STACK #128 Jun 2016

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Big Bang theory. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

Release Date: 04/06/15 Format:

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– Church – Riverbank – Jane Types for Stephen – God’s Work – Stephen Drops Robert – Helping Stephen into the Car – Jonathan Lends a Hand – Stephen Meets the Queen Becoming the ‘Hawkings’

The life of British physicist Stephen Hawking pretty much defines the term ‘triumph over adversity’ when it comes to inspirational biopics. Given two years to live from his initial diagnosis of motor neurone disease, Hawking defied the odds and is still making news today in his seventies. Adapted from the book Travelling to Infinity: My Life With Stephen by Hawking’s wife Jane, The Theory

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In an email to director James Marsh about the portrayal by Eddie Redmayne, Stephen Hawking said there were certain points when he thought he was watching himself.

origin of the universe. Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne is simply brilliant as the wheelchair-bound genius – you’ll quickly forget that you’re not actually watching the real Stephen Hawking – and is equally matched by Felicity Jones’s performance as Jane. A compelling and sentiment- free look at a modern day genius in the tradition of The Imitation Game and A Beautiful Mind . • See page 36

of Everything focuses primarily on the pair’s relationship from their initial meeting at Cambridge in 1963, where Hawking is a doctoral student, through the struggle with the debilitating condition that would cripple him physically and compromise his ability to communicate his brilliant theories concerning the nature of black holes and the

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A Beautiful Mind

Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) BIRDMAN

Release Date: 11/06/15 Format:

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All-Access Featurette Gallery: Chivo’s On-Set Photography

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A Conversation with Michael Keaton and Alejandro G. Iñárritu

A has-been actor who once headed a successful superhero franchise attempts to make a comeback with a Broadway production, so he’ll be remembered as more than just “a Hollywood clown in a lycra bird suit”. Art imitates life in the casting of former Batman Michael Keaton, whose career is given a Tarantino- like resurrection in this backstage black comedy from Mexican

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There are only sixteen visible cuts in the entire

film. Because the movie was carefully rehearsed and shot in sequence, the editing process only took two weeks.

Norton, Emma Stone) are uniformly excellent, but the real star here is the dazzling technical trickery that makes it appear as though the entire film has been shot in a single, unbroken take – a feat previously pulled off by Hitchcock in 1948 with Rope . Iñárritu’s fresh and creative showbiz satire transcended its arthouse trappings to wow mainstream audiences and win this year’s Oscar for Best Picture. Don’t miss it. • See page 38

director Alejandro G. Iñárritu – best known for dark dramas like Amores Perros and 21 Grams . The tone is lighter and the narrative more linear in Iñárritu’s latest; amidst the chaos leading up to opening night, Birdman ruminates on the nature of fame and success, the fear of failure, and Hollywood’s obsession with comic book blockbusters. Keaton and the supporting players (Naomi Watts, Edward

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Adaptation

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