Stephen Hawking and The Theory of Everything 15 years old

A mind-expanding view of the big picture

Twenty years after A Brief History of Time flummoxed the world with its big numbers and black holes, its author, Stephen Hawking, concedes that the "ultimate theory" he'd believed to be imminent - which would conclusively explain the origins of life, the universe and everything - remains frustratingly elusive. Yet despite his failing health and the seeming impossibility of the task, Hawking is still devoted to his work; an extraordinary drive that's captured here in fleeting interview snippets and footage of the scientist sharing a microwave dinner with some fawning PhD students. Though the pop-science tutorials that dapple the first of this two-part biography are winningly perky, Hawking, alas, remains as tricky to fathom as his boggling quantum whatnots

Credits

Stephen Hawking and The Theory of Everything Cast

Name	Character
Stephen Hawking He was 67, 76 years old when he died	as Himself
Roger Penrose He was 77, now 93 years old	as Himself

Stephen Hawking and The Theory of Everything Crew

Name	Department
Gary Johnstone as Director. He was 49 (now 65) years old	Directing