A Beautiful Mind (Limited Edition / Full Frame / Awards Edition) (2-DVD)

Starring: Russell Crowe; Jennifer Connelly; Ed Harris; Adam Goldberg & Christopher Plummer Director: Ron Howard  Rated:

DVD Features:

Disc 1: Theatrical Version

Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
• Subtitles - Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Deleted Scenes (with Optional Audio Commentary)
• Audio Commentary - 1. Ron Howard - Director
                               2. Akiva Goldsman - Screenwriter
• Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:

• Scene Access
• Interactive Menus

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Production Notes
• Biographies

Disc 2: Supplementary Material

Aspect Ratio: Full Frame/Letterboxed

Audio:

• Dolby Surround - English
• Subtitles - French - Optional
• Subtitles - Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Making-of - 1. "Inside A Beautiful Mind"
• Featurette - 1. "Development of the Screenplay"
                   2. "Meeting John Nash - The Nash Theory of Equilibrium"
                   3. "Accepting the Nobel Prize in Economics"
                   4. "The Process of Age Progression"
                   5. "Creation of the Special Effects"
                   6. "Scoring the Film"
• Documentary - 1. "A Beautiful Partnership: Ron Howard and Brian Grazer"
• Film-to-Storyboard Comparison

Interactive Features:

• Scene Access
• Interactive Menus

Major Awards:

Academy Awards - Best Picture (2001)

Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actress (2001)

Academy Awards - Best Director (2001)

Academy Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay (2001)

Product Description:

Director Ron Howard delivers his finest effort with his extraordinary film, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001. Based loosely on Sylvia Nasar's acclaimed biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash, the film is a compelling look at one man's genius, his debilitating mental illness, and the fine line between the two. A BEAUTIFUL MIND begins with Nash (Russell Crowe) at Princeton, where he struggles to think of an original idea, and the stroke of genius that will make him matter. Nash is eccentric, socially awkward, and extremely competitive. Eventually, he finds the inspiration for his innovative and influential work on game theory. He's chosen for a post at MIT, which includes crucial code-breaking work for the US government. There, he meets a beautiful and brilliant student, Alicia (Jennifer Connelly). They marry but their happiness is threatened, as Nash, belatedly diagnosed as schizophrenic, descends into madness. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman cannily condenses Nash's story, and the film manages to dramatize both Nash's mathematical brilliance and his schizophrenia in a compellingly visual manner. Crowe delivers a strong performance, and has real chemistry with Connelly. The two make the film's story about the power of love believable and moving.

Plot Keywords:

Based On A True Story | Conspiracy Theories | Drama | Drama (General) | Essential Cinema | Love | Love Story | Math | Mental Illness | Romance | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• Theatrical release: December 25, 2001 (Limited)
  January 4, 2002 (Expanded)

Cast and Crew: