The Theory of Everything (DVD)

The Theory of Everything is a 2014 biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh. Set at the University of Cambridge, it details the life of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. It was adapted by Anthony McCarten from the 2007 memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking, which deals with her relationship with her ex-husband Stephen Hawking, his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and his success in the field of physics. The film stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, with Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, Christian McKay, Harry Lloyd, and David Thewlis featured in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 7 November 2014. It had its UK premiere on 1 January 2015.

The film received positive reviews, with praise for the musical score, cinematography, and the performances of Jones and especially Redmayne. The film gained numerous awards and nominations, including five Academy Award nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress (Jones), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score (Jóhannsson) and won Best Actor for Redmayne. The film received 10 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) nominations, and won Outstanding British Film, Best Leading Actor for Redmayne, and Best Adapted Screenplay for McCarten. It received four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Redmayne, and Best Original Score for Jóhannsson. It also received three Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Redmayne.

Plot

University of Cambridge astrophysics student Stephen Hawking begins a relationship with literature student Jane Wilde. Although Stephen is intelligent, his friends and professors are concerned about his lack of a thesis topic. After he and his professor Dennis Sciama attend a lecture on black holes, Stephen speculates that black holes may have been part of the creation of the universe, and decides to write his thesis on them. However, Stephen s muscles begin to fail, giving him decreasing coordination with his body. He learns he has motor neuron disease, which will eventually leave him unable to move, swallow, and even breathe. There are no treatments, and he has approximately two years to live. The doctor assures Stephen that his brain will not be affected, so his thoughts and intelligence will remain intact, but eventually, he will be unable to communicate them. As Stephen becomes reclusive, focusing on his work, Jane confesses she loves him. She tells his father she intends to stay with Stephen even as his condition worsens. They marry and have their first son, Robert.

Stephen presents his thesis to the examination board, arguing that a black hole created the universe in a Big Bang, that it will emit heat, and end in a Big Crunch. He begins using a wheelchair after his walking ability deteriorates. After the Hawkings have their daughter Lucy, Stephen develops a theory about the visibility of black holes and becomes a world-renowned physicist. Jane, focusing on the children as well as Stephen s health and increasing fame, is unable to work on her own thesis and becomes frustrated. Stephen tells her he will understand if she needs help. She joins a church choir, where she meets widower Jonathan and they become close friends. She employs him as a piano teacher for Robert, and Jonathan befriends the entire family, helping Stephen with his illness, supporting Jane, and playing with the children. When Jane gives birth to another son, Timothy, Stephen s mother asks Jane if the baby is Jonathan s, which she denies. Jonathan is appalled, but when he and Jane are alone, they admit their feelings for one another. He distances himself from the family, but Stephen tells him Jane needs him.

While attending an opera performance in Bordeaux, Stephen is taken ill and rushed to a hospital. The doctor informs Jane that he has pneumonia, and that he needs a tracheotomy to survive, but it will leave him mute. She agrees to the surgery. Stephen learns to use a spelling board, and uses it to communicate with Elaine, his new nurse. He receives a computer with a built-in voice synthesizer, and uses it to write a book, A Brief History of Time (1988), which becomes an international best-seller. Stephen tells Jane he has been invited to the United States to accept an award and will be taking Elaine with him. Jane faces the realization that the marriage has not been working, telling him she did her best , and they agree to divorce. Stephen goes to the lecture with Elaine, the two have fallen in love, and Jane and Jonathan reunite. At the lecture, Stephen sees a student drop a pen; he imagines getting up to return it, almost crying at the reminder of how his disease has affected him. He goes on to give a speech telling audiences to pursue their ambitions despite the harsh reality of life: While there s life, there is hope .

Stephen invites Jane to meet Queen Elizabeth II with him when being made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour; they share a happy day together with their children. An extended closing series comprises select moments from the film; shown in reverse, back to the moment Stephen first saw Jane; the reversal is reminiscent of Stephen s research methodology of reversing time to understand the beginning of the universe. Later, Jane and Jonathan marry, and she completes her Doctor of Philosophy. She and Stephen remain close friends. Stephen declines a knighthood from the Queen and continues his research, with no plans to retire in the near future.

Cast

• Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking
• Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking
• Charlie Cox as Jonathan Jones
• David Thewlis as Dennis Sciama
• Simon McBurney as Frank Hawking, Stephen s father
• Emily Watson as Beryl Wilde, Jane s mother
• Maxine Peake as Elaine Mason, Stephen s second wife
• Harry Lloyd as Brian, Hawking’s room-mate
• Guy Oliver-Watts as George Wilde, Jane 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
• Christian McKay as Roger Penrose
• Enzo Cilenti as Kip Thorne
• Georg Nikoloff as Isaak Khalatnikov
• Alice Orr-Ewing as Diana King, sister of Basil King, Stephen s friend
• Stephen Hawking provides his own, Equaliser-computerised voice
• Frank Leboeuf as Swiss doctor
• Michael Marcus as Ellis, Hawking s friend
• Adam Godley as Cambridge doctor

Production

Development

That s really the essence of the story, it s a very unusual love story in a very strange environment, a very strange sort of landscape, and that is I think the abiding theme of the film. It is how these two characters, these two real people transcend all the complications and curveballs that life throws at them.

—James Marsh, speaking of the film s nature

Screenwriter Anthony McCarten had been interested in Hawking since reading his seminal book A Brief History of Time in 1988. In 2004, McCarten read Jane Hawking s memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, and subsequently began writing a screenplay adaptation of the book, with no guarantees in place. He met numerous times with Jane at her home to discuss the project. After multiple drafts, he was introduced in 2009 to producer Lisa Bruce via their mutual ICM agent, Craig Bernstein.

Bruce spent three years with McCarten, further convincing Jane Hawking to agree to a film adaptation of her book, with Bruce stating, It was a lot of conversation, many glasses of sherry, and many pots of tea . On 18 April 2013, James Marsh was confirmed to direct the film, with the shooting being based in Cambridge, and at other locations in the United Kingdom, with Eddie Redmayne courted to fill the male lead of the piece. On 23 June 2013, it was revealed that Felicity Jones was confirmed to play the film s female lead role opposite Redmayne. On 8 October 2013, it was confirmed that Emily Watson and David Thewlis had joined the cast and that Working Title s Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten would be producing the piece.

Marsh had studied archival images to give the film its authenticity, stating, When we had photographs and documentary footage of Stephen that related to our story, we tried to reproduce them as best we could . Redmayne met with Hawking himself, commenting, Even now, when he s unable to move, you can still see such effervescence in his eyes . He described portraying Hawking on-screen as a hefty challenge, adding that, The real problem with making a film is of course you don t shoot chronologically. So it was about having to really try and chart his physical deterioration you can jump into it day-to-day, whilst at the same time keeping this spark and wit and humour that he has .

Redmayne spent six months researching Hawking s life, watching every piece of interview footage he could find of him. He studied Hawking s accent and speech patterns under dialect coach Julia Wilson-Dickson to prepare for the role. Marsh stated that what Redmayne had to do was not easy. He had to take on enormous amounts of difficult preparation, as well as embracing the difficult physicality of the role. It s not just doing a disability. It s actually charting the course of an illness that erodes the body, and the mind has to project out from that erosion , he said. He added that Hawking gave him his blessing, and also revealed that, response was very positive, so much so that he offered to lend his voice, the real voice that he uses. The voice you hear in the latter part of the story is in fact Stephen s actual electronic voice as he uses it , he said. It was revealed to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) audience that as the lights came up at a recent screening, a nurse had wiped a tear from Hawking s cheek.

Jane Hawking, speaking on BBC Radio 4 s Woman s Hour, talked of meeting Jones several times while the latter prepared for the role. When Hawking saw the finished film, she was amazed to see that Jones had incorporated her mannerisms and speech patterns into her performance.

Filming

By 8 October 2013, principal photography had begun, with the shooting being done at Cambridge University, and at other locations in Cambridgeshire and across the United Kingdom. Prior to the start of principal photography, Working Title had begun shooting on the lawn in front of the New Court building from 23 September 2013 to 27 September 2013; they filmed the Cambridge May Ball scene, set in 1963. On 24 September 2013, scenes were filmed at St John s College, The Backs in Queen s Road, and Queen s Green. The New Court lawn and Kitchen Bridge were included features in the filming location of the piece. The May Ball scene was the last of the outside shoots, with filming in a lecture theatre the following day, and the remaining filming completed in the studio over the final five weeks of production.

The pyrotechnic specialists Titanium Fireworks, who developed the displays for the London 2012 Olympic Games, provided three identical firework displays for the Trinity College, Cambridge May Ball scene.

Music

Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson scored The Theory of Everything. His score in the film has been described as including signature blend of acoustic instruments and electronics . Jóhannsson commented that it always involves the layers of live recordings, whether it s orchestra or a band or solo instrument, with electronics and more soundscapey elements which can come from various sources . Jóhannsson s score was highly praised, being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score, a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, a Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Score and a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The soundtrack was recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

The music that plays over the final scene of Hawking and his family in the garden and the reverse-flashback is The Arrival of the Birds , composed and played by The Cinematic Orchestra, originally from the soundtrack to the 2008 nature documentary The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos.

No.	Title	Length
1.	Cambridge, 1963	1:41
2.	Rowing	1:42
3.	Domestic Pressures	2:37
4.	Chalkboard	1:05
5.	Cavendish Lab	2:31
6.	Collapsing Inwards	2:17
7.	A Game of Croquet	2:45
8.	The Origins of Time	2:21
9.	Viva Voce	1:36
10.	The Wedding	1:42
11.	The Dreams that Stuff is Made of	1:51
12.	A Spacetime Singularity	2:16
13.	The Stairs	1:07
14.	A Normal Family	1:41
15.	Forces of Attraction	2:03
16.	Rowing (Alternative Version)	0:37
17.	Camping	1:18
18.	Coma	1:03
19.	The Spelling Board	0:59
20.	The Voice Box	0:51
21.	A Brief History of Time	2:02
22.	Daisy, Daisy	2:21
23.	A Model of the Universe	2:52
24.	The Theory of Everything	1:08
25.	London, 1988	2:52
26.	Epilogue	1:48
27.	The Whirling Ways of Stars that Pass	1:52
Total length:		48:58

Post-production

During editing, filmmakers tried to remake Hawking s synthesised voice, but it did not turn out as they wanted. Hawking enjoyed the film enough that he granted them permission to use his own synthesised voice, which is heard in the final film.

Historical accuracy

The film takes various dramatic liberties with the history it portrays. Writing for the film blog of UK daily newspaper The Guardian, Michelle Dean noted:

The Theory of Everything s marketing materials will tell you it is based on Jane Hawking s memoir of her marriage, a book published in the UK as Music to Move the Stars, and then re-issued as Travelling to Infinity. But the screenwriters rearranged the facts to suit certain dramatic conventions. And while that always happens in these based-on-a-true-story films, the scale of the departure in The Theory of Everything is unusually wide. The film becomes almost dishonest–in a way that feels unfair to both parties, and oddly, particularly Jane Hawking herself.

In Slate, L.V. Anderson wrote that the Stephen played by Eddie Redmayne is far gentler and more sensitive than suggested in Travelling to Infinity. The Slate article further noted that the character Brian, Hawking s closest friend at Cambridge in the film, is not based on a real individual, but rather a composite of several of his real-life friends.

The film alters some of the details surrounding the beginning of Stephen and Jane s relationship, including how they met, as well as the fact that Jane knew about Stephen s disease before they started dating. Slate also comments that the film underplays Hawking s stubbornness and refusal to accept outside assistance for his disorder.

For The Guardian, Dean concluded by saying:

The movie presents the demise of their relationship as a beautiful, tear-soaked, mutually respectful conversation. Of course that didn t actually happen either. Jane s book describes a protracted breakup that comes to a head in a screaming fight on vacation. She also described devastation when Hawking announced by letter he was leaving her for his second wife, Elaine Mason. He ended up married to Mason for 10 years before that fell apart, and then he and Jane mended fences. Which, as it happens, the movie fudges too. It tries to present the rapprochement as coming when Hawking was made a Companion of Honour in 1989, but that actually happened before the couple separated.

Physicist Adrian Melott, a former student of Dennis Sciama, Hawking s doctoral supervisor portrayed in the film, strongly criticised the portrayal of Sciama in the film.

In the film, when Stephen attends the opera in Bordeaux, his companion was actually Raymond LaFlamme, his PhD student.

In the film, it is explained that Stephen s voice is taken from an answering machine. It is actually the voice of Dr. Dennis H. Klatt.

Release

On 8 October 2013, Universal Pictures International had acquired the rights to distribute the film internationally.

On 10 April 2014, Focus Features acquired the distribution rights to The Theory of Everything in the United States, with the plan of a 2014 limited theatrical release. publisher after, Entertainment One Films picked up the Canadian distribution rights. The first trailer of the film was released on 7 August 2014.

The Theory of Everything premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on 7 September 2014, where it opened in the official sidebar section, Special Presentations.

The film had a limited release in the United States on 7 November 2014, expanded in successive weeks to Taiwan, Austria, and Germany, ahead of a United Kingdom release on 1 January 2015, before being released throughout Europe.

Reception

Box office

The Theory of Everything earned $122,873,310 worldwide, with its biggest markets coming from North America ($35.9 million), and the United Kingdom ($31.9 million). The film had a North American limited release on 7 November 2014; it was released in five theatres, and earned $207,000 on its opening weekend, for an average of $41,400 per theatre. The film was then widely released on 26 November across 802 theatres, earning US$5 million, and debuting at No. 7 at the box office. During its five-day Thanksgiving week, the film earned $6.4 million.

Critical response

Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 80% based on 271 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site s critical consensus reads, Part biopic, part love story, The Theory of Everything rises on James Marsh s polished direction and the strength of its two leads. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews .

Catherine Shoard of The Guardian wrote, Redmayne towers: this is an astonishing, genuinely visceral performance which bears comparison with Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot . Lou Lumenick, in his review for The New York Post, called the film tremendously moving and inspirational . Justin Chang of Variety remarked, A stirring and bittersweet love story, inflected with tasteful good humor.... He continued by praising the superb performances from Redmayne and Jones, as well commenting very positively about Jóhannsson s score, whose arpeggio-like repetitions and progressions at times evoke the compositions of Philip Glass , whilst praising John Paul Kelly s production design, and Steven Noble s costumes. Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter remarked, A solid, duly moving account of their complicated relationship, spanning roughly 25 years, and made with impeccable professional polish , praising Delhomme s cinematography as having lush, intricately lit compositions , and adding a splendor that keeps the film consistently watchable , and Jóhannsson s score as dainty precision with a ineffable scientific quality about it . The Daily Telegraph s Tim Robey granted the film a positive review, stating that, In its potted appraisal of Hawking s cosmology, The Theory of Everything bends over backwards to speak to the layman, and relies on plenty of second-hand inspiration. But it borrows from the right sources, this theory. And that s something , while praising Redmayne s performance, McCarten s script, and Delhomme s cinematography. Deadline Hollywood s Pete Hammond marked McCarten s script and Marsh s direction for praise, and of the film s Toronto reception, wrote: To say the response here was rapturous would not be understating the enthusiasm I heard — not just from pundits, but also Academy voters with whom I spoke. One told me he came in with high expectations for a quality movie, and this one exceeded them .

The film was not without its detractors. Some criticised Marsh s focus on Hawking s romantic life over his scientific achievements. Alonso Duralde of The Wrap stated that Hawking s innovations and refusal to subscribe to outdated modes of thinking merely underscore the utter conventionality of his film biography . Eric Kohn of Indiewire added that James Marsh s biopic salutes the famous physicist s commitment, but falls short of exploring his brilliant ideas . Dennis Overbye of the New York Times noted:

The movie doesn t deserve any prizes for its drive-by muddling of Dr. Hawking s scientific work, leaving viewers in the dark about exactly why he is so famous. Instead of showing how he undermined traditional notions of space and time, it panders to religious sensibilities about what his work does or does not say about the existence of God, which in fact is very little.

Writing for The Guardian s film blog, Michelle Dean argues that the film does a disservice to Jane Wilde Hawking, by rearrang the facts to suit certain dramatic conventions... The Theory of Everything is hell-bent on preserving the cliche .

The film s producers, writer, director Marsh, and actors Redmayne and Jones were widely favoured for award season success.

Accolades

The Theory of Everything received several awards and nominations following its release. At the 87th Academy Awards, it was nominated in the categories of Best Picture, Best Actor for Eddie Redmayne, Best Actress for Jones, Best Adapted Screenplay for McCarten, and Best Original Score for Jóhann Jóhannsson; with Eddie Redmayne winning the film s sole Academy Award for his performance. The film was nominated for ten British Academy Film Awards, (winning for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best British Film, and Best Actor), five Critics Choice Movie Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. At the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, Redmayne won Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and Jóhannsson won Best Original Score. The film, and Jones were also nominated. Production designer John Paul Kelly earned a nomination for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film from the Art Directors Guild, while the producers were nominated for Best Theatrical Motion Picture by the Producers Guild of America.

Condition

New

Publisher

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Published Date

2015-09-22

Age Group

Adult

Rating MPA

Pg-13

Recording Studio

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Format

DVD

Brand

One Source Disticor

Amazon ASIN

B00QFSHCR0

UPC / EAN

025192249785

Year

2014

ReleaseDate

2014-11-26

RuntimeMins

123

RuntimeStr

2h 3min

Awards

Won 1 Oscar, 25 wins & 126 nominations total

Directors

James Marsh

Writers

Anthony McCarten, Jane Hawking

Stars

Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior

Produced by

Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Liza Chasin, Eric Fellner, Amelia Granger, Richard Hewitt, David Kosse, Anthony McCarten, Lucas Webb

Music by

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Cinematography by

Benoît Delhomme

Film Editing by

Jinx Godfrey

Casting By

Nina Gold

Production Design by

John Paul Kelly

Art Direction by

David Hindle

Set Decoration by

Claire Nia Richards

Costume Design by

Steven Noble, Iman Rahimi

Makeup Department

Cesar Alonso, Anita Burger, Steven Byrne, Lacey Corbould, Michele Davidson Bell, Nathaniel De'Lineadeus, Sidony Etherton, Sjaan Gillings, Agnes Legere, Chris Lyons, Kristyan Mallett, Madlen Mierzwiak, Emma Pritty, Nora Robertson, Alex Rouse, Laura Schalker, Jan Sewell, Lesley Smith, Jill Sweeney, Barbara Taylor, Xanthia White, Louise Young, Moira Thomson

Production Management

Alison Banks, Tom Beaver, Ashley Harrington, Ann Lynch, Bobby Prince, Ben Urquhart

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joe Barlow, Samuel Martin Cook, David Decio, Olivia Lloyd, Richard Oxford, Ben Quirk, Deborah Saban, Arthur Shepherd

Art Department

Justin Ackroyd, Daniel Ainslie, Steve Bateman, Robert Bedborough, Louise Begbie, Andrew Betts, Mat Campbell, Christopher Chandler, Adam Chard, John Clark, Nick Clayton, Hollie Cleaver, Bernard Collins, Frank Collins, Chris Corke, Matt Curtis, Kevin Day, Emma de Polnay, Roddy Dolan, Peter Duffy, James Fennessy, Andrew Forrest, Stuart Frift, Tone Gibbs, Bruce Gordon, William Gordon, Neil Griffiths, Matt Handford, Terence Harrington, Rohan Harris, Dean Hawley, Jo Hawthorne, Seamus Hawthorne, Kira Kemble, Tony King, John Krommenhoek, Tim Lanning, Emma MacDevitt, Garry Marriott, Dan Maslen, Emily Norris, Tony O'Callaghan, Jake Phythian, Daisy Popham, Craig Price, Simon Robilliard, Tara Royston, Peery Sheehan, Alice Sutton, Kevin Swabey, Joseph Swaby, Mike Syson, Peter Taylor, Ben Thatcher, Jenny Tobin, Conrad Tuffin, Mike Webb, Nick Wood, Chris Edwards

Sound Department

Niv Adiri, Mark Appleby, Ben Barker, Dillon Bennett, Paul Bliven, Mark DeSimone, Henry Dobson, Gillian Dodders, Simon Ellegaard, Danny Freemantle, Glenn Freemantle, Nick Freemantle, Glen Gathard, Peter Gleaves, Colin Gregory, Eilam Hoffman, Andrea King, Oleg Kulchytskyi, Travis MacKay, Rolf Martens, Thayna McLaughlin, Colin Nicolson, Jemma Riley-Tolch, Edgard Rivera, Adam Scrivener, James Shannon, Andy Stallabrass, Paul Stula, Ian Tapp, Mike Tehrani, Derek Trigg, Paul Wrightson, Jason Stevens

Special Effects by

Julie Bentley, Mark Holt

Visual Effects by

Maxwell Alexander, Warner Barnes, Tim Caplan, Adriano Cirulli, Alessandro Costa, Mitch Crease, Andy Cuthbert, Agueda Del Castillo, Adam Gascoyne, Alexander Ha, Stian Halvorsen, Shani Hermoni, Mark Honer, Manuel Huertas, Simon Hughes, Lorraine Johnson, Taskin Kenan, Ines Li, Simon Lowe, Tom Mitchell, Kaveh Montazer, Mervyn New, Finola O'Brien, Noel O'Malley, Maria Peralta Ramos, Kim Ranzani, Iain Read, James Roberts, Noga Alon Stein, Filip Sustek, Ben Wilson

Stunts

Matt Hermiston, Glenn Marks, Anthony Skrimshire, Helen Steinway Bailey, Leo Woodruff, Matt Hermiston, Anthony Skrimshire, Helen Steinway Bailey, Leo Woodruff

Camera and Electrical Department

David Baker, Graham Baker, Harry Bennett-Snewin, James Bridger, Martin Conway, Damian Cooper, Cristina Cretu, Martyn Culpan, Liam Daniel, David Draper, Emma Edwards, John Ellis Evans, Daniel Glazebrook, Mel Hayward, Dermot Hickey, Ian Jackson, Mark Keane, Nick Kenealy, Charlie Lowe, John Malaney, Danny McGee, Liam McGill, Mark Milsome, Duncan More, Dean Murray, Sam Newby, Benson Njenga, Christopher R. Nunn, Jim Philpott, Claire Pie, James Sams, Aimee Spinks, Paul Starkey, Pat Sweeney, Gerry Vasbenter, Martyn Welland, Jamie Whickman, Ivan Williams, Charlie Wyldeck-Flowers

Casting Department

Lauren Evans, Sally King, Rachel Lloyd, Theo Park, Aaron Sampson, Phoebe Scholfield, Robert Sterne

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Barbara Brady, Sam Brooke-Taylor, Bartholomew Cariss, Clementine Charity, Kara Colbeck, Natasha Cousins, Sally Crees, Anne T. Delaney, Bobbie Edwards, Rose Goodhart, Jennifer Johnson, Emily Newby, Sophie O'Neill, Steve Paciello, Tamsin Pearson, Tessa Phillips, Holly Rosenthal, Anna Spencer, Ruth Young

Editorial Department

Mike Austin, Jason Beffa, Peter Doyle, John Ensby, Jahanzeb Hayat, Alex Kalmakrian, Mark Keady, Grace Lan, Lindah Luseno, Katie McCulloch, Stuart Mcneil, Josh Miller, Faye Morgan, Sophie Nguyen-Thomas, Christopher R. Nunn, James Panting, Lee Twohey, Nick Watts

Location Management

Joshua Benedetti, David Campbell-Bell, Hugh Elphick, Peter Gray, Cat Ho, Rebecca Pearson, Ben Ryder, Camilla Stephenson

Music Department

Cliff Abelman, Jon Alexander, Travis Baker, Chris Barrett, Chris Bartholomew, Ed Bentley, Samuel Karl Bohn, Morten Groth Brandt, Sarah Bridge, Barry Buttenshaw, Kay Carrington, Debbi Clarke, Peter Cobbin, Robin Courage, Janet Dare, Jenekin De Beer, Francesco Donadello, Hannah Emanuel, Tiffany Fakahau, Paul Farrington, Ben Foster, Claire Freeman, Keith Gardiner, Jane Gibson, Greg Gottlieb, Stephen Gregson, Tessa Hood, Tim Husom, Christina Jablonski, Allan Jenkins, Johan Johansson, Lewis Jones, David Juritz, Georgie Kean, Aleksandra Sasha Kozlov-Silber, Andreas Käehne, Jack Liebeck, Roger Linley, Steve Mair, Nathan Mansfield, Joanna Marsden-Evans, Dan Mays, Oisin Meehan, Penny Mitchell, Philippa Mullett, Sam Okell, Tom Poster, Zac Rae, Pete Readman, Melissa Reiner, Susie Riddell, Alvin Robbins, Barnaby Robson, Ruth Rooke, Harry Sankey, Nicklas Schmidt, Hugo Simmonds, Hilary Skewes, Emily Sleightholme, Brian Smith, Fred Snow, Kathy Spedding, Rosemary Taylor, Rayshaun Thompson, Pedro Velasco, Simone Walsh, John Warhurst, Hugh Webb, Anthony Weeden, Alex Davan Wetton, Graham Williams, Adam Wiltzie, Caroline Woodward-Court, Warren Zielinski

Script and Continuity Department

Alana Marmion-Warr, Sylvia Parker

Transportation Department

Justin Ackroyd, Paul Andrews, Mark Crowley, Thomas Dewey, Wayne Dobinson, Lee Edwards, Michael Geary, Jerry Hamshar, Bill MacKellar, Rod Patterson, Jason Pinto, Steve Sexton, Steve Wendymark, Darrell Woods

Additional Crew

Joseph Azzopardi, Carrie-Ann Banner, Chris Barnett, Craig Barwick, Matt Berkeley-Lobato, Mitchell Brown, Robbie Bullough, Libby Bushnell, Chris Chiehl, Jim Clarke, James Cleave, Tilly Coulson, Matt Curtis, Leo de Rothschild, Sean Desmond, Timothy Easthill, Jake Edmonds, Victoria Endacott, Karen Fried, Christopher Gallagher, Jerome Gauntlett, Alain Giraud, Gail Gostick, Olivia Grant, Tarn Harper, Martin Heberden, Jonny Hodgetts, Ashley Holberry, Patrick Hopkins, Jonathan Houston, Georgia Hume, Tom Ivens, David Keadell, Rachel Kennedy, Steven Kunes, Sarah Lawson, Ivor Lloyd, Tom Ludlam, Elias Mael, Jill McCullough, Kevin Neal McMahon, Dave Morley, Angela Morris, Isabel Mortimer, Richard Neale, Olivia Newhouse, Robert F. Nickson, Alyson Pengelly, Raymond Reader, Tony Reid, Alex Reynolds, Valerie Rosewell, Becky Sands, Stella Rae Scott, Sheeraz Shah, Venetia Shinn, Jack Sidey, Cassandra Sigsgaard, Lee Simmons, Tom Simpson, Albert Smith, Marlon Clavier St. John, Lenny Steadman, Jane Trower, Sara Vahabi, Gianpiero Vannucci, Carlos M. Velez, Graham Walters, Andy Whiting, Polly Wilby, Adrian Wilkinson, Shelby Williams, Julia Wilson Dickson, Mike Woodley, Michelle Wright, Sarah Jane Wright, JP Caldeano, Lachlan Smith

Thanks

Geoffrey Bowyer, Michael Burns, Jan Clarke, Wayne Cotter, Eddie Earle, Louis Frost, Richard J. Gelfand, Frank Hawking, Pell James, Krys Jervys, Emma Jones, Anne Mette Lundtofte, Lesley Manville, Anna May Marsh, Ida Maria Marsh, Alex Metcalf, Eva Mulvad, Robert F. Nickson, Glen Phillips, Davina Rivers, Eric Rivers, Mark Ryland, Katie Sidle, Beryl Wilde, George Wilde

Genres

Biography, Drama, Romance

Companies

Working Title Films, Dentsu Motion Pictures, Fuji Television Network

Countries

UK, Japan

Languages

Ukrainian, English, French

ContentRating

PG-13

ImDbRating

7.7

ImDb Rating Votes

447417

Metacritic Rating

71

Short Description

The Theory of Everything is a 2014 biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh. Set at the University of Cambridge, it details the life of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. It was adapted by Anthony McCarten from the 2007 memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking, which deals with her relationship with her ex-husband Stephen Hawking, his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and his success in the field of physics. The film stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, with Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, Christian McKay, Harry Lloyd, and David Thewlis featured in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 7 November 2014. It had its UK premiere on 1 January 2015.

The film received positive reviews, with praise for the musical score, cinematography, and the performances of Jones and especially Redmayne. The film gained numerous awards and nominations, including five Academy Award nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress (Jones), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score (Jóhannsson) and won Best Actor for Redmayne. The film received 10 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) nominations, and won Outstanding British Film, Best Leading Actor for Redmayne, and Best Adapted Screenplay for McCarten. It received four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Redmayne, and Best Original Score for Jóhannsson. It also received three Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Redmayne.

Box Office Budget

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$208,763

Box Office Gross USA

$35,893,537

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$123,726,688

Keywords

Cambridge university,husband wife relationship,lou gehrig's disease,cosmology,physicist