Games of Chess in the Movies

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  1. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

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    Charlie Chaplin in The Masquerader 1914
     
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  2. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

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    Casablanca...
     
  3. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

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    Robin Williams and Christopher Walken
    in Man of the Year 2006
     
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  4. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

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    Steven Seagal in Born to Raise Hell 2010
     
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  5. Michael

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    Cliff Curtis in The Dark Horse 2014

    Cliff is such a talented actor...he wears many hats! look him up, : )
     
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  6. Wildest cat from montana

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    It's the black queen that's the key plot device.
    'Stalag 17' is a great movie. Seen it many times.
     
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  7. mmars982

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    Scene from Phenomenon



    Travolta's character could never come close to beating Duvall before.
     
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  8. Fastnbulbous

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    Kubrick and George C. Scott were both strong chess players and had running games throughout the shooting of "Dr. Strangelove". Kubrick usually won.

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  9. Bea Jonas

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    In the Inner Sanctum radio show Death Across the Board (from 6 June 1945), a madman transforms city streets into a giant chessboard. This plot device has been used many times since, including a 1972 episode of Raymond Burr's Ironside guest-starring Noel Harrison.
     
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  10. Chris DeVoe

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    One of my very favorite chess scenes in a movie, the one where weapons expert Mike Vickers (Christopher Denham) plays four people in a park in Charlie Wilson's War:

     
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  11. Juan Matus

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    Andrew Bujalski's - Computer Chess (2013)


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    In 1980, an annual gathering of teams of idiosyncratic nerds compete in a nondescript California hotel to see which of their computer programs can best the others at computer chess.
     
  13. Radio

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    Lawn chess with animals in The Three Musketeers

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  14. zardozislove

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    Guy Ritchie's Revolver integrates Chess into the storyline in an interesting way.

     
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    Lucky Number Slevin
     
  16. mmars982

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    TV, but Creed playing chess on The Office is pretty funny.

     
  17. longdist01

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    Geri's Game (1997) Pixar

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  18. Veltri

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    Ah, yes, and in Toy Story 2, the pieces are in a drawer.

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  19. Scooterpiety

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    It's actually the black queen :)
     
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  20. Claus LH

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    Since we are including TV productions, "The Queen's Gambit" is all about chess.

    C.
     
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  21. AndyTaylor

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    Doctor Who : The Curse of Fenric, since you started it.
     
  22. AndyTaylor

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    Pawn Sacrifice, also about Bobby Fischer mentioned on the previous page.
     
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  23. Hoover Factory

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    Not a movie, but a Bob Hope TV Special featuring Bobby Fischer

     
  24. jwoverho

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    I think it was the Kubrick doc A LIFE IN PICTURES that mentioned Stanley making ends meet early in his career by playing chess in Washington Square.
     
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  25. Hoover Factory

    Hoover Factory Old Dude Who Knows Things

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    Outstanding episode featuring the great Lawrence Harvey in one of his last roles. My only complaint is the idea that a World Chess Champion would lose an simultaneous exhibition game via “Fool’s Mate.” No matter how distracted he was, no chess player of even average ability would ever fall for it.
     
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