Hawking (TV 2004) 7.7
Director:Philip MartinWriter:Peter Moffat |
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Hawking (TV 2004) 7.7
Director:Philip MartinWriter:Peter Moffat |
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| Benedict Cumberbatch | ... | ||
| Michael Brandon | ... |
Arno Penzias
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Tom Hodgkins | ... |
Robert Wilson
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| Christian Rubeck | ... |
Reporter
(as Christian Pedersen)
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| Lisa Dillon | ... |
Jane Wilde
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| Phoebe Nicholls | ... |
Isobel Hawking
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Matthew Marsh | ... |
Dr. John Holloway
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Anastasia Hille | ... |
Nurse Susan McClean
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| Adam Godley | ... |
Frank Hawking
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| Peter Firth | ... |
Sir Fred Hoyle
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Rohan Siva | ... |
Jayant Narlikar
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Bertie Carvel | ... |
George Ellis
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Tom Ward | ... |
Roger Penrose
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Deirdre Costello | ... |
Barmaid
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| John Sessions | ... |
Dennis Sciama
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For those perhaps shy of this film thinking it may be grim or depressing -- it's quite the opposite. It's about Hawking in his early years -- getting his doctorate at Cambridge in the early 1960s, long before incapacitation set in.
This is Hawking in his green and wide-eyed youth, when he was just starting to wrap his mind around the amazing theories that changed theoretical physics and astrophysics. The film is joyful and uplifting and engaging and intriguing. It's not esoteric, and can certainly be followed by non-physicists such as myself.
And in case you've been under a rock lately, Benedict Cumberbatch is the finest young actor in the UK, and gives an unmissable performance, as usual.
Highly recommended for everyone!