Searching for Bobby Fischer
Drama, 1993
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Top cast:
Max Pomeranc
Josh Waitzkin
Joe Mantegna
Fred Waitzkin
Joan Allen
Bonnie Waitzkin
Ben Kingsley
Bruce Pandolfini
Laurence Fishburne
Vinnie
Robert Stephens
Poe's Teacher
David Paymer
Kalev
Hal Scardino
Morgan
Vasek Simek
Russian Park Player
William H. Macy
Tunafish Father
Dan Hedaya
Tournament Director
Laura Linney
School Teacher
Anthony Heald
Fighting Parent
Steven Randazzo
Man of Many Signals
Josh Mostel
Chess Club Regular
Josh Kornbluth
Chess Club Regular
Tony Shalhoub
Chess Club Member
Austin Pendleton
Asa Hoffman
Tom McGowan
Reporter
Tony De Santis
Jounalist
R.D. Reid
Final Tournament Director
John Bourgeois
Gym Parent
Maria Ricossa
Gym Parent
Bobby Fischer
Himself (archive footage)
