Film · 2011

Bobby Fischer Against the World

Name: Bobby Fischer Against the World
Director: Liz Garbus
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2011-06-06

93 min · Directed by Liz Garbus · PG

Documentary Drama

6.8125
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The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

Cast

Bobby Fischer

Himself (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

Himself

Harry Benson

Self

Garry Kasparov

Self

Judit Polgar

Self

L

Larry Evans

Self

A

Asa Hoffmann

Self

Mikhail Tal

Self (archive footage)

Anatoli Karpov

Self (archive footage)

B

Boris Spassky

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Director: Liz Garbus
Producer: Stanley F. Buchthal, Rory Kennedy, Liz Garbus, Christoph Jörg, David Koh, Matthew Justus
Editor: Michael Levine, Karen Schmeer
Cinematography: Robert Chappell
Composer: Philip Sheppard

Details

Studios: Moxie Firecracker Films, LM Media Production, HBO Documentary Films
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English
Certification: PG
Release: June 6, 2011

Themes

sportsobsessionchild prodigychess championcelebritychess tournamenttroubled childhoodmental instabilitywoman director

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