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Where was A Beautiful Mind filmed?

2001 film, directed by Ron Howard.

  • New Jersey

The story is set in New Jersey, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New Jersey
Filmed in
New Jersey

About A Beautiful Mind

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Released
2001
Director
Ron Howard
Cast
Russell CroweEd HarrisJennifer ConnellyPaul BettanyVivien CardoneChristopher PlummerAdam GoldbergJosh LucasAnthony RappJudd Hirsch
Genre
BiographicalDrama
Based on
A Beautiful Mind
Awards
Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Writing and 2 more

The story

In 1947, John Nash arrives at Princeton University as a co-recipient, with Martin Hansen, of the Carnegie Scholarship for Mathematics.

His theory earns him an appointment at MIT where he chooses Sol and Bender over Hansen to join him.

Nash falls in love with a student, Alicia Larde, and they eventually marry.

Famous lines from A Beautiful Mind

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • -John, enough!Charles
  • … currency exchange?John
  • When did you last eat?Charles
  • I can't fail. This is all I am.John
  • Maybe you want to buy me a drink.Woman

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