The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge (2010)
Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon Thames, but did his most famous work in California - freezing time and starting it up again, so that for the first time people could see how a racing horse's legs moved. He went on to animate the movements of naked ladies, wrestlers, athletes, elephants, cockatoos and his own naked body, projecting his images publicly with a machine he invented and astounding audiences worldwide with the first flickerings of cinema. Alan Yentob follows in Muybridge's footsteps as he makes - and often changes - his name, and sets off to kill his young wife's lover. With Andy Serkis as Muybridge
Director: Jill Nicholls
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Alan Yentob as Presenter |
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Andy Serkis as Eadweard Muybridge |
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Marta Braun as |
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Philip Brookman as |
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Peta Cook as |
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Ann Dumas as |
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Stephen Herbert as |
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Richard Jones as |
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Jonathan Miller as |
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Rebecca Solnit as |
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Herb Westfall as |
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Rachel Williamson as |
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Michael G. Wilson as |
| Production | David Okuefuna | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jill Nicholls | Producer |
| Directing | Jill Nicholls | Director |