PAWN SACRIFICE (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tobey Maguire (Seabiscuit), Liev Schreiber (Spotlight), Lily Rabe (All Good Things), Peter Sarsgaard (Blue Jasmine), Michael Stuhlbarg (Steve Jobs), Robin Weigert (Concussion), Conrad Pla (The Terminal), Évelyne Brochu (Tom at the Farm), Katie Nolan (Rhymes for Young Ghouls), Edward Zinoviev (The Sum of All Fears), Brett Watson (Shattered Glass), Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (Before Midnight)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai), director, producer; Steven Knight (Locke), writer; Gail Katz (Air Force One) and Tobey Maguire (Country Strong), producers; James Newton Howard (Michael Clayton), composer; Bradford Young (Arrival), cinematographer; Steven Rosenblum (Braveheart), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

At the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Tobey Maguire gets to show his range as renowned American chess player Bobby Fischer, who became an unlikely figurehead in the ongoing Cold War.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH AUGUST 2017

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