There’s a new Chess movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr. called “Life of a King” coming out this Friday, Jan 17th. Ironically, Jan 17th is the day Bobby Fischer departed this earth back in 2008. “Life of a King” can be seen in select theaters on Friday, or watch it ON DEMAND the same day. Looking forward to it!
synopsis:
Life of a King is the unlikely true story of Eugene Brown and his one-man mission to give inner-city kids of Washington D.C. something he never had – a future. He discovered a multitude of life lessons through the game of chess during his 18-year incarceration for bank robbery. After his release and reentry into the workforce, Eugene developed and founded the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the streets and working towards lives they never believed they were capable of due to circumstances. From his daring introductory chess lessons to a group of unruly high school students in detention to the development of the Club and the teens’ first local chess competitions, this movie reveals his difficult, inspirational journey and how he changed the lives of a group of teens with no endgame.
If anyone is interested in an interview we had with Eugene Brown, you can find it here: http://mariettachess.com/blog.html
I have seen several ads on TV for this movie. Cuba Gooding looked good in the trailer. It may be a sleeper. Can’t wait to see it.
