Searching for Bobby Fischer – a choice between truth and beauty

An American narrative drama film directed and written by Steven Zaillian released on 11th August 1993 is the William Horberg production. In the United Kingdom, it was released as Innocent Moves. The film features the life of Joshua Waitzkin who is a genius chess player and movie is also an adaptation of a novel written by Fred(Joshua’s father) named Searching for Bobby: The father of a Prodigy Observes the world of chess.

Starred Cast

The cast of the film includes MaxPomeranc as Josh Waitzkin, Joan Allen as Bonnie Waitzkin, Joe Mantegna as Fred Waitzkin, Benkingsley as Bruse Pandolfini, Robert Stephens as Poe’s Teacher, Laurence Fishburne as Vinnie, David Paymer as Kalev, Michael Nirenberg as Jonathan Poe, Vasek Simek as Russian player, Laura Linnet as Josh’s school teacher, William H. Macy as Tunafish Father, Austin Pendleton as Asa Hoffmann, Dan Hedaya as Tournament director, and Hal Scardino as Morgan Pehme.

The film also starred the cameos of some of the famous chess players in the film like Anjelina Belakovskaia, Bruce Pandolfini, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Russell Garber, Vincent Livermore, Joel Benjamin, Kamran Shirazi, and also starred the real Joshua Waitzkin.

The director also gave the cameos to the real mother and sister of Waitzkin in the film.

Abstract

The film depicts how a prodigy chess player played the chess game on his terms.

Joshua Waitzkin is a casual American child who was interested in baseball but one day he wins over his father in a chess match. His father seeing him win the match got proud and decides to nurture his chess talent. His father hired an instructor named Bruce Pandolfini who teaches the boy to become like the chess legend Bobby Fischer.

American boy Joshua shown his hidden brilliance in the matches held at Washington Square in New York City. He made friends like Vinnie who teaches him to play chess in speed. His parents again hired Bruce who this time make josh learn the necessity of time measuring. However, the main conflict arose in the film as Josh didn’t opt for Pandolfini’s methods and played the matches according to Vinnie’s advice. At last Joshua plays the game on his terms and conditions.

Awards

The film won an award for the American Society of Cinematographer in 1993 and also got the nominations for the category of Best Cinematography award at 66th Academy Awards.

Reviews

The film, Searching for Bobby Fischer is the one and only intelligent film on chess people liked. The film requires no knowledge to understand as it is just the life and struggle of the chess player Joshua Waitzkin. It has also showcased some scenes in a faster mode and some scenes where they ignored the inactivity of the chess games.

The film has the meaning of a game named chess which has made it an intelligent among all. At the end of the film or can say that the fil taught us that the game of chess is nothing but just great depiction and dealing with human nature and behavior.

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