Thisnewfeature-lengthbiographicalfilmtellstheextraordinaryanddramaticstoryoftheplanet'smostfamouslivingscientist,toldforthefirsttimeinhisownwordsandbythoseclosesttohim.Madewithuniqueaccesstohisprivatelife,thisisanintimateandmovingjourneyintoStephenHawking'spastandpresent.IntervieweesincludeStephenHawking'ssisterMary,hisex-wifeJane,carersandstudents,aswellascolleaguessuchasRogerPenrose,plusApolloastronautBuzzAldrin,actorsBenedictCumberbatchandJimCarrey,andSirRichardBransonThisinspirationalportraitofaniconicfigurerelatesHawking'sincrediblepersonaljourneyfromboyhoodunderachievertoscientificgeniusandmulti-million-sellingauthor.Anditchartshowheovercamebeingdiagnosedwithmotorneuronedisease-andbeinggivenjusttwoyearstolive-tomakeamazingscientificdiscoveriesandbecomeasymboloftriumphoveradversity.Bornexactly300yearsafterthedeathofGalileo,Hawkinggrewupinafamilysomeregardedaseccentric.Alwaysaskingquestions,hewasnicknamed'Einstein'atschool.HawkingblossomedatOxford,althoughheonlyspentanhouradaystudying.Henoticedthathewasbecomingclumsyandfelloverfornoapparentreason.Hewasdiagnosedwithmotorneuronedisease,butneverthelessstartedafamilyandembarkedonhisacademiccareer,findinghimselfattheheartofasearingscientificdebateabouttheoriginsoftheuniverse.Andashelosttheuseofhisbody,Hawkinghadtofindnewwaystothink.HewentontowritethehugebestsellerABriefHistoryofTime,andthefilmrevealsthehighandlowsofhisresultingfameandfortune.
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