Pawn Sacrifice (2015) - Video Detective

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In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. Also starring Liev Schreiber and Peter Sarsgaard, PAWN SACRIFICE 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.

Original Release

09/16/2015

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Cast

Name	Character

Tobey Maguire	Bobby Fischer
Peter Sarsgaard	Father Bill Lombardy
Liev Schreiber	Boris Spassky
Lily Rabe	Joan Fischer
Michael Stuhlbarg	Paul Marshall
Robin Weigert	Regina Fischer
Sophie Nelisse	Young Joan Fischer
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick	Teenage Bobby Fischer
Conrad Pla	Carmine Nigro
Aiden Lovekamp	Young Bobby Fischer

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Edward Zwick

Writers

Steven Knight, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson

Cast

Name	Character

Tobey Maguire	Bobby Fischer
Peter Sarsgaard	Father Bill Lombardy
Liev Schreiber	Boris Spassky
Lily Rabe	Joan Fischer
Michael Stuhlbarg	Paul Marshall
Robin Weigert	Regina Fischer
Sophie Nelisse	Young Joan Fischer
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick	Teenage Bobby Fischer
Conrad Pla	Carmine Nigro
Aiden Lovekamp	Young Bobby Fischer
Evelyne Brochu	Donna
Andreas Apergis	Uncle Paul
Katie Bird Nolan	Maria (as Kathryn Nolan)
Ilia Volok	KGB Agent
Peter Janov	KGB Agent
Spiro Malandrakis	Reporter
Arthur Holden	Party Guest #3 / Party Guest #3 (Fischer Apt.)
Raphael Grosz-Harvey	Donald Byrne
John Maclaren	Theodore Tremblay
Carlo Mestroni	Reporter #2 / Reporter #2 (Vancouver)

Producers

Name	Role

Dale Armin Johnson	Executive Producer
Julie B. May	Executive Producer
Stephen J. Rivele	Executive Producer
Christopher Wilkinson	Executive Producer
Kevin Scott Frakes	Executive Producer
Árni Björn Helgason	Executive Producer
Michael Ilitch Jr.	Executive Producer
Glenn Murray	Executive Producer
Josette Perrotta	Executive Producer
Ankur Rungta	Executive Producer
Vishal Rungta	Executive Producer
Raj Brinder Singh	Executive Producer
Gail Katz	Producer
Tobey Maguire	Producer
Kevin Scott Frakes	Producer
Árni Björn Helgason	Producer
Michael Ilitch Jr.	Producer
Glenn Murray	Producer
Josette Perrotta	Producer
Matthew Plouffe	Producer
Troy Putney	Producer
Darin Rivetti	Producer
Ankur Rungta	Producer
Vishal Rungta	Producer
Raj Brinder Singh	Producer
Cynthia E. Thornton	Producer
Edward Zwick	Producer