3. Watch the movie "The Theory of Everything” directed by James Marsh and write a review on it in about
200 words.
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It boasts of a career-defining and methodically meticulous performance by Eddie Redmayne.
Based on the book by Jane Hawking, the movie portrays the life of English Physicist and Cosmologist, Professor Stephen Hawking, who at times has been regarded as the smartest living scientist.
Eddie, who rightfully begged the Oscar for the Best Actor in a Lead Role category, has been my favorite ever since I watched him perform in Les Misérables. Eddie did an apt portrayal of an individual who suffered tremendously for more than four decades.
One can’t help drawing comparisons between the great Daniel Day-Lewis’s role as Christy Brown in My Left Foot to Eddie’s acting as Hawking in The Theory of Everything.
“At times, I felt he was me,” remarked Stephen Hawking about Eddie’s performance - this is something which Eddie should get framed on his wall; it speaks volumes about his brilliance as an actor.
Although the movie only features events up until the publication of Hawking's book, A Brief History of Time, a best seller, it would have been an added bonus had the events after the best seller been included as well.
The Theory of Everything was nominated in five different categories for Academy awards. Apart from Best Picture, Best Actor in a Lead Role and Best Actress in a Lead Role (Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking), the movie also got nominated in the categories of the Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay. I particularly loved the score of the movie by Jóhann Jóhannsson which is enchanting as well as soothing.
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One of my favorite films of 2014 is director James Marsh’s (Man on Wire) The Theory of Everything. The film is an adaptation of the Stephen Hawking biography Traveling to Infinity, written by his wife Jane Hawking. Starring Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables) as Hawking, The Theory of Everything chronicles his budding relationship with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wide (Felicity Jones), heartbreaking motor neuron disease diagnosis at the age of 21, and groundbreaking scientific work in the field of time. Led by phenomenal performances by Redmayne and Jones, The Theory of Everything will definitely be a player in awards season and I strongly recommend seeing it for yourself when it opens this weekend. For more on the film, watch the trailer.
Recently I landed an exclusive video interview with James Marsh. He talked about landing the gig despite being known primarily for documentaries, casting Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne, how the story is told equally from two different characters’ perspective, the challenges of being historically accurate and narratively compelling, his first cut, projects he might try to get off the ground in the light of this film’s success, Robert Zemeckis’ take on his Man On Wire documentary, and a lot more. Hit the jump to watch.