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Searching for Bobby Fischer / Paramount Pictures presents ; a Scott Rudin/Mirage production ; directed by Steven Zaillian ; screenplay by Steven Zaillian ; produced by Scott Rudin, Willian Horberg.
LIBRA DVD 002 209
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Widescreen DVD collection
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Waitzkin, Fred--Film adaptations.
- Waitzkin, Fred.
- Chess players--United States--Biography--Drama.
- Chess players.
- Gifted children.
- United States.
- Fathers and sons--United States--Case studies--Drama.
- Fathers and sons.
- Gifted children--United States--Drama.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Drama.
- Case studies.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Hollywood, CA : Paramount, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English and French soundtracks.
- Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- This heart-warming film is based on the true story of a young boy who is a chess prodigy and his father, who attempts to walk the fine line between encouraging his son's talent, and preserving the love they have for each other.
- Participant:
- Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne, Joan Allen, Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Conrad L. Hall; edited by Wayne Wahrman; music composed by James Horner.
- Notes:
- Based on Searching for Bobby Fischer / by Fred Waitzkin.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produed in 1993.
- ISBN:
- 0792166256
- OCLC:
- 45066849
- Publisher Number:
- 097363267348
- 32673 Paramount
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