Shadow Dancer (2012)
Directed by James Marsh
In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
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To date, Marsh is best known for tougher fare, whether it be the documentaries Man on Wire and Project Nim, or the dramas Wisconsin Death Trip and Shadow Dancer; one wouldn’t have imagined him at the helm of an inspiring, life-affirming tear-jerker.
As such, it’s something of a disappointment for fans of James Marsh, director of such excellent documentaries as Man on Wire and Project Nim and the features Shadow Dancer , The King and one third of the Red Riding trilogy.
The film, directed by James Marsh (“Project Nim,” “Shadow Dancer”) and written by Anthony McCarten (“Death of a Superhero”), based on the memoir “Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen” by Jane Wilde Hawking, cunningly presents Stephen and his buddies as a bunch of adolescent misfits, newly arrived at 1960s-era Cambridge University.
Oscar-winning filmmaker James Marsh has experience when it comes to making both documentaries (Man on Wire, Project Nim) and narrative features (The King, Shadow Dancer), and he uses elements of both fields to positive effect with his direction on Theory of Everything.
Director James Marsh (2013's "Shadow Dancer") and screenwriter Anthony McCarten are largely beholden to Jane's point of view since their picture is adapted from her book, and there is the rather brave suggestion that, upon learning of Stephen's diagnosis, she initially decided to marry him because he was only expected to survive for two years.
In adapting Jane Hawking's "Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen" (screenplay by Anthony McCarten), director James Marsh's ("Man on Wire," "Shadow Dancer") second feature is an unusually personal look at one of the great minds of science.
But before the couple leave, Sheriff Sheldon Burke (Michael McElhatton, "Albert Nobbs," "Shadow Dancer") arrives, wheeling in his crime scene's Jane Doe (Olwen Kelly).