The Theory of Everything ( 2014 film ) - wikipedia The Theory of Everything ( 2014 film ) The Theory of Everything UK release poster Directed by James Marsh Produced by Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Lisa Bruce Anthony McCarten Screenplay by Anthony McCarten Based on Travelling to Infinity : My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking Starring Eddie Redmayne Felicity Jones Charlie Cox Emily Watson Simon McBurney David Thewlis Music by Jóhann Jóhannsson Cinematography Benoît Delhomme Edited by Jinx Godfrey Production company Working Title Films Distributed by Universal Pictures ( UK & International ) Focus Features ( US ) Release date 7 September 2014 ( 2014 - 09 - 07 ) ( TIFF ) 1 January 2015 ( 2015 - 01 - 01 ) ( United Kingdom ) Running time 123 minutes Country United Kingdom Language British English Budget $15 million Box office $123.7 million The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh, and adapted by Anthony McCarten from the memoir Travelling to Infinity : My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking, which deals with her relationship with her ex-husband, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig 's disease or motor neurone disease ), and his success in 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 September 2014. It had its UK premiere on 1 January 2015. The film was acclaimed critically worldwide, with praise for the musical score, cinematography, and the performance of Felicity Jones and especially Eddie Redmayne, which earned him nominations for a variety of accolades in award shows and film festivals ; including winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film received ten 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 ; winning one for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Redmayne. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Filming 3.3 Music 3.4 Post-production 4 Historical accuracy 5 Release 6 Reception 6.1 Box office 6.2 Critical response 6.3 Accolades 7 References 8 External links Plot In 1963, Cambridge University astrophysics student Stephen Hawking ( Eddie Redmayne ) begins a romantic relationship with literature student Jane Wilde ( Felicity Jones ). Although Stephen excels at mathematics and physics, his friends and professors are concerned over his lack of a thesis topic. After Stephen and his professor Dennis Sciama ( David Thewlis ) 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 time. While pursuing his research, Stephen 's muscles begin to fail, eventually causing him to fall and hit his head. He learns he has motor neurone disease ; he will be unable to talk, swallow, breathe, or move most of his body ; and has approximately two years to live. Stephen asks what will happen to his brain. The doctor tells Stephen that the disease wo n't affect it or his thoughts, but that eventually, no one will know what they are. As Stephen becomes reclusive, focusing on his work, Jane confesses she loves him. She tells Stephen 's father she intends to stay with Stephen even as his condition worsens. They marry and have a son. 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 that it will end in a Big Crunch. While celebrating with Jane and his friends, Stephen realises he can not walk, and begins using a wheelchair. After having a second child, a daughter, Stephen develops a theory about the visibility of black holes, and becomes a world - renowned physicist. Jane, focusing on the children and on 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 the church choir, where she meets widower Jonathan ( Charlie Cox ) and they become close friends. She employs him as a piano teacher for her son 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, Stephen 's mother asks Jane if the baby is Jonathan 's, which she denies. Jane sees that Jonathan overheard the conversation, and is appalled, but when they are alone, they admit their feelings for one another. Jonathan stays away from the family, but Stephen visits him, saying that Jane needs him. While Jane and Jonathan take the children camping, Stephen is invited to attend an opera performance in Bordeaux, and contracts pneumonia. While in the hospital, the doctors tell Jane that Stephen needs a tracheotomy, which will leave him unable to speak. She agrees to the surgery. Stephen learns to use a spelling board, and uses it to communicate with Elaine ( Maxine Peake ), his new nurse. He receives a computer with a built - in voice synthesiser, and uses it to write a book, A Brief History of Time, which becomes an international best - seller. Stephen tells Jane that he has been invited to America to accept an award, and will be taking Elaine with him. Jane faces the realisation that her and Stephen 's marriage has not been working, telling him she `` did her best ''. Jane and Stephen agree to divorce. Stephen goes to the lecture with Elaine, the two having 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 an inspiring speech, saying, `` There should be no boundaries to human endeavour. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there 's life, there is hope ''. Stephen invites Jane to meet the Queen with him ; they share a happy day together with their children, with Stephen saying `` Look what we made ''. An extended closing series comprises select moments from the film ; shown in reverse, back to the moment Stephen first saw Jane. A final title sequence brings the lives of the lead characters up to date. Jane and Jonathan are happily married, and she has completed her PhD. She and Stephen remain close friends. Stephen declines a knighthood, and continues his research, with no plans to retire. Cast Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking Charlie Cox as Jonathan Jones, Jane 's second husband 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 Markovich 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 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, Christina Applegate, Kate del Castillo, Catherine Tate, and Amanda Peet were considered for the part, and that Working Title 's Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten would be producing the piece. Filmmaker 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 ''. And described portraying Hawking on - screen as a `` hefty '' challenge, adding that, `` The real problem with making a film is of course you do n't shoot chronologically. So it was about having to really try and chart his physical deterioration ( so ) 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 Hawkings ' 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, `` ( Hawking 's ) 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 Part of the filming in Cambridge took place at St John 's College By 8 October 2013, principal photography had begun, with the shooting being based in Cambridge, and at other locations in 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 May Ball scene. Music Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson scored The Theory of Everything. His score in the film has been described as including `` ( Jóhannsson 's ) 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 ''. The soundtrack was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. 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 did n'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. 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 $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 that 79 % of critics gave the film a positive rating, based on 236 reviews, with an average score of 7.3 / 10. The site 's consensus states : `` 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 reviews from critics, considered to be `` generally favorable ''. 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.com '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. 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 that `` the movie does n'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 ( ing ) 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 Main article : List of accolades received by The Theory of Everything 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. 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Question: who played stephen hawking's in the theory of everything
Answer: Eddie Redmayne