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DVD

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Pawn sacrifice

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS, OSH)

Languages

In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Tobey Maguire, Peter Sarsgaard, Liev Schreiber, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lily Rabe, Robin Weigert.

Publication Information

Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2016]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; brief strong language, some sexual content and historical smoking.

Summary

In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. The film 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.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.

Bonus feature: Bobby Fischer, the Cold War and the match of the century.

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