
Hawking (2004)
Rating: 7.0/10
Duration: 90 min
Director(s): Philip Martin,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Hawking
- Bertie Carvel as George Ellis
- Matthew Marsh as Dr. John Holloway
- Alice Eve as Martha Guthrie
- John Sessions as Dennis Sciama
- Peter Firth as Sir Fred Hoyle
- Christian Rubeck as Reporter
- Adam Godley as Frank Hawking
- Carolina Giammetta as Lidia Sciama
- Tom Hodgkins as Robert Wilson
- Anastasia Hille as Nurse Susan McClean
- Tom Ward as Roger Penrose
- Phoebe Nicholls as Isobel Hawking
- Lisa Dillon as Jane Wilde
- Michael Brandon as Arno Penzias