Pawn Sacrifice
- Release Date
- September 16, 2015
- Director
- Edward Zwick
- Cast
- Liev Schreiber , Tobey Maguire , Lily Rabe , Peter Sarsgaard , Sophie Nélisse , Robin Weigert
- Runtime
- 114
- Main Genre
- Biography
- Studio
- Bleecker Street
- Writers
- Steven Knight , Stephen J. Rivele , Christopher Wilkinson
- Tagline
- On the board he fought the Cold War. In his mind he fought his madness.
Summary
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. Also starring Liev Schreiber and Peter Sarsgaard, Pawn Sacrifice chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
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