Eadweard

2015
Unrated
1h 44m

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6.3/10

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A psychological drama about the turn-of-the-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who was the first to photograph subjects in movement and became the godfather of cinema. He later murdered his wife's lover and was the last British-American to receive the justifiable homicide verdict.

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Photographer Eadweard Muybridge launches his pioneering movement studies while attempting to keep his marriage intact and staving off morality forces that view the images he captures as dege... Read allPhotographer Eadweard Muybridge launches his pioneering movement studies while attempting to keep his marriage intact and staving off morality forces that view the images he captures as degenerate.Photographer Eadweard Muybridge launches his pioneering movement studies while attempting to keep his marriage intact and staving off morality forces that view the images he captures as degenerate.

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6.3/10

704

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Awards
- 13 wins & 22 nominations total

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8ksf-2

interesting type A inventor

True ish story of photographer eadweard muybridge, born in england, 1830, according to wikipedia dot com. In 1850, he came to the united states. This film starts in 1867. Muybridge is already an established photographer, but yearns for improvements and how to capture motion; so he goes about photographing things moving. And doing everyday things. And nudes. Men and women. Pretty unorthodox at the time. By showing the images in succession, he has invented the movie projector, where we see still images move! And this, just a couple years before he shoots and kills someone. Interesting life. I had never heard of this guy before. Directed by kyle rideout. Already an accomplished actor, he began directing in 2010. The film has male and female nudity. And we do see the murder. Currently showing on kanopy channel. Interesting.

10misskatiejeanlester

Brillant film

What a film awesome story of a man, who created the moving picture, and who brought us movies and tv shows. Michael Eklund nailed the british accent awesomd actor

8prectra

Best Picture, 2015 Cape Cod International Film Festival

If you have any interest in the very origins of "moving pictures," find a way to see EADWEARD. The film wins Best Picture at the Cape Cod International Film Festival (24 Official Selections from 316 submissions). Historically accurate, beautifully shot, with wonderful performances.

The audience at the Chatham Orpheum sat in silence during - and after - the final credits. A sense of reverence for Muybridge's work. And appreciation for the efforts of the filmmakers.

Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein have been tireless in their efforts to support the film. You all have fans on Cape Cod (East Coast, USA)!

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Trivia
Eadweard Muybridge was born Edward James Muggeridge. He began using the last name Muybridge in 1865 and the old English spelling, Eadweard, of his first name in 1882. He also used the pseudonym Helios for some of his early photography.

Goofs
The movie places the murder committed by Muybridge during his time doing motion studies, which occurred in the 1880s and early 1890s in Philadelphia. The murder actually occurred in 1874 in Calistoga, California and his trial took place in 1875, both years before the motion studies.