A Beautiful Mind

(2001)

135 minutes

Biography / Drama  

Directed by Ron Howard

Cast:

Russell Crowe as John Nash 
Ed Harris as Parcher 
Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash 
Christopher Plummer as Dr. Rosen 
Paul Bettany as Charles 
Adam Goldberg as Sol 
Josh Lucas as Hansen 
Anthony Rapp as Bender 
Jason Gray-Stanford as Ainsley 
Judd Hirsch as Helinger 
Austin Pendleton as Thomas King 
Vivien Cardone as Marcee 
Jillie Simon as Bar Co-Ed 
Victor Steinbach as Professor Horner 
Tanya Clarke as Becky 

A Beautiful Mind trailer 

This film centers on the real life story of famous mathematician John Nash and the struggles with his mental health. Nash graduated from Princeton University and was immediately seen as an outcast. He spent most of his time trying to come up with a different and unique mathematical theorem that had never been seen. His roommate, Charles became his best friend, but he didn’t really socialize with other students. He became a professor at MIT where he met his future wife, a graduate student named Alicia. Throughout their marriage they struggled with Nash’s mental health, in which he is diagnosed with schizophrenia. He secluded himself from society and came back to research and teaching in the 1970's. In 1994, John Nash was awarded the Nobel prize in Economics.