Hawking poster
Writer Peter Moffat
Director Philip Martin

Hawking

Tagline: The story of the search for the beginning of time.

Release Date: 2004-12-10

Duration: 90 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Benedict Cumberbatch
    Stephen Hawking
  • Alice Eve
    Martha Guthrie
  • Anthony Howell
    Hamlet
  • Tom Ward
    Roger Penrose
  • Peter Firth
    Sir Fred Hoyle
  • Leon Ockenden
    Rosencrantz
  • Phoebe Nicholls
    Isobel Hawking
  • Anastasia Hille
    Nurse Susan McClean
  • Adam Godley
    Frank Hawking
  • Christian Rubeck
    Reporter