Proof

"The biggest risk in life is not taking one."

PG-13 2005 · 1h 40m · Drama, Mystery
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Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.

Theatrical
Sep 30, 2005
Box Office
$7.5M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
0.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 14, 2006
Theaters
1
Director
John Madden
Writers
David Auburn, Rebecca Miller
Producers
Julie Goldstein, John N. Hart, Robert Kessel
Music
Stephen Warbeck
Studio
Miramax, Endgame Entertainment, Hart-Sharp Entertainment
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Exploring Prime Numbers in Mathematics
Hal Germaine primes. Like, double them and add one, you get another prime. Like, two is prime. Double plus one is five, also prime.
The Exhausting Life of Mathematicians
Hal Mathematicians are insane. I went to this conference in Toronto last fall, I have never been so exhausted in my life. 48 straight hours of partying, drinking, drugs, papers, lectures ...
Catherine Drugs?
Hal Amphetamines, mostly. I mean, I don't, but some of the older guys are really hooked. They think they need it.
Catherine Why?
Hal I guess there's this fear that your creativity peaks around twenty three, and then it's all downhill from there.
Catherine That's what my dad thought.
Hal I guess, all the really original work, it's all young guys.
Catherine Young guys?
A Moment of Flattery and Honesty
Hal You look great.
Catherine Clare gave it to me.
Hal I ... I like it.
Catherine It doesn't really fit.
Hal Sure it does.
Catherine You can't prove it.
Hal Well, I could and try and disprove the opposite. I can prove that it doesn't not fit.
Catherine How?
Discussion of Past Abuse and Memory
Claire Were you abusive?
Catherine This one cop who keep spitting on me when he talked. It was disgusting!
Claire Did you use the word "dickhead"?
Catherine Guh, I don't remember!
Claire Did you tell one cop to go ... have sex with the other cop's mother?
Catherine No!
Claire That's what they said.
Catherine Not ... with that phrasing.

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