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      Bobby Fischer

      Self (archive footage)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Reno

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    Written by Reno on Thu Sep 29 2016
    **With this 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' is over for me.** I know Bobby Fischer a genius American chess player, in fact, after watching the 'Searching for Bobby Fischer', which is another biopic as this one. Other than that I know nothing about his life, so I'm very thankful for this film. From the director of many sensational flicks comes this to inspire you. Wait, did I say inspire, but I'm little confused over how this film to be considered. Bobby Fischer was a great player, but he had some mental issues. So you can compare him to John Nash from 'A Beautiful Mind', except they're from di...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    19000000.00

    Revenue

    5600000.00

    Keywords

    • chess
    • cold war
    • 1970s
    • victory
    • biography
    • chess champion
    • chess tournament
    • reykjavík, iceland