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Watson and Crick race to find the structure of DNA before Linus Pauling, Maurice Wilkins, or Rosalind... more | add synopsis
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3 wins & 2 nominations more
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Excellent visual of the discovery more (25 total)

Cast

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Jeff Goldblum ... Jim Watson
Tim Pigott-Smith ... Francis Crick
Alan Howard ... Maurice Wilkins

Juliet Stevenson ... Rosalind Franklin
Betsy Brantley ... Elizabeth Watson
John Moreno ... Vittorio Luzzati
Daniel André Pageon ... First Colleague
Yves Aubert ... Second Colleague
Anthony Benson ... J.T. Randall
Clive Panto ... Max Perutz
Rupert Massey ... John Kendrew
Geoffrey Chater ... Sir Lawrence Bragg
Nicholas Fry ... Raymond Gosling
Tom McCabe ... Bill Seeds
Petronella Ford ... Odile Crick
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Also Known As:
Double Helix
The Race for the Double Helix (USA)
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USA:97 min
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Was originally shown as a "Horizon special" on the BBC, Horizon being the name of BBC2's main science programme. more
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Francis Crick: Piano, my boy! Softly, softly, catchy monkey! more
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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Excellent visual of the discovery, 17 February 2006
9/10
Author: jadiechristine from United States

This film, designed on the FACTS of the discovery, aptly depicts the saga of Watson, Crick, Wilkins and good ol' Rosie, the personalities that combined to create the correct sequence of our very own DNA. The amount of current technology based on their discovery is incredible, and the small piece of their lives that is shared in this film is to be examined by all.

Jeff Goldblum plays the character he is so good at; the eccentric, extreme, intelligent scientist type, in this case, Jim Watson. Juliet Stevenson plays a Rosalind Franklin who exhibits the struggle of being a brilliant woman on the verge of a great discovery in time of mans rule. This film has great performances by excellent actors who actually understand the scientific struggle.

(Rosalind Frankin was the only contributor who didn't receive the Nobel Prize; she died from cancer before the prize was awarded. Watson, Crick, and Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize.

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