The Theory of Everything: Book vs. Movie
James Marsh's 2014 film The Theory of Everything adapts Jane Hawking's book Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones portray Stephen and Jane as marriage, family life, and his scientific work develop alongside his illness.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Jane Hawking
- Year
- 2007
- Pages
- 480Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 19 hr 11 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Sandra Duncan
Jane Hawking recounts the marriage in which she raises three children, pursues her own academic work, and takes on an increasing share of her husband's care. Stephen's growing fame brings travel and public attention without resolving the pressures inside their home. Jane describes the practical help, friendships, faith, and frustrations that shape her efforts to sustain a family and a life of her own.
- Director
- James Marsh
- Writer
- Anthony McCarten
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 2 hr 3 min
- Cast
- Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson
- Genre
- biographical, Drama, historical, melodrama, Romance
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Cambridge student Stephen Hawking falls in love with Jane Wilde just as a diagnosis of motor neurone disease threatens the future he has imagined. They marry and build a family while he continues his research into the origins of the universe. As his condition changes, the demands of care and work place growing pressure on their relationship.
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