Creation (2009)
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Creation is an upcoming biographical drama film about the life of Charles Darwin. It is directed by Jon Amiel and stars real life husband and wife Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Charles Darwin as his wife and cousin, Emma. John Collee wrote the script based on Randal Keynes's biography of Darwin titled Annie's Box. The film had its world premiere on September 10, 2009 at the Toronto International Film Festival, and it was selected as the opening night Gala Presentation for later that evening, the first non-Canadian film to be so honoured.[1]
Plot
English naturalist Charles Darwin finds himself torn between his love for his deeply religious wife and his own theory that creation may be explained without God.[2]
Cast
- Paul Bettany as Charles Darwin[2]
- Jennifer Connelly as Emma Darwin, [2]
- Jeremy Northam as Reverend Innes[2]
- Toby Jones as Thomas Henry Huxley[2]
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Joseph Dalton Hooker[2]
Production
Creation is based on a true story.[3] It is an adaptation of Annie's Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution, Randal Keynes' best-selling biography of Charles Darwin.[4]
Production was completed in England in December 2008.[2] Much of the filming took place in Bradford-upon-Avon in Wiltshire (south-west England).[4]
Reviews
Eugenie Scott said that "I believe it to be a thoughtful, well-made film that will change many views of Darwin held by the public—for the good. The acting is strong, the visuals are wonderful, and it treats with loving care the Victorian details of the furnishings at Down house and other sites (such as Malvern), and the local church"[5]. But she noted that the film does not yet have a distributor in North America.
References
External links
- Official website
- Official resources for church groups, produced on behalf of Icon Film Distribution (UK arm of Icon Productions) by Damaris Trust (includes video material on the relationship between religion and science and on Charles Darwin)
- Vorlage:Imdb title
- Video news report on filming at BBC Wiltshire
- ↑ Darwin biopic to launch Toronto, BBC, 15. Juli 2009. Abgerufen am 7. September 2009
- ↑ a b c d e f g Stuart Kemp: Bettany, Connelly to star in Darwin pic, The Hollywood Reporter, 4. September 2008. Abgerufen am 17. Oktober 2008
- ↑ Official website
- ↑ a b Hollywood returns to Wiltshire, BBC, 26. November 2008. Abgerufen am 7. September 2009
- ↑ http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2009/09/eugenie-scott-r.html