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Pawn Sacrifice [DVD]

Tobey Maguire (Actor), Peter Sarsgaard (Actor), Edward Zwick (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama, Thriller
Format NTSC, Color, Widescreen, Multiple Formats
Contributor Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Edward Zwick, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg
Initial release date 2015-12-22
Language English
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In a gripping true story, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 1.6 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 35222413
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Edward Zwick
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Color, Widescreen, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 56 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ December 22, 2015
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B015DFI986
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,510 ratings

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"Pawn Sacrifice" is splendid. Directed by Edward Zwick, it regards the life of the Chess Champion Bobby Fischer, and has three great actors heading the cast, Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, and Liev Schreiber.The film does somewhat capture the mystique of chess, the Royal Game. When it discusses my hero, New Orleans-native Paul Morphy (pictured), however, most of what is said is incorrect. He certainly lost his reason, but the charge of suicide is fiction.This film traces Fischer's descent into paranoia and madness, and a tragic story it certainly is. In fact, at the end, real footage of the once-great player is shown, and it is shocking to see and hear what he had become.Maguire gives a remarkable performance of a difficult character; this writer believes him a truly underrated actor, and he summons great passion in the part. Sarsgaard has such an interesting presence on camera, and his portrayal of a priest, the Reverend William H. Lombardy, who is also a Grandmaster, deserves a film of its own. He consistently wears the soutane, common before the Second Vatican Council. (He was later laicized.) Schreiber ideally captures the charming essence of Boris Spassky, Fischer's great Soviet rival.Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing re-enactment of Bobby Fischer's drama to becoming world chess champion
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024
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Although I'm familiar with story, having been an active tournament chess player during this era, I found this to be an absorbing re-enactment of the drama surrounding Bobby Fischer's road to becoming World Chess Champion, including his extreme antics and paranoia of the Russians. You don't need to be a chess player to enjoy it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliance and lunacy.
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2016
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Three stars, four stars, three, four...oh go with four.

I'll get to the movie presently, but some comments first. For American chess players who were around then, the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match in Reykjavik holds special memories. The chess fever got some of us started in chess tournaments, if only at the lowest levels. For others it meant sudden recognition for a game that was respected in Europe, but largely ignored here. Every day, we played over the previous day's game from the newspaper (remember those?). There was enormous pride when an American won an official world championship for the first time (nobody seems to count naturalized American Wilhelm Steinitz as our first champion, and Paul Morphy was "unofficial"). And then, Fischer just dropped out of sight. Reports of his behavior became more and more disturbing. He forfeited his title to Anatoly Karpov in 1975. And the chess world moved on.

This movie tells a compelling story of the madness behind Fischer's method. Toby Maguire, physically very unlike Bobby, is nevertheless very convincing in portraying the gauche, unpredictable genius, so logical at the chessboard, so irrational away from it. For his helpers in the movie, lawyer Paul Marshall and grandmaster/priest William Lombardy, getting him even to show up for games is a constant challenge, for his sister Joan, his mental heath is a constant worry. Many of the actual details appear to be exaggerated when they are not simply invented, but there still seems to be a core of truth here. A genius teetering on the brink of insanity can often make his own rules for a while, but this is not necessarily for his own good. In the movie, Lombardy speculates that Fischer is not afraid of losing to Spassky, he is afraid of winning. And indeed, with this last battle won, Fischer himself seemed lost.

A different review could concentrate more extensively on the historical inaccuracies concerning specific competitions, and more general ones concerning how chess is played. Some of these are no doubt for dramatic reasons. At the 1966 Piatigorsky cup, for example, Fischer did not lose to Spassky in the last round, nor storm out afterward. In fact, he and Spassky were tied going into the last round (after Fisher lost one and drew one in their games against each other), but Fischer had to play Tigran Petrosian, who was still World Champion, in the last round, and could only draw. Meanwhile, Spassky beat the last place finisher, Jan Hein Donner, to take first by half a point. Paul Morphy did not commit suicide, though his withdrawal from chess does have parallels with Fischer. The sixth game of the Fischer Spassky match is hardly considered the greatest ever played, and so on and so on. The movie does not convey the slowness of top level tournament chess, particularly in those days of adjournments after forty moves. Granted, that would be very hard to do without boring the audience. But although the chess accuracy might have been somewhat improved, none of this spoils the story, which is more about the man than the chess player. At times it is almost painful to watch; it might have been much more so if it had concentrated on his final years, when he was harassed by the government which had celebrated his earlier victory.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Case Study of Someone Who Was a Genius but Also Seriously Mentally Ill
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2022
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This was a very interesting look inside the mind of Bobby Fischer. I remember when alot of this was going on and although celebrities are often catered to and treated with kid gloves I'm really surprised back in those days that his managers didn't insist he get under the care of a psychiatrist as a condition of working with him. I've worked as a patient advocate and have known people with Paranoid Schizophrenia and he fits the profile to a T. Those who say that he may have been spied on or bumped off rather than dying of natural causes have probably watched too many James Bond movies. Sure this was during the Cold War, but the guy really didn't have anything the CIA would want. He had no contact with his mother (who might have been watched because of her ongoing involvement with a Communist or Socialist organization) but as he was pretty openly anti-Communist I really doubt that the CIA would have wasted their time monitoring him. It is possible that his outbursts in public may have raised some suspicions but not because of anything of international interest.

It sounds as though his untreated mental illness brought him to a tragic ending as he was less and less able to function in society and that he faded into obscurity as many celebrities do. It definitely didn't help that he was spoiled by his mother and then by his managers. I was flabbergasted at the scene in which he yelled at his mother and her boyfriend as a child and demanded "silence" almost like a role reversal or as if he was some king. If I had behaved that way I would have been knocked into next week by my parents.

I didn't see as much behind the scenes when he was in the news but there were implications that he had problems getting along with others and was socially awkward. This movie was interesting, as it went deeper into his thought process than was talked about in the news media.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in Canada on May 4, 2023
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No damage to disc. Came in fairly quick for regular post. Thanks.
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Miguel Azevedo
5.0 out of 5 stars Très Bon article!
Reviewed in France on February 18, 2024
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Très Bon article!
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Shirley E
5.0 out of 5 stars Epic chess match mirroring the Cold War
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2021
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Great film with Toby absolutely capturing the moodiness and paranoia of Bobby Fischer in probably the most famous chess match of all time. Liev Schreiber excellent too as Boris Spassky. You don't need to know much about chess to find this true story delicious.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buena peli
Reviewed in Spain on April 2, 2019
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Película muy buena. Vale la pena, pero no es zona Europa, por lo tanto hay que modificar el lector.
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Noé Martín Carreón Aguiñaga
5.0 out of 5 stars A tiempo y en excelentes condiciones
Reviewed in Mexico on April 27, 2017
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Excelente película. El paquete llegó en tiempo y excelentes condiciones. No trae idioma español en audio pero sí los subtitulos. No es problema para mi pero algunas personas buscan en audio en latino. Recomendado 100%
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