A Beautiful Mind: Book vs. Movie
Ron Howard’s 2001 film A Beautiful Mind is adapted from Sylvia Nasar’s 1998 book of the same name. Both explore mathematician John Nash’s work, his life with schizophrenia, and his eventual recognition with a Nobel Prize.
PollBook or movie, which was better?
Do you recommend the book?
Do you recommend the movie?
About the book and the movie
Book
- Author
- Sylvia Nasar
- Year
- 1998
- Pages
- 464Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 18 hr 12 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Anna Fields
Sylvia Nasar traces John Nash’s mathematical discoveries and the decades of illness that interrupted his career. Drawing on interviews and records, she examines his relationships, treatment, and gradual return to academic life.
Movie
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Writer
- Akiva Goldsman
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 2 hr 15 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany
- Genre
- biographical, Drama
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Mathematician John Nash pursues an original idea at Princeton before becoming absorbed in secret codebreaking work. As his perceptions become harder to trust, he and his wife Alicia face the effects of schizophrenia on their marriage and daily lives.
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