A Beautiful Mind is a
2001 American film inspired by the life of
John Forbes Nash, a
Nobel Laureate in Economics[1]. The film was directed by
Ron Howard and written by
Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling,
Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998
book of the same name by
Sylvia Nasar. The film stars
Russell Crowe, along with
Jennifer Connelly,
Ed Harris and
Paul Bettany.
The story begins in the early years of Nash's life at
Princeton University as he develops his "original idea" that will revolutionize the world of mathematics. Early in the movie, Nash begins developing
paranoid schizophrenia and endures
delusional episodes while painfully watching the loss and burden his condition brings on his wife and friends.
