Editing Searching for Bobby Fischer (section)

{{short description|1993 film by Steven Zaillian}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Searching for Bobby Fischer
| image          = Searching for bobby fischer.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| alt            =
| director       = [[Steven Zaillian]]
| producer       = [[William Horberg]]
| screenplay     = Steven Zaillian
| based_on       = {{Based on|''Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess''|[[Fred Waitzkin]]}}
| starring       = {{Plain list|
* <!-- Per poster billing block -->[[Joe Mantegna]]
* [[Laurence Fishburne]]
* [[Joan Allen]]
* [[Max Pomeranc]]
* [[Ben Kingsley]]
}}
| music          = [[James Horner]]
| cinematography = [[Conrad Hall|Conrad L. Hall]]
| editing        = Wayne Wahrman
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1993|8|11}}
| runtime        = 109 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $12 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://textfiles.com/media/film93.ans|title=1993–94 Film Releases|year=1993|author=Eric G. Carter|access-date=January 12, 2018|archive-date=July 29, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010729031425/http://textfiles.com/media/film93.ans|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $7,266,383
}}

'''''Searching for Bobby Fischer''''', released in the United Kingdom as '''''Innocent Moves''''', is a 1993 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Steven Zaillian]] in his [[List of directorial debuts|directorial debut]]. Starring [[Max Pomeranc]] in his film debut, [[Joe Mantegna]], [[Joan Allen]], [[Ben Kingsley]], and [[Laurence Fishburne]], it is based on the life of [[prodigy (chess)|prodigy]] [[chess]] player [[Joshua Waitzkin]], played by Pomeranc, and adapted from the book of the same name by Joshua's father, [[Fred Waitzkin]]. The film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] in the [[66th Academy Awards]].