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Pawn Sacrifice

Name: Pawn Sacrifice
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Released: 2015-09-16
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.741

★ 6,7 /10 (1,081 Votes)

2015 EN 115 min

Overview

During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.

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Release date

16/09/2015

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

Genres

Thriller Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

115 min

Budget

$19,000,000

Revenue

$5,578,519

Tobey Maguire

Bobby Fischer

Peter Sarsgaard

Father Bill Lombardy

Liev Schreiber

Boris Spassky

Michael Stuhlbarg

Paul Marshall

Lily Rabe

Joan Fischer

Sophie Nélisse

Young Joan

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

Teen Bobby Fischer

Conrad Pla

Carmine Nigro

Aiden Lovekamp

Young Bobby Fischer

Evelyne Brochu

Donna

Robin Weigert

Regina Fischer

Andreas Apergis

Uncle Paul

Katie Bird Nolan

Maria

Ilia Volok

KGB Agent

Peter Janov

KGB Agent

Spiro Malandrakis

Reporter

Arthur Holden

Party Guest #3

Raphael Grosz-Harvey

Donald Byrne

John Maclaren

Theodore Tremblay

Vitali Makarov

Yovanovic

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Eric Lee Huffman

KGB Bodyguard

Brett Watson

Lothar Schmid

Shawn Campbell

Cyril Pustan

Eugene Nomura

Japanese Anchorman

Norman Lehnert

German Reporter

Edward Zinoviev

Geller

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Sam Stone

Deli Customer

Jonathan Dubsky

Tremblay's Aide

Mark Slacke

Icelandic Journalist

Alexandre Gorchkov

Iivo Nei

Igor Ovadis

Russian Bookstore Owner

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Bobo Vian

Bookstore Owner's Wife

Joe Cobden

Motel Clerk

Brent Skagford

Businessman (Motel)

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)

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

Roc LaFortune

Official (Soviet Accres.)

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Vito DeFilippo

Russian Opponent (Bulgaria 1967)

Ellen David

Party Guest #1 (Fischer Apt.)

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Rosaruby Kagan

Party Guest #2 (Fischer Apt.)

Alain Goulem

Reporter #1 (Vancouver)

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

Matt Keyes

JFK Airport Journalist

Edward Yankie

President Nixon

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Al Vandecruys

Arbiter - Bulgaria

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)

Benoit Priest

Texan Trucker (uncredited)

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Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson

Icelandic Policeman (uncredited)

Natalija Ugrina

Bikini Babe (uncredited)

Lydia Zadel

Kissing Woman (uncredited)

Dennis Staroselsky

(uncredited)

André Sogliuzzo

Henry Kissinger (voice, uncredited)

Bobby Fischer

Self (archive footage)

Original Soundtrack

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**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 d…

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This could have been a fascinating account of the troubled life of American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer - unfortunately, Tobey Maguire just couldn't quite convince me that he was that man! The well documented life of this chess genius and of his many demons is the stuff of public record, but this interpretation borders on the melodramatic just a bit too often, and the lead performance is way too one-dimensional for me to get beyond the initial reaction that he was a bit of an arse. An hugely accomplished master of his craft, but as an human being - an arse. There are flashbacks to try and give…

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