Creation (2009) Movie Overview

Creation is a partly biographical, partly fictionalised account of Charles Darwin’s relationship with his eldest daughter, Annie, as he struggles to write On the Origin of Species. Produced by Jeremy Thomas, the film was directed by Jon Amiel and stars married couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Charles and Emma Darwin. John Collee wrote the script based on Randal Keynes’s biography of Darwin titled Annie’s Box. English naturalist Charles Darwin is a handsome young father who lives a quiet life in an idyllic village. He is a brilliant and deeply emotional man, devoted to his wife and children. Darwin is especially fond of his eldest daughter Annie, a precocious and inquisitive ten-year-old. He teaches her about his evolution theory, and tells her true stories of his travels. Her favorite story, despite of the sad ending, is about the young orangutan Jenny, who is brought from Borneo to the London Zoo, where she finally died of pneumonia in the arms of her keeper. Darwin is furious when he learns that the family clergyman has made Annie crawl on rock salt as punishment for defending her father’s theory, which the church opposes. Having returned from his expedition in the Ga… Source

• Creation Movie Details
• Director: Jon Amiel
• Official Sites: Official site, Official site
• Tagline: How he saw the world changed it forever
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 108 min
• Genre: Biography , Drama

• Cast Overview
• Paul Bettany as Charles Darwin
• Jennifer Connelly as Emma Darwin
• Jeremy Northam as Reverend Innes
• Toby Jones as Thomas Huxley
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Joseph Hooker
• Jim Carter as Parslow

Creation Movie Review from New York Times

“Creation” sets out to tell a rich and momentous story, culled from the pages of history and full of present-day topical resonance. In the wake of personal tragedy and in the throes of illness and apprehension, Charles Darwin (Paul Bettany) organizes decades of thought and research into “On the Origin of Species.” Not many books have been a… Source

Creation Movie Info by Apple Movies

From director Jon Amiel (The Singing Detective, Entrapment) and writer John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) comes CREATION. A psychological, heart-wrenching love story starring Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) as Charles Darwin, the film is based on “Annie’s Box,… Source

Creation Movie Details from Imdb

What happens when a world-renowned scientist, crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter, formulates a theory in conflict with religious dogma? This is the story of Charles Darwin and his master-work “The Origin of Species”. It tells of a global revolution played out the confines of a small English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the m… Source

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