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A Beautiful Mind

2001 film by Ron Howard
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Summary

A Beautiful Mind is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27,220 views/month, #407 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[6], Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film[7]
  • Director: Ron Howard[8]
  • Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman[9]
  • Composer: James Horner[10]
  • Genre: biographical film[11], drama film[12]
  • Based on: A Beautiful Mind[13]
  • Cast member: Russell Crowe[14], Ed Harris[15], Jennifer Connelly[16], Paul Bettany[17], Vivien Cardone[18], Christopher Plummer[19], Adam Goldberg[20], Josh Lucas[21], Anthony Rapp[22], Judd Hirsch[23], Austin Pendleton[24], Roy Thinnes[25], Jason Gray-Stanford[26], Josh Pais[27]
  • Producer: Brian Grazer[28], Ron Howard[29]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[30], DreamWorks[31], Imagine Entertainment[32]
  • Director of photography: Roger Deakins[33]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[34]
  • Distribution format: digital download[35], video on demand[36]
  • Review score: 7.2/10[37], 72/100[38], 74%[39], 8.2/10[40]
  • Color: color[41]
  • Country of origin: United States[42]
  • Publication date: December 13, 2001[43], February 28, 2002[44], 2001[45]
  • Characters: John Forbes Nash[46], Alicia Nash[47]
  • Distributed by: UIP-Dunafilm[48], Netflix[49], iTunes[50]
  • Narrative location: New Jersey[51]
  • Official website: http://abeautifulmind.com[52]
  • Filming location: New Jersey[53], Princeton University[54]
  • Main subject: John Forbes Nash[55], mathematics[56], university[57], schizophrenia[58], pattern recognition[59]
  • Film editor: Mike Hill[60]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[61], Academy Award for Best Actor[62], Academy Award for Best Director[63]

Why It Matters

A Beautiful Mind has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

FAQs

What awards did A Beautiful Mind receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], and Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[6].

Related Entities

Adam Goldberg Bryce Dallas Howard Christopher Plummer Ed Harris film James Horner Jennifer Connelly John Forbes Nash Josh Lucas Judd Hirsch mathematics Netflix New Jersey pattern recognition Paul Bettany Rance Howard Roger Deakins Ron Howard Russell Crowe United States university

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  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  41. [43] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . A Beautiful Mind. wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . A Beautiful Mind. wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . A Beautiful Mind. wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . A Beautiful Mind. wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . A Beautiful Mind. wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  59. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  61. [63] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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