Math in Movies: Einstein and Eddington (2008)

A nice documentary with some drama elements. A bit surprising to see Golum-Smeagol as Einstein but Andy Serkis does also this job well.

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Math in Movies: Mozart and the Whale (2005)

A romantic comedy drama about two autistic adults who fall in love and who are good with numbers, animals, art and words. It was a risky movie and according to wikipedia was criticized for the stereotype that people with autism spectrum are typically savants. 

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A scene is cited in this paper: A couple of kids ask him how much is 5589 burgers times 3972 divided by 17 and he instantly produces the correct, 10-digit answer. The paper also mentions the movies Rain Man from 1988 or Mercury Rising from 1998.