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The Race for the Double Helix

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Based on a true story, this film focuses on the quest to discover the building blocks of DNA. American scientist Jim Watson (Jeff Goldblum) joins forces with his English counterpart, Francis Crick (Tim Pigott-Smith), and together they strive to outdo their brilliant contemporaries as they make progress towards unlocking DNA's double-helix structure. The movie captures the personalities and tenacious attitudes of the researchers, particularly Watson and his considerable eccentricities.

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06/22/2015 Patronizing interpretation. See more 02/12/2013 A factual and interesting tale about how the structure of DNA was discovered. It also touches on a few issues with women in science at that time. Pretty good and is defiantly not going to hurt to watch once See more 04/01/2012 It's a television movie that is worth at least a rental if you are a little geeky. Or at least a cinema enthousiast. See more 12/01/2011 Great dialogues and suitable music. But there some scences which are boring and do not animate the audience to watch to the end of the run. See more Read all reviews
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Mick Jackson

Director

Jeff Goldblum

Jim Watson

Tim Pigott-Smith

Francis Crick

Alan Howard

Maurice Wilkins

Juliet Stevenson

Rosalind Franklin

Betsy Brantley

Elizabeth Watson
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Synopsis Based on a true story, this film focuses on the quest to discover the building blocks of DNA. American scientist Jim Watson (Jeff Goldblum) joins forces with his English counterpart, Francis Crick (Tim Pigott-Smith), and together they strive to outdo their brilliant contemporaries as they make progress towards unlocking DNA's double-helix structure. The movie captures the personalities and tenacious attitudes of the researchers, particularly Watson and his considerable eccentricities.
Director
Mick Jackson
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 47m