Pawn Sacrifice

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Pawn Sacrifice is a biographical drama film about chess prodigy Bobby Fischer’s Cold War-era showdown with Boris Spassky.

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instanceOf biographical drama film
film
sports drama film
basedOn World Chess Championship 1972
surface form: 1972 World Chess Championship

life of Bobby Fischer
character Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Father Bill Lombardy
Paul Marshall
Regina Fischer
cinematographyBy Bradford Young
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts United States–Soviet Union relations
surface form: United States–Soviet Union rivalry

chess
psychological stress of competition
director Edward Zwick
distributor Bleecker Street
editedBy Steven Rosenblum
genre biographical film
drama film
historical drama film
sports film
hasSubject World Chess Championship
mainSubject Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
World Chess Championship 1972
musicBy James Newton Howard
originalLanguage English
portrays Bobby Fischer
surface form: Bobby Fischer–Boris Spassky rivalry
producer Edward Zwick
Gail Katz
Tobey Maguire
productionCompany Maguire Entertainment
releaseYear 2014
screenwriter Steven Knight
setInPeriod Cold War
setInYear 1972
starring Liev Schreiber
Lily Rabe
Michael Stuhlbarg
Peter Sarsgaard
Tobey Maguire
theatricalReleaseCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
theatricalReleaseYear 2015
title Pawn Sacrifice self-link
worldPremiereEvent Toronto International Film Festival
worldPremiereYear 2014

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Bradford Young notableWork Pawn Sacrifice
Bradford Young workedOn Pawn Sacrifice
Pawn Sacrifice title Pawn Sacrifice self-link
Tobey Maguire notableWork Pawn Sacrifice
Lily Rabe notableWork Pawn Sacrifice