SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER (BILINGUAL) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1993
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: An all-star cast shines in this heartwarming story of one family's journey of understanding. Joe Mantegna stars as Fred Waitzkin, a sportswriter who dreams his 7-year-old son, Josh (Max Pomeranc), will grow up to play baseball. One day in the park with his mother (Joan Allen), Josh is fascinated by a different game: chess. Encouraged by a streetwise speed-chess player (Laurence Fishburne), Josh displays more than talent - he has a gift. Sensing his son is a future champion, Fred places Josh under the tutelage of a strict chess teacher (Oscar winner Ben Kingsley). But when Josh suddenly starts to lose, his parents must confront their own motivations, and recognize what Josh prizes more than winning: his family's love. Costarring Laura Linney and William H. Macy. Searching for Bobby Fischer is a movie 'not only to enjoy but to cherish' (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times).
• Cast: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Nirenberg, Robert Stephens, David Paymer, Hal Scardino, Vasek Simek, William H. Macy, Dan Hedaya, Laura Linney, Anthony Heald, Steven Randazzo, Chelsea Moore, Josh Mostel, Josh Kornbluth, Tony Shalhoub, Austin Pendleton, Tom McGowan, Ona Fletcher, Kamran Shirazi, Joel Benjamin, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Jerry Poe McClinton, Matt De Matt, Robert Vincent Smith, Jerry Rakow, William Colgate, Tony De Santis, R.D. Reid, Anthony McGowen, Katya Waitzkin, Ryder Fleming-Jones, Harris Krofchick, John Bourgeois, Maria Ricossa, Caroline Yeager, Andrew Sardella, Nathan Carter, Nicholas Taylor, Jonathan Fazio, Nicky Mellina, Philip Neiman, Elizabeth Gropman, Bobby Fischer, Matt Birman, James Garrigan, Bruce Pandolfini, Edd Scorpio, Steven Zaillian, Fred Waitzkin
• Director: Steven Zaillian
• Runtime: 1:49
• Company: Warner Bros.
• Media Format: Movie