《A Beautiful Mind》　美麗心靈　有愛就沒有不幸

No.078　《A Beautiful Mind》　美麗心靈　有愛就沒有不幸

英文導讀

A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. The film stars Russell Crowe, along with Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany and Christopher Plummer in supporting roles.

The true story of prominent mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. is the subject of this biographical drama from director Ron Howard. Russell Crowe stars as the brilliant but arrogant and conceited professor Nash. The prof seems guaranteed a rosy future in the early'50s after he marries beautiful student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and makes a remarkable advancement in the foundations of "game theory," which carries him to the brink of international acclaim. Soon after, John is visited by Agent William Parcher (Ed Harris), from the CIA, who wants to recruit him for code-breaking activities. But evidence suggests that Nash's perceptions of reality are cloudy at best; he is struggling to maintain his tenuous hold on sanity, and Alicia suspects a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Battling decades of illness with the loyal Alicia by his side, Nash is ultimately able to gain some control over his mental state, and eventually goes on to triumphantly win the Nobel Prize.

A Beautiful Mind received a limited release on December 21, 2001, receiving positive reviews. It was later released in the United States on January 4, 2002. Rotten Tomatoes showed a 78% approval rating among critics with a movie consensus stating: "The well-acted A Beautiful Mind is both a moving love story and a revealing look at mental illness." Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four-out-of-four stars. Mike Clark of USA Today gave three-and-a-half-out-offour stars and also praised Crowe's performance and referred to as a welcomed follow up to Howard's previous film The Grinch.

The film opened in the United States cinemas on December 21, 2001. It went to gross over $313 million worldwide.

In 2002, the film was awarded four Academy Awards, for Best Adapted Screenplay (Akiva Goldsman), Best Picture (Brian Grazer and Ron Howard), Best Director (Ron Howard) and Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly). It also received four other nominations for Best Actor (Russell Crowe), Best Film Editing (Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley), Best Makeup (Greg Cannom and Colleen Callaghan), and Best Original Score (James Horner). At the 55th British Academy Film Awards the film won Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role to Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly, respectively. It also nominated the film for Best Film, Best Screenplay and the David Lean Award for Direction.

獲獎情況

2002年第74屆奧斯卡：最佳影片、最佳導演、最佳女配角、最佳改編劇本獎，并榮獲最佳男主角提名、最佳原創(chuàng)配樂提名等。

影片信息

導演：朗·霍華德

編?。喊R瓦·高斯曼、西爾維婭·納薩爾

主演：羅素·克勞、詹妮弗·康納利、艾德·哈里斯、克里斯托弗·普盧默

類型：劇情、傳記

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國

上映日期：2001-12-21（美國）

片長：135分鐘

又名：《美麗境界》《有你終生美麗》

劇情簡介

影片講述的是關于20世紀偉大數(shù)學家小約翰·福布斯·納什的人物傳記片。

小約翰·福布斯·納什（羅素·克勞飾）在學校讀研究生時，便發(fā)表了著名的博弈理論，這個理論雖然只有26頁，但是卻對經(jīng)濟、軍事等領域產(chǎn)生了深遠的影響。

但是，就在小約翰·福布斯·納什蜚聲國際時，他出眾的直覺，因為精神分裂癥受到了嚴重的困擾，不過，這些并沒有阻止他放慢向學術最高層進軍的步伐。在他的妻子艾麗西亞的不斷鼓勵和幫助下，走得雖然艱緩，卻始終沒有停步。而最終，憑借十幾年的不懈努力和頑強意志，最終如愿以償。

制作花絮

影片中諾貝爾頒獎典禮是在新澤西表演藝術中心的禮堂內(nèi)拍攝的。為了這一個場景，攝制組光是在布景和化妝等方面就花了超過8個小時的時間。然而，隨后大廳里的場景又是在別的場地拍攝完成的。

湯姆·克魯斯曾經(jīng)是納什的角色人選。

片尾快要結束的時候，約翰·納什盯著自己喝的茶發(fā)呆，這一結尾來源于一次真實事件。就在羅素·克勞會見真實的約翰·納什時，他花了15分鐘的時間沉思，來決定是喝茶還是喝咖啡。

電影中羅素·克勞和詹妮弗·康納利之間有一場愛情戲被剪掉了。

重點學習

Nash is ultimately able to gain some control over his mental state

文中的control作為名詞使用時，是“控制，管理”的意思，over作為介詞，是“對…起支配作用”的意思，所以control over在此是“控制；支配；征服”的意思，常用于美語中，比如：The owner of the property has the most comprehensive and the most important control over the objects.（所有權是所有權人對物品的最為全面和最重要的支配權。）

Referred to as a welcomed follow up to Howard's previous film The Grinch

文中的refer to as是“把…稱作…；被稱為”的意思，比如：We are entering what some in the technology industry refer to as a post-PC era.（我們正在進入一個被某些技術企業(yè)稱為后電腦時代的年代。）

單詞時間

economics[?i:k??n?miks] n. 經(jīng)濟學；國家的經(jīng)濟狀況

mathematician[?mæθ?m??ti??n] n. 數(shù)學家

conceited[k?n?si:tid] adj. 自負的；狂想的；逞能的

arrogant[?ær?ɡ?nt] adj. 自大的，傲慢的

rosy[?r?uzi] adj. 薔薇色的，玫瑰紅色的；美好的；樂觀的；漲紅臉的

advancement[?d?vɑ:nsm?nt] n. 前進，進步；提升

recruit[ri?kru:t] vt. 補充；聘用；征募；使…恢復健康

perception[p??sep??n] n. 知覺；感覺；看法；洞察力

tenuous[?tenju?s] adj. 纖細的；稀薄的；貧乏的

sanity[?sæn?ti] n. 明智；頭腦清楚；精神健全；通情達理

diagnosis[?dai?ɡ?n?usis] n. 診斷

triumphantly[trai??mf?ntli] adv.成功地；耀武揚威地