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Title: The Theory of Everything (2014)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Eddie Redmayne | ... | Stephen Hawking | |
| Felicity Jones | ... | Jane Hawking | |
| Tom Prior | ... | Robert Hawking - Age 17 | |
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Sophie Perry | ... | Lucy Hawking - Age 14 |
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Finlay Wright-Stephens | ... | Timothy Hawking - Age 8 |
| Harry Lloyd | ... | Brian | |
| Alice Orr-Ewing | ... | Diana King | |
| David Thewlis | ... | Dennis Sciama | |
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Thomas Morrison | ... | Carter |
| Michael Marcus | ... | Ellis | |
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Gruffudd Glyn | ... | Rees |
| Paul Longley | ... | Barman - Rowing Club | |
| Emily Watson | ... | Beryl Wilde | |
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Guy Oliver-Watts | ... | George Wilde |
| Simon McBurney | ... | Frank Hawking | |
The Theory of Everything is the story of the most brilliant and celebrated physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, and Jane Wilde the arts student he fell in love with whilst studying at Cambridge in the 1960s. Little was expected from Stephen Hawking, a bright but shiftless student of cosmology, given just two years to live following the diagnosis of a fatal illness at 21 years of age. He became galvanized, however, by the love of fellow Cambridge student, Jane Wilde, and he went on to be called the successor to Einstein, as well as a husband and father to their three children. Over the course of their marriage as Stephen's body collapsed and his academic renown soared, fault lines were exposed that tested the lineaments of their relationship and dramatically altered the course of both of their lives. Written by The Times
But it does tell an inspiring story about Stephen Hawking's personal struggle with his illness that's very uplifting.
The story of Stephen Hawking and his then wife Jane, apparently based on a book she wrote about it, which probability explains why there was not much science in the movie, not that I'm complaining, as it was a well played film about a difficult relationship.
I didn't known Stephen and his wife actually met around the same time as he began to suffer from Lou Gehrig's Disease. Makes the whole concept that Hawking has three kids with this woman more interesting (something was working). Felicity Jones did a great job playing such a strong, patient, and compassionate woman, all well narrated in this movie. The difficulty Jane Hawking had being with a man getting trapped in his own body, played by Eddie Redmayne.I have herd of Hawking's surprisingly positive personality, not because of his condition, but because I expected his condition would make it hard to express any emotion. Redmayne did his research to express the struggle of Hawking on camera nicely (I keep forgetting The Hawking is a Brit).
This movie turned out to be a great one about the time span of a relationship. Done more romantically than borderline soft-core flicks like Blue is the warmest color and 9 songs, and it was not as depressing as Blue Valentine. it was just a true take on a complex relationship taking it's toll, well performed by some brilliant actors.
If your looking to watch this movie to hear some science talk, that's not what the movie is really about, unless ironically convincing the world of his theories on time was really as easy as the movie makes it out for Hawking. Overall very enjoyable.