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Re: A Bio And A Movie: Nash.



At 14:47 -0400 10/12/02, Rosaline Secrest wrote:

I would be very interested in the opinion of any of you who both read the
book and also have seen the movie: A Beautiful Mind. It seemed to me that
the John Nash described in the two were in many ways two very different men.
The movie was very popular and therefore the book became a best seller; but,
as a colleague told me, it is probably one of the least read best sellers. I
suspect the book, while not an easy read, was not only more complete but more
truthful in presenting Nash's story.

Ron Howard, the movie's director has said that he intentionally
changed the book's story, calling his film a "fictionalized
biography." It would appear that Nash didn't object to what Howard
did, since he was willing to attend the Academy Award ceremony at
Howard's invitation. I read the Russell Crowe was really steamed that
Denzel Washington won the best actor instead of him. Haven't read the
book, but you get my $0.02 worth anyway.

Hugh
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