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So why not a movie about Paul Morphy???
Posted on 11/7/14 at 4:50 am
Posted on 11/7/14 at 4:50 am
IF you don't know who he is, he's one of the greatest chess players of all time, from New Orleans.
I was watching Searching for Bobby Fischer (excellent movie) and i was wondering thorughout that in the movie, they didn't introduce enough historical honrable mentions besides Mr. Bobby Fischer. Anway I digress.
What actor would you cast??? As Paul Morphy, as his other rivals??? and friends? It was a tragic death for him but lived a great life changing the thinking of the world at that time...or at least some part of it
I was watching Searching for Bobby Fischer (excellent movie) and i was wondering thorughout that in the movie, they didn't introduce enough historical honrable mentions besides Mr. Bobby Fischer. Anway I digress.
What actor would you cast??? As Paul Morphy, as his other rivals??? and friends? It was a tragic death for him but lived a great life changing the thinking of the world at that time...or at least some part of it
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Posted on 11/7/14 at 9:43 am to LiguhTiguh
Probably because he retired from competitive chess at 22 and did, more or less, nothing for the rest of his life.
Posted on 11/7/14 at 10:35 am to LiguhTiguh
They basically did this story, though it's not biographical. It called The Luzhin Defense with John Turturro and Emily Watson, and is based on a Nabakov novel.
If you see only one movie about a disturbed, chess playing weirdo this year, make it this one.
If you see only one movie about a disturbed, chess playing weirdo this year, make it this one.
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