SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER

Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne, Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley

Paramount; Directed by Steven Zaillian

Edited; 110 minutes; 1993

The Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of "AWAKENINGS" and "JACK THE BEAR" joins with the producer of "SISTER ACT", "THE ADDAMS FAMILY" and "LITTLE MAN TATE" for this acclaimed movie for the whole family. More than just "that chess movie", SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER is warm, earnest and well-acted film, based on a true story, of a seven-year-old boy whose excellence at chess forces him and his family to examine how they can maintain his childhood while developing his extraordinary gift.