Life Story

Episode aired Apr 27, 1987
1h 37m

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Watson and Crick race to find the structure of DNA before Linus Pauling, Maurice Wilkins, or Rosalind Franklin can find the key to unlocking the secret.Watson and Crick race to find the structure of DNA before Linus Pauling, Maurice Wilkins, or Rosalind Franklin can find the key to unlocking the secret.Watson and Crick race to find the structure of DNA before Linus Pauling, Maurice Wilkins, or Rosalind Franklin can find the key to unlocking the secret.

Director
- Mick Jackson
Writers
- William Nicholson
- James Watson
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7.4/10

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Director
- Mick Jackson
Writers
- William Nicholson
- James Watson
Stars

35User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Was originally shown as a "Horizon special" on the BBC, Horizon being the name of BBC2's main science programme.

Quotes
Watson: Gotta get famous.

Crazy credits
Cards before the closing credits mention Franklin's early death and Watson, Crick and Wilkins' subsequent award of the Nobel Prize, pointedly adding that Nobel prizes cannot be awarded posthumously.

Connections
Featured in Hyperland (1990)

Soundtracks
Come On-a My House
Written by Ross Bagdasarian and William Saroyan
Performed by Rosemary Clooney

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A driving historical drama that cuts to the chase of scientific drive.

Unquestionable, the quintessential historical thriller of any biology discovery. The slow start jumps into fast mode and truly reflects why people get excited about scientific inquiry. The characters are a bit stereotypical, but I saw Dr. Watson at a presentation at the U. of Purdue in 1987 or 88 and saw that Jeff Goldblum caught the man's brilliance and eccentricity in a performance of a lifetime. Not knowing the other scientists in person, I still believe the characterizations must be on the mark. As the story "races" toward the discovery, the research and its many faceted directions it took reveal the many faces of science and scientists and how we try to understand the universe. Unfortunately, this movie was done by the BBC for TV and cannot be found anywhere. I would recommend this movie to be in the top five of outstanding historical story telling, along with "Marie Curie", "Dr. Erleich's Magic Bullet" and others.