{"id":204,"date":"2009-07-18T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/07\/darwin-biopic-to-open-toronto-film-festival\/"},"modified":"2009-07-18T13:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T13:27:00","slug":"darwin-biopic-to-open-toronto-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/07\/darwin-biopic-to-open-toronto-film-festival.html","title":{"rendered":"Darwin biopic to open Toronto film festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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It has been 200 years since Charles Darwin was born, and 150 years since he published his revolutionary book On the Origin of Species<\/i>. So, naturally, filmmakers are marking the occasion by making rival biopics.<\/p>\n

The higher-profile of these, by far, seems to be Creation<\/a><\/i>, starring real-life couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Charles Darwin and his wife Emma; the Toronto International Film Festival<\/a> announced last week that its opening gala presentation this year will be the world premiere of this film, which was directed by Jon Amiel and based on a book<\/a> by Randal Keynes.<\/p>\n

(Trivia note: Keynes himself is the great-great-grandson of the Darwins, and he is also the father of Skandar, who plays Edmund in the Narnia<\/a><\/i> movies. So one of the \u201csons of Adam\u201d who sits on one of the thrones at Cair Paravel is also a \u201cson of Darwin\u201d!)<\/p>\n

The TIFF press release describes the Creation<\/i> story arc this way:<\/p>\n

Part ghost story, part psychological thriller, part heart-wrenching love story Creation<\/i> is the story of Charles Darwin. His great, still controversial, book The Origin of Species<\/i> depicts nature as a battleground. In Creation<\/i> the battleground is a man\u2019s heart. Torn between his love for his deeply religious wife and his own growing belief in a world where God has no place, Darwin finds himself caught in a struggle between faith and reason, love and truth.<\/p>\n

The Darwin we meet in Creation<\/i> is a young, vibrant father, husband and friend whose mental and physical health gradually buckles under the weight of guilt and grief for a lost child. Ultimately it is the ghost of Annie, his adored 10-year-old daughter, who leads him out of darkness and helps him reconnect with his wife and family. Only then is he able to write the book that changed the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some viewers may recall that Bettany played another early-19th-century naturalist in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World<\/i> \u2014 only there, his character seemed okay with the idea that God and evolution could co-exist. It will be interesting to see if these two ideas are presented as complete opposites in Creation<\/i>, or if any common ground will be allowed between them. (If the film is co-presented by Mel Gibson\u2019s Icon Films, how atheist could it be?)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another film about the scientist and his wife is reportedly in the works. Mrs. Darwin<\/a><\/i> will reportedly star Joseph Fiennes and Rosamund Pike, though it is not clear how far along this production is yet, or even whether the cameras have begun to roll on it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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