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Pawn Sacrifice

In 1972, Bobby Fischer faced the Soviet Union in the greatest chess match ever played. On the board he fought the Cold War. In his mind he fought his madness.

Pawn to queen 4.

This biopic takes a look at chess legend Bobby Fischer, who found himself caught between two superpowers when he played for the world championship, while battling some personal demons of his own at the same time.

115 minutes, Parental Guidance 10-12
Biographical, Drama, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Toby Maguire, Robin Weigert, Lily Rabe, Liev Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg
Director	Edward Zwick
Screenplay	Steven Knight, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
Music	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Bradford Young
Editing	Steven Rosenblum
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2014
Produced by	Gail Katz Productions, MICA Entertainment, Material Pictures, Mels Cite du Cinema, PalmStar Media, PenLife Media

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Biopic
Language	Infrequent, mild to moderate impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)
Suggested age limit	Positive messages	Positive role models
13
Violence	Sex	Language

Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarStephanie Merry	10
Cape TimesJordan Mintzer	10
International Media
ScreenIt (USA)Jim Judy	12
Metacritic.com29 critics	13
Metacritic.com29 users	16
RottenTomatoes.com78 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	14
RottenTomatoes.com8294 users	13
Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia (USA)Staff evaluation	15
Internet (IMDB)1944 Netizens	15

Average .. 65%	13

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