Chess (2036 film)

Chess is a 2036 American-British-Japanese musical film directed by Tom Jebbon. It is based off the musical of the same name.
With this movie, Tom hopes to reinvent the musical by using Dolby Atmos to its fullest, creating a 360 degree soundscape.
== Plot ==
The plot is based on the British version of the musical. The following is copied directly from Wikipedia.
==== Act 1 ====
In 1983, the president of the International Chess Federation—The Arbiter—speculates on the origins of the game of chess ("Story of Chess") before announcing the location of the upcoming world chess championship: Merano, Italy.
 As the townsfolk prepare for the occasion ("Merano"), the current world
 champion, Freddie Trumper of the United States, arrives with his second
 and presumed lover: Hungarian-born, English-raised Florence Vassy 
("Freddie's Entrance"). Florence confronts Freddie about his brash 
behavior and rocky relationship with the press ("Commie Newspapers"), 
which immediately gets out of hand when he assaults
 a journalist who questions his relationship with Florence ("Press 
Conference"). Meanwhile, Freddie's Soviet Russian challenger, Anatoly 
Sergievsky, argues with his own second, the scheming Molokov ("Anatoly 
and Molokov"). Afterwards, in private, Anatoly cynically reflects on the
 selling out of his dreams to get to where he is today ("Where I Want to Be").
The opening ceremony features the American and Soviet delegates 
each vowing their side will win ("Diplomats"), The Arbiter insisting on a
 clean game ("The Arbiter"), and marketers looking to make a profit 
("Hymn to Chess" / "Merchandisers"). During the increasingly intense 
match, Freddie suddenly throws the chessboard to the floor and storms 
out of the arena ("Chess #1"), leaving Florence to negotiate with 
Anatoly, Molokov, and The Arbiter ("Quartet"). Florence manages to 
arrange a meeting between the two players, after trading heated words 
with Molokov. It turns out that Freddie engineered the outburst in the 
hopes of extracting more money from his sponsor, an American sensationalist
 media company called Global Television, though Walter—the company's 
representative in Freddie's delegation—criticizes the stunt as ludicrous
 ("Florence and Molokov"). Florence later scolds Freddie, and they fight
 about the politics of the tournament until he viciously turns the 
argument toward her missing father, believed captured or killed by 
Soviet forces during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
 ("1956: Budapest is Rising"). She laments the situation alone 
("Nobody's Side") before heading off to the Merano Mountain Inn for the 
reconciliatory meeting she has scheduled between Freddie and Anatoly 
("Der Kleine Franz"). Freddie does not immediately turn up, though, 
leaving Anatoly and Florence awkwardly alone together; however, they 
eventually embrace as romantic feelings arise before being finally 
interrupted by Freddie, who was working out new financial terms with 
Global TV ("Mountain Duet").
The chess tournament proceeds. Distracted by the loss of 
Florence's love, however, Freddie flounders, leaving himself just one 
more loss away from losing his title ("Chess #2"). Due to Freddie's 
atrocious attitude, Florence finally deserts him ("Florence Quits"), 
whereby Freddie ponders how his unhappy childhood left him the man he is
 today ("Pity the Child"). He sends The Arbiter a letter of resignation,
 resulting in Anatoly's becoming the new world champion. Anatoly 
immediately defects
 from the Soviet Union and seeks asylum at the British embassy 
("Defection" / "Embassy Lament"). Florence, accompanying Anatoly, 
reflects on their newfound romance ("Heaven Help My Heart"). Meanwhile, 
Walter tips off the press about this scandal. When the mob of reporters 
ambush Anatoly and ask why he is deserting his country ("Anatoly and the
 Press"), he tells them that he will never truly leave his country, and 
that his land's only borders lie around his heart ("Anthem").
==== Act 2 ====
A year 
later, Anatoly is set to defend his championship in Bangkok, Thailand 
("Golden Bangkok"). Freddie is already there, chatting up locals and 
experiencing the Bangkok nightlife
 ("One Night in Bangkok"); he is Global TV's official commentator for 
the tournament. Florence and Anatoly are now openly lovers, and worry 
about Freddie's sudden reappearance as well as the impending arrival of 
Anatoly's estranged wife, Svetlana, from Russia ("One More Opponent" / 
"You and I"), which Anatoly suspects is part of Molokov's plan to shame 
him into returning to the Soviet Union. Molokov, meanwhile, has trained a
 new protégé, Leonid Viigand, to challenge, defeat, and humiliate 
Anatoly ("The Soviet Machine").
Walter, now Freddie's boss, manipulates Freddie into embarrassing
 Anatoly on live TV during an eventually heated interview between them 
("The Interview"). Molokov, who indeed is responsible for Svetlana's 
presence in Bangkok, blackmails her into urging Anatoly to throw the 
match. Walter, who has been promised the release of certain captured 
American agents if he can ruin Anatoly's performance, informs Florence 
that her father is still alive though imprisoned, and that he too will 
be released if she can convince Anatoly to lose. Despite Molokov and 
Walter's efforts, none of their ploys work to get Anatoly to throw the game.
 As a result, Molokov and Walter team up to get Freddie to personally 
persuade Anatoly and Florence, knowing that Freddie is vengeful toward 
Anatoly and interested in winning back the love of Florence; however, 
Freddie's attempts also fail ("The Deal").
Surprisingly, Svetlana and Florence end up bonding over their 
respective relationships with Anatoly. Florence ultimately admits that 
it would be best for Anatoly to return to his children and Svetlana ("I 
Know Him So Well"). Anatoly, meanwhile, follows an anonymous letter 
guiding him to Wat Pho,
 where Freddie appears to tell him that he is willing to put their 
conflict behind him. Having decided that he only wants Anatoly to "be 
true to the game", Freddie informs Anatoly of a significant flaw in 
Viigand's strategy that will help Anatoly win ("Talking Chess").
In the deciding game of the match, with the score tied at five 
games all, Svetlana castigates Anatoly for wallowing in the crowd's 
empty praise and Florence expresses similar annoyance with him for 
casting aside his ideals; regardless, Anatoly achieves a superb victory 
against Viigand ("Endgame"). Later, Florence confesses her feelings that
 he should return to his family in the Soviet Union. The pair reflects 
on the conclusion of their romance ("You and I: Reprise"). Walter later 
approaches Florence with the news that Anatoly has defected back to the 
U.S.S.R., meaning that her father will certainly be released. He 
startlingly admits, however, that no one actually knows if her father is
 still alive. Florence breaks down, realising that she too has been 
used, and she sadly mirrors Anatoly's earlier sentiment that her only 
borders lie around her heart ("Anthem: Reprise").
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