A Beautiful Mind: Directed by Ron Howard. With Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer. A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim.

A Beautiful Mind, American biographical film, released in 2001, that told the story of American Nobel Prize winner John Nash, whose innovative work on game theory in mathematics was in many ways overshadowed by decades of mental illness.

In 1947, John Nash (Russell Crowe) arrives at Princeton University. He is a co-recipient, with Martin Hansen (Josh Lucas), of the prestigious Carnegie Scholarship for mathematics.

A Beautiful Mind is a biographical drama about John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who suffered from schizophrenia. The review praises the film's portrayal of Nash's life, his wife's love, and his recovery, and compares it to the book by Sylvia Nasar.

After John Nash - a brilliant but socially-awkward mathematician - accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a nightmarish turn. 9,777. IMDb 8.2 2 h 15 min 2002 X-Ray PG-13. Drama • Inspiring • Philosophical • Sad. Rent.

The well-acted A Beautiful Mind is both a moving love story and a revealing look at mental illness. Read Critics Reviews

A Beautiful Mind stars Ru...more. Winner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind is directed by Academy Award-winner Ron Howard and produced by long-time partner...

Written by journalism professor Sylvia Nasar, this book is an unauthorized biography of the award-winning mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. In 1994, he was one of three recipients who shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their work with game theory.

A Beautiful Mind stars Russell Crowe in an astonishing performance as brilliant mathematician, John Nash, on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. Now only his devoted wife (Academy Award® winner Jennifer Connelly) can help him in this powerful story of courage, passion and triumph.