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TV ClubHouse: archive: Movies Feb-Aug 2002: A Beautiful Mind

Gail

Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 08:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This movie is excellent! I managed to see 5 movies so far this weekend and all of them were terrific but A Beautiful Mind was the best. It stars Russell Crowe as John Forbes Nash Jr, a man who was an absolute genius when it came to breaking codes. I don't want to say anymore but I do think there should be an oscar nomination for Crowe for this movie. A very powerful performance.

Solidsnake

Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 03:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There will be an oscar nod for him gail.. he has already been nom'ed for a golden globe

However because Kevin Spacey will also be nom'ed for an oscar in shipping news i think spacey will win.. the acadamies have been known to prefer their own n crowe is an outsider..

only reason he n pretty woman won it last year was because they had no solid competition movie was for crowe and actress wise for roberts..

that said..im rootin for crowe..hes a good actor

Muse

Saturday, January 05, 2002 - 07:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to disagree about Russell Crowe winning last year for Gladiator because he had no solid competition. He did, IMHO. I actually think that most of the performances of the other nominees were better than Crowe's in Gladiator, and it appeared at the time that a lot of critics agreed with me. The problem was that a lot of people felt that Crowe should have won Best Supporting Actor the year before for The Insider, and they wanted to "make it up to him" by giving him one for Gladiator instead.

I personally think his performance in A Beautiful Mind was *much* better than that in Gladiator...but because he won the Oscar last time, I don't see him winning this year. I *do* think (or hope, at least!) that he'll be nominated, though! :)

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 06:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw this movie today. I am not a fan of Russell Crowe, but he was terrific. Excellent movie.

Karuuna

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 06:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If you liked this movie, you may want to check out 60 minutes this coming Sunday. Mike Wallace will be interviewing the real John Nash.

Gail

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 08:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
cool! I will try not to forget that!

Soeur

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 11:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We are going to it this weekend. I read that some controversy has been stirred up about Nash and that is one of the reasons for the 60 minutes appearance.

http://www.drudgereport.com/mattbm3.htm

Soeur

Saturday, March 16, 2002 - 01:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
'A Beautiful Mind' Meets Ugly Oscar Tactics

By RICK LYMAN

LOS ANGELES, March 15 — John Nash says he is not an anti-Semite. He says he is not a homosexual. Nor, he says, did he try to conceal any of his deficiencies as a father or any humiliating episodes in an attempt to glamorize his life.

To combat those rumors, Mr. Nash, a Nobel laureate whose triumph over schizophrenia is chronicled in the Oscar-nominated film "A Beautiful Mind," feels obliged to go on national television: he will appear on Sunday's edition of "60 Minutes." Some in the film industry say he is actually the victim of a whisper campaign whose aim is to scuttle the movie's Oscar hopes, a phenomenon they say has become increasingly common in the intense competition for Academy Awards.

"This may not be the worst year in Oscar history, but it's pretty low," said Pete Hammond, a film historian and consultant for American Movie Classics. "To accuse the subject of a film of being anti-Semitic when you know that a lot of the people who will be voting on the Oscars are Jewish, well, that's really down and dirty."
(from) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/16/movies/oscars/16MIND.html

Karuuna

Saturday, March 16, 2002 - 08:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mike Wallace (on Larry King live) said that originally Nash cancelled the interview when the accusations came out. But after 2 weeks of Wallace calling and talking to him, Nash relented and decided to do the 60 Minutes interview anyway.

It is true that Nash made some of these comments, however my understanding is that they were made while he was ill and not being treated.

Webkitty

Sunday, March 17, 2002 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw A Beautiful Mind the next day after I saw LOTR.
I was still on such a "high" (not really) from being so pleased with how LOTH turned out that A Beautiful Mind seemed a little pale in comparison. But it was a good movie.
I have always thought that Ron Howard has been underated and unrecognized so I hope he gets best director, although Peter Jackson did a fantastic job on LOTR.
I have always liked Russell Crow, I think he's good in anything he does.
I forgot about that 60 minutes interview, I'm going to go right now and set a reminder. Thanks guys!

Buttercup

Sunday, March 17, 2002 - 07:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I missed the 60 minutes interview! How was it???

Weinermr

Sunday, March 17, 2002 - 09:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<'A Beautiful Mind' Meets Ugly Oscar Tactics
By RICK LYMAN
when you know that a lot of the people who will
be voting on the Oscars are Jewish,>

And the stereotypes continue.

Solidsnake

Monday, March 18, 2002 - 03:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
so shall i suspect my main man deznel will be robbed again.. ?

Soeur

Monday, March 18, 2002 - 03:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The interview was interesting. It surprised me to learn that his wife was originally from a South American country and still speaks with a strong accent. His son was on as well. It was very touching to see that he, too, is a mathematician who is searching for his great idea and has schizophrenia.

Weinermr has a good point. In the past the major studios (MGM, Columbia, Fox) had all been started by Jewish men who began dynasties. Traditionally, the industry has been a hospitable environment for a number of minority groups who would have experienced prejudice elsewhere. The writer of the article is pretty familiar with the biz and statistically the numbers may support his point.