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Released 10 years ago.
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
"What does it take to prove the impossible?"
2016 1h 48m EN
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★7.2TMDB · 1,638
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Synopsis
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Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
“What does it take to prove the impossible?”
Cast
Dev Patel
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Jeremy Irons
G. H. Hardy
Toby Jones
Littlewood
Devika Bhise
Janaki
Stephen Fry
Sir Francis Spring
Kevin McNally
Major MacMahon
Jeremy Northam
Bertrand Russell
Anthony Calf
Howard
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Matt Brown
- Writers
- Matt Brown, Melissa Herrington, Caitlyn Carradine
- Languages
- Sanskrit, English, Tamil
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Sanskrit, English, Tamil.
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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Matt Brown, shot by Larry Smith. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Coby Brown. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Joseph C. Bond IV shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons and Toby Jones carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "What does it take to prove the impossible?".
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The take
Matt Brown directs. Larry Smith behind the camera. Coby Brown scores. Joseph C. Bond IV cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in Sanskrit, English, Tamil.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 10 years ago.
- 2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Sanskrit, English, Tamil.
- 3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
- 4Directed by Matt Brown, shot by Larry Smith. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Coby Brown. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Joseph C. Bond IV shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons and Toby Jones carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "What does it take to prove the impossible?".
- 9IMDB entry: tt0787524 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 13 themes, including "based on novel or book", "england", "mathematics", "mathematician".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Larry Smith
- Original score
- Coby Brown
- Editing
- Joseph C. Bond IV
- Production design
- Luciana Arrighi
- Costume design
- Ann Maskrey
- Makeup / hair
- Cate Hall
- VFX supervisor
- Piers Hampton
- Sound
- Tim Cavagin
- Stunt coordinator
- Crispin Layfield
- Runtime
- 108 min · 1h 48m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $11,472,454
- Return
- 115% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG-13
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Production companies
Who made it
Animus Films
US
Pressman Film
US
Kreo Films
GB
Xeitgeist Entertainment Group
SG
- AM
American Entertainment Investors
- CA
Cayenne Pepper Productions
Key crew
- CastingReg Poerscout-Edgerton
- Costume DesignAnn Maskrey
- Production DesignLuciana Arrighi
- EditorJoseph C. Bond IV
- Co-ProducerHuw Penallt Jones
- Co-ProducerRobert Kanigel
- Executive ProducerMark Montgomery
- Executive ProducerManraj S. Sekhon
- Executive ProducerMin-Li Tan
- Executive ProducerPamela Godfrey
- Executive ProducerJoseph Newton Cohen
- Executive ProducerRichard Toussaint
- Executive ProducerGary Ellis
- Executive ProducerSwati Bhise
- Executive ProducerShail Shah
- Executive ProducerTristine Skyler
- ProducerSofia Sondervan
- ProducerJon Katz
- ProducerEdward R. Pressman
- ProducerJim Young
- NovelRobert Kanigel
- Stunt CoordinatorCrispin Layfield
- Executive ProducerMasaaki Tanaka
- Executive ProducerCompton Ross
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- based on novel or book
- england
- mathematics
- mathematician
- mathematical theorem
- biography
- based on true story
- historical figure
- 1910s
- famous people
- historical reinterpretation
- history and legacy
- cambridge university
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2016-04-29PG-13
Also known as
International titles
- El hombre que conocia el infinitoMX
- L'Homme qui défiait l'infiniCA
- مردی که بینهایت را میدانستIR
- مردی که بی نهایت را می دانستIR
- مردی که بینهایت را میشناختIR
- مردی که بینهایت را میشناختIR
- مردی که بینهایت را میشناختIR
- Sonsuzluğu Dərk Edən İnsanAZ
