Pawn Sacrifice...worth it?

Originally posted by Data Fly
I wish a film would be made about a chess player other than Fischer. Alekhine for instance or Morphy or even Mir Sultan Khan!

Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahn !

Originally posted by ketchuplover
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahn !

Oh yes, I'd completely forgotten that there's already been a film made about Sultan Khan. Here is the climax to that famous scene where Capablanca (played, rather incongruously, by William Shatner) is forced to resign after failing to hold on in a marathon two rooks vs queen ending (Hastings, 1930).
YouTube

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Luzhin_Defence

"The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring John Turturro and Emily Watson. The film centres on a mentally tormented chess grandmaster and the young woman he meets while competing at a world-class tournament in Italy. The screenplay was based on the novel The Defense (or The Luzhin Defence) by Vladimir Nabokov."

Don't forget this episode of Columbo..

http://www.watchfree.to/tv-1a806-Columbo-tv-show-online-free-putlocker.html/season-2-episode-7#close-modal

Now tell me these characters aren't based on fischer spassky?

Here's a review from a guy who knew Fischer and others:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/review-of-pawn-sacrifice

Originally posted by FishHead111
Here's a review from a guy who knew Fischer and others:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/review-of-pawn-sacrifice

It was posted here first:

http://www.redhotpawn.com/forum/only-chess/sam-sloans-review-of-pawn-sacrifice.165657

Yeah... The world is just waiting for films about those exciting chess players...

I enjoyed it. I don't particularly care for Fischer's part, but I have been lucky enough to have had dinner with Spassky and played him in a simul. Schreiber's portrayal of Spassky is excellent.