The Theory of Everything is a 2014 biographical drama film about physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife. It stars Eddie Redmayne as Hawking and Felicity Jones as his wife. The film had a limited release in November 2014 and earned over $5 million in its first wide weekend. Reviews were positive, with an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Principal photography took place in Cambridge, UK and other locations over 5 weeks. Stephen Hawking himself provided his synthesized voice for the film after granting the filmmakers permission.

1. The Theory of
Everything
(2014)
Working Titles

2. The Theory of
Everything (TTE)
TTE is a biography, drama and romance film looking upon the
famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife starring Felicity
Jones, Tom Prior and Eddie Redmayne.
Reception; Box office .
The film had a North American limited release on 7 November
2014; it was released in five theatres and earned $207,000 on its
opening weekend, for an average of $41,400 per theatre. The film
was then widely released on November 26 across 802 theatres,
earning $5 million and debuting at No. 7 at the Box Office. During
its five day viewing during the week of Christmas the film earned
$6.4 million.

3. Film review Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of critics gave the film a
positive rating, based on 156 reviews with an average score of 7.3/10. The
site's consensus states: "Part biopic, part love story, The Theory of
Everything rises on James Marsh's polished direction and the strength of its
two leads.” Metacritic, assigned the film a weighted average score of 72 (out
of 100) based on 46 reviews from critics, considered to be "generally
favorable”
Post-Production
 During editing filmmakers tried to remake Hawking's synthesized voice,
but it didn't turn out as they wanted. However, after Stephen Hawking
said to the filmmakers that he enjoyed the film so much, he granted them
permission to use his own synthesized voice which is used in the final
film.
Music
 Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson scored The Theory of Everything. His
score in the film has been described as including, ” a blend of acoustic
instruments and electronics." And when spoken to on the matter of the
score Jóhannsson said, "It always involves the layers of live recordings,
whether it's orchestra or a band or solo instrument, with electronics and
more soundscape-y elements which can come from various sources.”

4. Filming
 Principal photography had begun, with the shooting being based in
Cambridge and at other locations in the United Kingdom. Prior to the
start of principal photography, Working Title had begun shooting on
the lawn in front of the New Court building from 23 September 2013
to 27 September 2013; they filmed the Cambridge May Ball scene,
set in 1963. On 24 September 2013, scenes were filmed at St
John’s College, The Backs in Queen’s Road and Queen’s
Green.The New Court lawn and Kitchen Bridge were included
features in the filming location of the piece. The May Ball scene was
the last of the outside shoots, with filming in a lecture theatre the
following day and the remaining filming completed in the studio over
the final 5 weeks of the production.
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