A Beautiful Mind (film)
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A Beautiful Mind

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Directed by	Ron Howard
Produced by	Ron Howard
Brian Grazer
Screenplay by	Akiva Goldsman
Based on	A Beautiful Mind 
by Sylvia Nasar
Starring	
Russell Crowe
Ed Harris
Jennifer Connelly
Paul Bettany
Adam Goldberg
Judd Hirsch
Josh Lucas
Anthony Rapp
Christopher Plummer
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Edited by	Daniel P. Hanley
Mike Hill
Production
  company	Imagine Entertainment
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
(United States)
DreamWorks Pictures
(Worldwide)
Release date(s)	
December 13, 2001 (Beverly Hills premiere)
December 21, 2001 (United States)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$58 million[1]
Box office	$313,542,341[1]
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. The film stars Russell Crowe, along with Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, and Christopher Plummer in supporting roles. The story begins in the early years of a young prodigy named John Nash. Early in the film, Nash begins to develop paranoid schizophrenia and endures delusional episodes while painfully watching the loss and burden his condition brings on his wife and friends.

The film opened in the United States cinemas on December 21, 2001. It went to gross over $313 million worldwide and won four Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress. It was also nominated for Best Actor, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup, and Best Original Score.

It was well received by critics, but has been criticized for its inaccurate portrayal of some aspects of Nash's life, especially his other family and a son born out of wedlock. However, the filmmakers have stated that the film was not meant to be a literal representation.