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Searching for Bobby Fischer

Name: Searching for Bobby Fischer
Director: Steven Zaillian
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-08-13
Cast: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne

Drama

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

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Cast

Max PomerancJoe MantegnaJoan AllenBen KingsleyLaurence FishburneMichael NirenbergRobert StephensDavid PaymerHal ScardinoWilliam H. MacyVasek SimekDan Hedaya

Director

Steven Zaillian

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