PAWN SACRIFICE – 7PM

Pawn Sacrifice

Screening:
Monday, October 19, 7:00 pm,
Uptown Theatre, Screen 1

Directed by Edward Zwick

USA / 2015 / Biography/Drama / Rated PG for some language and sexual content / 116 min.

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 Union and its greatest player, Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber) for the World Championship. 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.

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Watch the trailer here!