The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British drama film directed by James Marsh. I have to mention from the beginning that I have a feeling for at least one Oscar this time, the Best Actor for Eddie Redmayne. He already got a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a SAG for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. Redmayne has a real shot for Best Actor here. His challenger may be Bradley Cooper, but I think Cooper is followed by bad luck this year. He is really close, only Redmayne’s role is freakier, so most apt to win his Academy member colleagues’ vote. I also liked Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game, but still remains what I have already said.
The Theory of Everything – Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne
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The screenplay was adapted by Anthony McCarten from the memoir book “Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen” by Jane Wilde Hawking, which deals with her relationship with her former husband, physicist Stephen Hawking, a genius who still lives when I write this.
The Theory of Everything event- Stephen Hawking, the real one
So, it stars Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking, Felicity Jones as Jane Wilde Hawking, Maxine Peake as Elaine Mason (Stephen’s second wife), Charlie Cox as Jonathan Jones (Jane’s second husband and not only, her and Stephen’s “help”), Harry Lloyd as Brian (Hawking’s roommate), Emily Watson as Beryl Wilde (Jane’s mother), Guy Oliver-Watts as George Wilde (Jane’s father), Simon McBurney as Frank Hawking (Stephen’s father), Abigail Cruttenden as Isobel Hawking (Stephen’s mother), Charlotte Hope as Phillipa Hawking (Stephen’s sister), Lucy Chappell as Mary Hawking (Stephen’s sister), David Thewlis as Dennis Sciama (Hawkin’s Professor and friend at a time), Christian McKay as Roger Penrose, Enzo Cilenti as Kip Thorne, Georg Nikoloff as Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov,
Alice Orr-Ewing as Diana King (sister of Basil King, Stephen’s friend).
The Theory of Everything event- Felicity Jones, Jane Hawking (amazing resemblance)
I have been very impressed by this British biographical drama. Very decently done, I haven’t seen anything vulgar to it. Everything is very good paced, but still, I think that The Grand Budapest Hotel is the deserving Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Original Screenplay.
Directed by James Marsh, written by Anthony McCarten, a 7.8 imdb rate out of ten, 123 minutes.
It is one of the good movies in this not so spectacular year. I have not read yet Stephen Hawkins’ famous book “A Brief History of Time”. Stephen Hawking is widely believed to be one of the world’s greatest minds, a brilliant theoretical physicist whose work helped reconfigure models of the universe and define what’s in it. I have also seen a book called “The Illustrated Theory of Everything” which is attributed to Mr. Hawkins.
The Theory of Everything – Poster
The movie is nominated for five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score. As a trivia, they really filmed in Cambridge at St John’s College, and in Queen’s Garden. Stephen Hawking liked the idea of the movie, so he lend the producers the software for his synthesized voice.
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