Hawking (2013 film)

Hawking (also known as Hawking: Brief History of Mine) is a 2013 biographical documentary film about Stephen Hawking directed by Stephen Finnigan and features Hawking himself, depicting his love life, his struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and his later recognition as a world-famous scientist.[1][2]

Hawking
Directed byStephen Finnigan
Written byBen Bowie
Stephen Finnigan
Stephen Hawking
Produced byBen Bowie
Stephen Finnigan
David Glover
Beth Hoppe
Allan Niblo
StarringStephen Hawking
Nathan Chapple
Martin King
Joe Lovell
Tina Lovell
Finlay Macrae
Tanya O'Regan
Arthur Pelling
CinematographyPaul Francis Jenkins
Edited byTim Lovell
Music byAlex Lee
Nick Powell
Distributed byDarlow Smithson Productions, Channel 4, PBS, Vertigo Films
Release date
  • 20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Interviews are conducted with Jane Wilde Hawking, Kip Thorne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Buzz Aldrin, Jim Carrey, Richard Branson, members of Hawking's family and colleagues, and several others.

  • Stephen Hawking as himself (narrating via his Equalizer computerized voice)
  • A man in a wheelchair sits in front of an image of Earth and an image of Mars.
    Hawking in 2008 at George Washington University's Morton Auditorium horning NASA's 50th anniversary.
    Nathan Chapple as Stephen Hawking (young adult)
  • Martin King as Stephen Hawking (adult)
  • Joe Lovell as Stephen Hawking (adult)
  • Tina Lovell as Jane Hawking
  • Finlay Macrae as Stephen Hawking (teenager)
  • Tanya O'Regan as Jane Hawking
  • Arthur Pelling as Stephen Hawking (child)
  • Walt Woltosz as himself

See also

References

  1. DeWitt, David (12 September 2013). "The Brilliance of His Universe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. Finnigan, Stephen (20 September 2013), Hawking (Documentary, Biography, Comedy), Darlow Smithson Productions, retrieved 1 December 2022
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