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Article: Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker to Join Mental Health Community in Landmark Screening of 'A Beautiful Mind,' Directed by Ron Howard; Film Illustrates Benefits of Improved Mental Health Treatment.
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- February 21, 2002
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The Mental Health Association in California, in co-sponsorship with Assembly and Senate Leadership, will present a private screening of the Oscar-nominated "A Beautiful Mind," directed by Ron Howard, to highlight the film's role as an advocate for reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness as well as the benefits of early diagnosis and access to appropriate treatment.
Featured at the event will be special guest Akiva Goldsman, the film's screenwriter who is an Oscar Nominee, and has already received the Golden Globe and Scripter Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The film's portrayal of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, ...