Searching for Bobby Fischer

Name: Searching for Bobby Fischer
Director: Steven Zaillian
Released: 1993
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Max Pomeranc, Joan Allen, Laurence Fishburne

1993 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 43,314 VOTES · DIR. Steven Zaillian

Overview

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,446 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:50 [ Josh ] In the days before the event

00:05:36 Well, there you go.

00:08:43 [ Second Man ] What we playing here?

00:13:07 Shut up, man.

00:16:52 You don't get it?

00:21:08 Long neck.

00:26:00 Come after me.

00:29:18 Look at that. I got him thinking. I got him thinking.

00:33:49 Frère Jacques

00:37:42 master...

00:41:08 Telephone.

00:45:01 You're the one who's trying to...

00:50:31 Have fun.

00:53:39 but that isn't really the issue--

00:56:16 If you say it's great, then it has to be.

01:02:51 Of course we're going.

01:07:48 Maybe he's just better than me.

01:11:16 I can't lose points.

01:15:39 Get out of my house.

01:19:42 Why?

01:24:07 I--I don't know.

01:27:33 and you can rest before the next round, O.K.?

01:35:26 Don't even think about it.

01:40:54 Take the draw.

Cast & Characters

Joe Mantegna Fred Waitzkin Ben Kingsley Bruce Pandolfini Max Pomeranc Josh Waitzkin Joan Allen Bonnie Waitzkin Laurence Fishburne Vinnie Michael Nirenberg Jonathan Poe Robert Stephens Poe's Teacher David Paymer Kalev Hal Scardino Morgan Vasek Simek Russian Park Player

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,446

Dialogue density13.1 lines / min

First line00:00:50

Final line01:40:54

Production Record

DirectorSteven Zaillian

LanguageEnglish

Budget$12,000,000

Revenue$7,266,383

IMDb votes43,314