Theory of Everything, The

Date: 2014
Director: James Marsh
Production Company: Working TItle Films

Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson
Location(s): Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, East Sussex, London, Middlesex, Surrey

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

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Redmayne enjoys a cycle ride through the back lanes of Cambridge. "Sylvia" opened in the same way.

Looking east along Trinity Lane to Trinity Street, between Trinity on the left and Caius on the right. SJ

Reverse pov. Caius to the left, Trinity ahead and on the right.

Now. SJ

Now turning the corner on Trinity Lane heading towards Senate House Passage.

Now. SJ

Crossing the Cam.

Clare College Bridge. SJ

On the path besides Queen's Road and overlooking The Backs and King's College.

Now. SJ

Suddenly in London NW3

There's a match on the houses on the west side of Platt's Lane. SJ

At a party where Redmayne meets Jones. This is 14 Kidderpore Avenue, Hampstead NW3, with thanks to Tony Reeve.

Daylight provides a clearer view of Craxton Studios, also seen in BBC's Strike, series 6. SJ

Coxing on the Cam but hard to place.

I've gone for just east of Jesus' Lock looking north to properties on Chesterton Road. SJ

Rednayne waits for Jones on a Sunday.

A mistier day. St John the Baptist, Church Lane, Pinner. SJ

The wait is not in vain.

Nothing changed. SJ

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Redmayne arrives to pick up Jones on a date.

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She turns up for the ball.

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On the Kitchen Bridge, St John's College.

Redmayne stumbles as he tries to catch a train. Supposedly Cambridge but the popular Bluebell Railway's Horsted Keynes station on the Station Approach, Horsted Keynes in Sussex. The station can be seen in several other films including 'The Naked Runner', 'Hope and Glory', 'Metro-Land', 'Mr. Holmes' and 'Adolf Hitler, My Part in His Downfall'.

Sent in by John Harwood. (SJ)

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Redmayne and Jones at St. John's.

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The "Bridge of Sighs", St. John's College, as time is rewound in scientific ecstasy.

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Redmayne falls at St. John's College

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And another shot of St. John's.

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Redmayne plays an angry game of croquet.

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Coming to terms with his muscular wasting disease.

Marriage takes place. Tony Reeve identifies this as Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Penn, Buckinghamshire.

Steve Randall found the church wall while in Penn for another film. (SJ)

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The newly-weds' first home. 6 Little St. Mary's Lane, Cambridge. (SR)

Getting up to high jinks even though Redmayne is now chair-bound. Antony Blair recognised that this is looking south on High Street in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, outside Harrow School with a prop monument on top of the steps.

Antony recreates the scene with his early morning view.

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Some more tricky stairs.

Back at the church: Jones and Cox meet.

Hard to recreate the lens. SJ

Reverse view of the gateway.

Looking onto Church Lane, Pinner, Middlesex. SJ

Negotiating an easier ramp. 64 Grove Park Road, Chiswick W4. (SR)

A repainting for the door. SJ

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A day out in Camber Sands, East Sussex, also seen in 'Follow that Camel', 'Dunkirk', 'The Longest Day', 'The Invisible Woman' and 'The Monuments Men'. Cox helps out with the family while Redmayne in his wheelchair (out of shot) paddles in the sea.

The interior of the church. The same?

Yes, a real interior! SJ

As seen in 027. 64 Grove Park Road W4. (SR)

Looking south from Grove Park Gardens with St. Paul's church on Grove Park Road hidden behind the shrubbery on the left. SJ

It's right next to a church, being the vicarage of St Paul's Grove Park, also used in the filming of many TV series including Killing Eve. (SR)

A slightly clearer view of the church at this angle. SJ

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The Hawking family on holiday. Are those mountains real?

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An interior. Doubling for "Bayreuth, Germany" the Royal Opera House, WC2.

And Hampton Court provides Buckingham Palace gardens.

The Pond Gardens viewed from the gate, which was fortunate as the gate was locked on the day of my visit. (SD)

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Another interior: Lancaster House playing Buckingham Palace.