John Nash (Russell Crowe) is ungainly, unversed in human forms, direct and uncompromising in vision and speech. At Princeton he rejects lectures and books by those he considers of faulty thought and discovers his personal holy grail -- the original sound thought.

In the years between the promulgation of that idea and his 1991 Nobel Prize, Nash and his family paid a high price. Nash proved to be mentally gifted and mentally ill. He is a man looking for mathematical truth whose own brain is lying to him.

A Beautiful Mind takes us into the subjective reality of Nash while still enabling us to see how he appears to others. The film is finely balanced between the world of academia and mundane life, between mocking mortals and recognised brilliance.

Written by Akiva Goldsman from Sylvia Nasar's novel, and directed by Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind features a strong cast including the ever-wonderful Ed Harris.

This film does an excellent thing -- it takes the audience into another life and helps us measure our own peculiarities. A moving experience that lets us see for ourselves.

by Ali Kayn Due for Australian release 7 March 2002 For credits and official site details, see below Search Festivale for more work by the film-makers below. See also: Ed Harris also appears in The Abyss; The Firm; China Moon; Needful Things; Milk Money; Just Cause; Nixon; The Rock; Absolute Power ; Stepmom , The Third Miracle ; Pollock; The Hours; Winter Passing; Cleaner ; National Treasure: Book of Secrets; Appaloosa and more!

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