Based on the novel by Sylvia Nasar. Special features: Disc 1. Feature film ; feature commentaries with Director, Ron Howard and Screenwriter, Akiva Goldsman ;deleted scenes - with optional director's commentary ; production notes ; cast and filmakers -- Disc 2. A beautiful partnership: Ron Howard and Brain Grazer ; development of the screenplay ; meeting John Nash - The Nash Theory of Equilibrium ; accepting the Nobel Prize in Economics" ; casting Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly ; The process of age progression ; storyboards to final feature comparison ; creation of special effects ; scoring the film ; inside A Beautiful Mind: making of ; Academy Awards reactions fron winners: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay ; theatrical trailer ; A Beatiful Mind soundtrack ; French packaging on reverse. Academy Award, 2002: Best Picture (Brian Grazer, Ron Howard); Best Director (Ron Howard); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jennifer Connelly); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Akiva Goldsman). MPAA rating: PG-13. Board of Film Censors, Singapore: PG. Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; art director, Robert Guerra ; editors, Mike Hill, Dan Hanley ; music composer, James Horner ; costume designer, Rita Ryack ; production designer, Wynn Thomas. Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, Christopher Plummer. In English or French soundtracks with optional English or Spanish subtitles.