Hawking (2004)
The story of the search for the beginning of time.
The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.
- Date of release
- 2004-12-10
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (165)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Philip Martin
Casting
- Benedict Cumberbatch — Stephen Hawking
- Peter Firth — Sir Fred Hoyle
- Tom Ward — Roger Penrose
- Lisa Dillon — Jane Wilde
- John Sessions — Dennis Sciama
- Phoebe Nicholls — Isobel Hawking
- Michael Brandon — Arno Penzias
- Tom Hodgkins — Robert Wilson
- Alice Eve — Martha Guthrie
- Adam Godley — Frank Hawking
- Matthew Marsh — Dr. John Holloway
- Anastasia Hille — Nurse Susan McClean
Interesting facts
Hawking is a 2004 biographical drama television film directed by Philip Martin and written by Peter Moffat. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, it chronicles Stephen Hawking's early years as a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, following his search for the beginning of time, and his struggle against motor neurone disease. It premiered in the UK in April 2004.
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