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'''Chess in movies''' include the following: | '''Chess in movies''' include the following: | ||
| + | *''The Thomas Crown Affair'' (1968) - Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, in their primes, play perhaps the most enthralling [[chess]] match in film history.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5bN73OnGmo</ref> | ||
*''From Russia with Love'' (1963) - the opening scene is a [[chess]] match, played on the entire floor of the room. The novel on which the book was based was a favorite of President [[JFK]], and [[Frank Sinatra]] sang the theme song for the movie. | *''From Russia with Love'' (1963) - the opening scene is a [[chess]] match, played on the entire floor of the room. The novel on which the book was based was a favorite of President [[JFK]], and [[Frank Sinatra]] sang the theme song for the movie. | ||
*''Star Trek'' (1960s) - a television series in which a game of 3-dimensional chess is featured in one segment. | *''Star Trek'' (1960s) - a television series in which a game of 3-dimensional chess is featured in one segment. | ||
Revision as of 01:51, June 2, 2021
Chess in movies include the following:
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) - Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, in their primes, play perhaps the most enthralling chess match in film history.[1]
- From Russia with Love (1963) - the opening scene is a chess match, played on the entire floor of the room. The novel on which the book was based was a favorite of President JFK, and Frank Sinatra sang the theme song for the movie.
- Star Trek (1960s) - a television series in which a game of 3-dimensional chess is featured in one segment.
- The Queen's Gambit (2020) - the most popular series ever on Netflix, about a girl who became a chess prodigy.[2]
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - "Be careful – I'll get you yet!" the ostensibly homosexual murderer "smilingly warns the landlady's blonde daughter as they play a flirtatious game of chess."[3]
- Casablanca (1942) - considered one of the greatest movies of all time, it has a legendary chess scene and the actors frequently played chess during breaks in filming.[4]
- The Luzhin Defence (2001) - much of the movie, including its climax, is about chess.[5]
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - the last silent movie by Alfred Hitchcock, it has a tantalizing, flirtatious chess game between a serial murderer and unsuspecting blonde woman model.
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See also
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5bN73OnGmo
- ↑ https://www.netflix.com/title/80234304
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/15/alfred-hitchcock-inventor-modern-horror
- ↑ https://en.chessbase.com/post/casablanca-a-tribute-to-a-classic
- ↑ https://www.movieguide.org/reviews/the-luzhin-defence.html