Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Matthew Broderick | ... | Richard Feynman | |
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Jeffrey Force | ... | Young Richard |
Peter Riegert | ... | Mel Feynman | |
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David Drew Gallagher | ... | Harold |
Raffi Di Blasio | ... | Robert (as Raffi DiBlasio) | |
Josh Keaton | ... | David (as Joshua Wiener) | |
Patricia Arquette | ... | Arline Greenbaum | |
James Hong | ... | Abacus Adder | |
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Emerson Tran | ... | Kid |
Melissa DeLizia | ... | Young Joan | |
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Dori Brenner | ... | Tutti Feynman |
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John Hammil | ... | County Dr. #1 |
Jack Lindine | ... | Mr. Greenbaum | |
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Helene Moore | ... | County Nurse #1 |
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Carl Strano | ... | County Dr. #2 |
As a young boy, Richard was fascinated with science and objects in motion. This wonderment was reinforced through the efforts of his father. The only thing that mattered as much as science, and his family, was Arline, whom he met when they were both in school. But fate can often be cruel and Arline is found to be stricken by Tuberculosis. Undaunted, Richard studies the disease as he studies science in hopes of curing her. When her disease is in remission, they marry and he proceeds on to college where his studies and the war lead him to Los Alamos to work on the Manhattan Project. While Richard is intrigued with the solution to the project, he is also concerned with the outcome and saddened with the failing health of Arline. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
What a nice movie! If you do not know who Richard Feynman was, then this is a great way to be introduced. He was a brilliant, eccentric, witty scientist who came of age during the 1930s and 1940s. This movie doesn't show his entire life, just the parts that lead up to his involvement with the atomic bomb and the Manhattan Project during WWII. It's based on his books called 'What Do You Care What Other People Think?' and 'Surely You're Joking. Mr. Feynman!' The Movie doesn't deal with his actual scientific work so much as his unconventional approach to it. It also deals with his first marriage to Arline, who was very ill with systemic tuberculosis. The movie takes you from his childhood and university years to his marriage and time at the famous Los Alamos Lab. I think I liked this movie because it doesn't come out and tell you what to think, it just shows snippets of his life and how he overcomes the sad times with humor and grace. I can't say enough about this film. It's that good.