The Race for the Double Helix
(TV 1987)
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The Race for the Double Helix
(TV 1987)
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| Jeff Goldblum | ... |
Jim Watson
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| Tim Pigott-Smith | ... |
Francis Crick
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| Alan Howard | ... |
Maurice Wilkins
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| Juliet Stevenson | ... |
Rosalind Franklin
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Betsy Brantley | ... |
Elizabeth Watson
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John Moreno | ... |
Vittorio Luzzati
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Daniel André Pageon | ... |
First Colleague
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Yves Aubert | ... |
Second Colleague
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Anthony Benson | ... |
J.T. Randall
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Clive Panto | ... |
Max Perutz
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Rupert Massey | ... |
John Kendrew
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Geoffrey Chater | ... |
Sir Lawrence Bragg
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Nicholas Fry | ... |
Raymond Gosling
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Tom McCabe | ... |
Bill Seeds
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Petronella Ford | ... |
Odile Crick
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Watson and Crick race to find the structure of DNA before Linus Pauling, Maurice Wilkins, or Rosalind Franklin can find the key to unlocking the secret. Written by Kathy Li
One of the first multimedia products was developed around this film, which I worked on, so I've probably seen it about 100 times. In the course of creating the disc around it, I had to read a lot of the actual history as well as watching interviews with the real people (except Rosalind, unfortunately, but we did talk to her very fierce and wonderful biographer, who vigorously attacks some of the scenes in the movie on the disc). On the whole, I found it remarkably accurate as these things go (except with respect to some aspects of Franklin's story and character), very rich, very well-acted, well-paced, but I can see (I guess?) how today's 9th grader (the most recent review) might find it terrible and boring, though that's sad...I found this site while looking for a DVD of it--I wish someone would make one...