"space. He also made significant contributions to the theory of nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations and to singularity theory. Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov writes about Nash's work: John Milnor gives a list of 21 publications. In the Nash biography ""A Beautiful Mind"", author Sylvia Nasar explains that Nash was working on proving Hilbert's nineteenth problem, a theorem involving elliptic partial differential equations when, in 1956, he suffered a severe disappointment. He learned that an Italian mathematician, Ennio de Giorgi, had published a proof just months before Nash achieved his. Each took different routes to get to their solutions. The two mathematicians"
"of John Nash, including Bruce Willis, Kevin Costner, John Travolta, Tom Cruise. Howard ultimately cast Russell Crowe. The narrative of the film differs considerably from the events of Nash's life, as filmmakers made choices for the sense of the story. The film has been criticized for this aspect, but the filmmakers said they never intended a literal representation of his life. One difficulty was the portrayal of his mental illness and trying to find a film visual language for this. Sylvia Nasar said that the filmmakers ""invented a narrative that, while far from a literal telling, is true to the"
"film, Nash begins to develop paranoid schizophrenia and endures delusional episodes while watching the burden his condition brings on wife Alicia and friends. The film opened in the United States cinemas on December 21, 2001. It went on 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"
"The Adventures of Pluto Nash The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Eddie Murphy (in a dual role), Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzmán, James Rebhorn, Peter Boyle, Pam Grier and John Cleese. The film was released in the United States on August 16, 2002. The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews and is notable for being one of the biggest box office bombs in history and a critical and financial failure. By the end of the 21st century, mankind has established itself on"
"A Beautiful Mind (soundtrack) A Beautiful Mind is the original soundtrack album, on the Decca Records label, of the 2001 film ""A Beautiful Mind"" starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly (who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as ""Alicia Nash""), Christopher Plummer and Paul Bettany. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by James Horner. The album garnered nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Music critics felt that the musical score fit the film well, but believed it to be similar to"
"because they worried that the film would be criticized for suggesting that all people with schizophrenia can overcome their illness without medication. In addition, Nash never gave an acceptance speech for his Nobel prize. ""A Beautiful Mind"" received a limited release on December 21, 2001, receiving positive reviews, with Crowe receiving wide acclaim for his performance. It was later released in the United States on January 4, 2002. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes polled 207 critics and gave the film a 75% approval rating, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critical consensus states, ""The well-acted ""A Beautiful Mind"" is"
"Vanilla Sky Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed, written, and co-produced by Cameron Crowe. It is an English-language adaptation of Alejandro Amenábar's 1997 Spanish film ""Open Your Eyes"", which was written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil, with Penélope Cruz reprising her role from the original film. The film has been described as ""an odd mixture of science fiction, romance and reality warp"". The film stars Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz with Jason Lee and Kurt Russell appearing in supporting roles. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, as well"
"$2,683,893 overseas. It had a total worldwide gross of $7,103,973. In 2014, the ""Los Angeles Times"" listed the film as one of the most expensive box office flops of all time. The film performed better on DVD, with US DVD rental gross of $24,983,000, but is yet to be released on Blu-ray. The Adventures of Pluto Nash The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Eddie Murphy (in a dual role), Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzmán, James Rebhorn, Peter Boyle, Pam Grier and"
"was trying hard to have her sent to a mental care facility again. She said that she would ""rather die or go to prison than go to a mental hospital."" Ruth Seegrist said she had seen ""A Beautiful Mind"", a 2001 biographical drama film about John Nash, a Princeton math professor and Nobel laureate who also was schizophrenic. ""I thought it was very well done,"" Seegrist said. ""When a person is so delusional – at first he thought it all was real, but it really was in his mind."" Ruth Seegrist said ""I really believe she belongs in the forensic"
"as a ""...brooding slow, meditative work"". Six vinyl versions of the soundtrack were released by Invada Records. The first repress was introduced in 2013 on black vinyl, white vinyl, and picture disc. The second in 2017 on ""Cosmic Coloured"" vinyl, ""Crystal Clear Vinyl With Heavy White Splatter"" vinyl, and a new picture disc version. Solaris (2002 film) Solaris is a 2002 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh, produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, and starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone. It is based on the 1961 science fiction novel of the same name by"
"saves it, Connolly isn't dexterous enough to achieve the Hitchockian level of suspense the movie needs."" The ""Los Angeles Times"" stated ""Connolly might well have constructed a brisker, more exciting picture with more vivid and involving characters. As it is, the film takes too long to become truly compelling."" The Bank (2001 film) The Bank is a 2001 Australian thriller/drama film directed by Robert Connolly and starring David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia. Jim Doyle (David Wenham) is a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock market. When he joins O'Reilly's fold, he must"
"the one-act, verse version of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge on Broadway, also starring Van Heflin and Eileen Heckart. In 1971, he appeared in his final film role, ""Dracula vs. Frankenstein"" (1971), as a mad scientist; a role descended from the original Dr. Frankenstein takes to murdering young women for experimentation in hopes of reviving his ancestor's creation, with help from his mute assistant, played by Lon Chaney Jr., whose film appearance was also his last. Naish was married (from 1929 until his death) to actress Gladys Heaney (1907–1987); they had one daughter, Elaine. Naish retired to San"
"A Beautiful Mind (book) A Beautiful Mind (1998) is a biography of Nobel Prize-winning economist and mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. by Sylvia Nasar, professor of journalism at Columbia University. An unauthorized work, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1998 and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in biography. It inspired the 2001 film by the same name. Starting with his childhood, the book covers Nash's years at Princeton and MIT, his work for the RAND Corporation, his family and his struggle with schizophrenia. Although Nasar notes that Nash did not consider himself a homosexual, she describes"
"must hold off a representative from the university of Australia, who has come to reclaim the head and take it back to Australia, and the mob in order to raise money for his daughters tuition. On the Nose (film) On the Nose is an Irish/Canadian comedy/fantasy film released in 2001. It was written by Tony Philpott and stars Dan Aykroyd and Robbie Coltrane in a magical comedy where a long dead Australian aboriginal's head is used to predict winners in horse races. The movie was filmed in Dublin, Ireland. On the Nose won the Audience Award in 2002 at the"
"family and a son born out of wedlock. However, the filmmakers have stated that the film was not meant to be a literal representation of Nash's life. In 1947, John Nash arrives at Princeton University. He is a co-recipient, with Martin Hansen, of the prestigious Carnegie Scholarship for mathematics. At a reception, he meets a group of other promising math and science graduate students, Richard Sol, Ainsley, and Bender. He also meets his roommate Charles Herman, a literature student. Nash is under extreme pressure to publish, but he wants to publish his own original idea. His inspiration comes when he"
"Ghosts of Mars Ghosts of Mars is a 2001 American science fiction action horror film written, directed and scored by John Carpenter. The film stars Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, and Joanna Cassidy. The film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb, scoring just a 21% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and earning $14 million at the box office, against a $28 million production budget. Set in the second half of the 22nd century, Mars has been 84% terraformed, allowing humans to walk on the surface without pressure suits. Martian society has become matriarchal,"
"""in a comedian named Eric Bana the filmmakers have found, I think, a future star ... He has a quality no acting school can teach you and few actors can match. You cannot look away from him"". ""Chopper"" was a critical and financial success in Australia, and was nominated for Best Film at the Australian Film Institute Awards in 2001. Bana's performance won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor. In 2001, director Ridley Scott cast Bana as an American soldier in the film ""Black Hawk Down"" (2001). Scott, with a recommendation from Russell Crowe and impressed by Bana's"
"Revelation (2001 film) Revelation is a 2001 British film directed by Stuart Urban and starring James D'Arcy, Natasha Wightman, Udo Kier and Terence Stamp. ""Revelation"" tells the story of the final search for an ancient relic known as the Loculus, dating back to 50 AD, and the effect of this relic on the Martel family and the whole world. In two flashbacks a relic is created in 50 AD and then hidden by Jews from a Crusader mob in medieval Rennes-le-Château. In present-day Rennes-le-Château an academic under instructions from Magnus Martel is seen with the relic—the Loculus—researching on the ground"
"Solaris (2002 film) Solaris is a 2002 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh, produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, and starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone. It is based on the 1961 science fiction novel of the same name by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Reflecting on Andrei Tarkovsky's critically acclaimed 1972 film ""Solaris"" (which was itself preceded by a 1968 Soviet TV film), Soderbergh promised to be closer in spirit to Lem's novel. The film is set almost entirely on a space station orbiting the planet Solaris, adding flashbacks to the previous experiences of"
"This was done to rob the viewers of their understanding, to mimic how Nash comprehended his experiences. Howard agreed to direct the film based on the first draft. He asked Goldsman to emphasize the love story of Nash and his wife; she was critical to his being able to continue living at home. Dave Bayer, a professor of Mathematics at Barnard College, Columbia University, was consulted on the mathematical equations that appear in the film. For the scene where Nash has to teach a calculus class and gives them a complicated problem to keep them busy, Bayer chose a problem"
"1981. It incorporated actual game footage and original commentary from the 1980 Winter Games. The documentary film ""Do You Believe in Miracles?"", narrated by Liev Schreiber, premiered on HBO in February 2001 and was subsequently released on home video. In 2004, Walt Disney Pictures released the film ""Miracle"", starring Kurt Russell as Brooks. Al Michaels recreated his commentary for most of the games. The final ten seconds, however, and his ""Do you believe in miracles? YES!"" call, were from the original broadcast and used in the film since the filmmakers felt that they could not ask him to recreate the"
"The Bank (2001 film) The Bank is a 2001 Australian thriller/drama film directed by Robert Connolly and starring David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia. Jim Doyle (David Wenham) is a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock market. When he joins O'Reilly's fold, he must first prove his loyalty to the ""greed is good"" ethos. ""The Bank"" grossed $2,515,917 at the box office in Australia. Reviews of the film were mixed. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes scored ""The Bank"" at 65% from 36 professional reviews (average rating 5.8/10), but 45% from 11 ""top critic"" reviews"
"The Skulls (film) The Skulls is a 2000 American psychological thriller film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker and Leslie Bibb. Its plot is based upon some of the conspiracy theories surrounding Yale University's Skull and Bones student society. The film was critically panned, but successful enough to spawn two direct-to-video sequels, ""The Skulls II"" (2002) and ""The Skulls III"" (2004). Luke McNamara (Joshua Jackson) is a student with aspirations to become a lawyer. A ""townie"" who grew up on the ""wrong side of the tracks"", he did well enough in school to attend college on"
"On the Nose (film) On the Nose is an Irish/Canadian comedy/fantasy film released in 2001. It was written by Tony Philpott and stars Dan Aykroyd and Robbie Coltrane in a magical comedy where a long dead Australian aboriginal's head is used to predict winners in horse races. The movie was filmed in Dublin, Ireland. On the Nose won the Audience Award in 2002 at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Robbie Coltrane plays a rehabilitated gambler who is tested beyond all limits when a head stored in the university turns out to accurately predict race horse winners. Robbie Coltrane finds he"
"Trinity (film) ""For the Spaghetti Western, see They Call Me Trinity"" Trinity is a 2001 British cult science fiction film. It was written and directed by Gary Boulton-Brown, and stars Tom McCamus (as Dr. Clerval), Lucy Akhurst (as Schiller), and Stephen Moyer (as Brach). In a remote arctic research station, government agents Brach and Schiller (female) discover the mysterious genetic scientist Dr. Clerval. A psychological chess game ensues. It turns out that Schiller was a subject in one of Clerval's genetic breeding programs, and was co-dependent of him. Brach once was Clerval's henchman. He feels torn between his love for"
"computer on Earth can decipher it. Originally it was created during the Reagan Administration as a test to keep the United States' highest priority secrets under wraps. One day, the NSA receives a message from a nine-year-old autistic savant with prodigious math abilities named Simon Lynch (Miko Hughes), who calls a telephone number written in the code which was secretly published in a puzzle magazine by two of the creators, Dean Crandell (Robert Stanton) and Leo Pedranski (Bodhi Elfman), to see if anyone could break it. Crandell and Pedranski's division chief, Lt. Colonel Nicholas Kudrow (Alec Baldwin) sees the boy's"
"its technical accuracy, which led to Clancy's meeting several high-ranking officers in the U.S. military. Clancy's fiction works, ""The Hunt for Red October"", ""Patriot Games"" (1987), ""Clear and Present Danger"" (1989), and ""The Sum of All Fears"" (1991), have been turned into commercially successful films with actors Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck as Clancy's most famous fictional character, Jack Ryan; his second most famous character, John Clark, has been played by actors Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber. All but two of Clancy's solely written novels feature Jack Ryan or John Clark. The Cold War epic ""Red Storm Rising"""
"The Curse of the Jade Scorpion The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a 2001 crime comedy film written, directed and starring Woody Allen. The cast also features Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd, Elizabeth Berkley, John Schuck, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers and Charlize Theron. The plot concerns an insurance investigator and an efficiency expert who are both hypnotized by a crooked hypnotist into stealing jewels. The film bears much more in common with Allen's earlier screwball comedy films than with other films made by him around the same time. ""The Curse of the Jade Scorpion"" received mixed reviews from critics."
"critics, indicating ""mixed or average reviews"". ""Evolution"" was made into an animated series called """", which ran on Fox Kids from 2001 to 2002. Evolution (2001 film) Evolution is a 2001 American comic science fiction film directed by Ivan Reitman. It stars David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore, and Ted Levine. It was released by DreamWorks in the United States and by Columbia Pictures internationally. The plot of the film follows college professor Ira Kane (David Duchovny) and geologist Harry Block (Orlando Jones), who investigate a meteor crash in Arizona. They discover that the meteor harbors extraterrestrial"
"Nash learns to ignore his hallucinations. By the late 1970s, he is allowed to teach again. In 1994, Nash wins the Nobel Prize in Economics for his revolutionary work on game theory, and is honored by his fellow professors. The movie ends as Nash, Alicia, and their son leave the auditorium in Stockholm; Nash sees Charles, Marcee, and Parcher standing to one side and watching him. After producer Brian Grazer first read an excerpt of Sylvia Nasar's book ""A Beautiful Mind"" in ""Vanity Fair"" magazine, he immediately purchased the rights to the film. He eventually brought the project to director"
"Earth"" won him the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor. The film was released on DVD on March 20, 2001. It is in anamorphic widescreen format with audio tracks in English and French and subtitles in English. Bonus features include an audio commentary with Nora Ephron and interviews with the cast and crew. Lucky Numbers Lucky Numbers is a 2000 comedy film directed by Nora Ephron. The screenplay by Adam Resnick was inspired by the 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal. It is the only film Ephron directed without also writing the screenplay. In 1988 Russ Richards (John Travolta), the weatherman for"
"Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day)<br> 2004 Barry Levinson (Sleepers, Toys)<br> 2003 Frank Pierson (Dog Day Afternoon, Cool Hand Luke)<br> 2002 Richard LaGravenese (P.S. I Love You, The Fisher King)<br> 2001 Lawrence Kasdan (Return of the Jedi, Raiders of the Lost Ark)<br> 2000 Paul Mazursky (Down and Out in Beverly Hills, An Unmarried Woman)<br> 1999 James L. Brooks (The Simpsons, As Good as It Gets)<br> 1998 Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull)<br> 1997 Buck Henry (The Graduate, Catch-22)<br> 1996 Bill Wittliff (Legends of the Fall, The Perfect Storm)<br> 1995 Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Mercies) 2017 Keenen Ivory Wayans"
"2001 Maniacs 2001 Maniacs is a 2005 American Comedy horror film directed by Tim Sullivan and starring Robert Englund, Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington, and Matthew Carey. It is a remake of the 1964 film ""Two Thousand Maniacs!"" written and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. The film is distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment. It was filmed in Westville, Georgia. Six prep college students and a biker couple travel south towards Daytona Beach for Spring Break, but a detour leads them into the seemingly idyllic Georgia town of Pleasant Valley, which is holding its annual ""Guts and Glory Jubilee"" in honor of"