This study aims to (1) identify the type of speech, (2) to describe the background reasons of participants in influencing the spoken language found in the film The Theory of Everything. The researcher took data from directive speech acts in dialogues in the movie The Theory of Everything.Type of qualitative descriptive research. The data are analyzed by Kreidler’s theory of speech act (1998).
The result of the study shows that: (1)there are four sub directive acts uttered by the characters in the movie The Theory of Everything. It implies that command 4.75%, request 2%, suggestion 2%, and warning 0.75% of 100% data. Prominently, the speaker’s meaning exploits directive utterances in the movie The Theory of Everything is command.(2)The intentions of using sub directive utterances in the movie The Theory of Everything have higher power of control, the social status, and background of knowledge than hearer.The result is 27 data from 38 data or 9%of the speaker has a degreeof control and social status than the hearer are (Stephen’s father (Frank), Husband (Stephen), Mr. Sciama), the speaker has a lower degree of control than hearer are (The Wife (Jane), The Technician, Elaine) finds data from 38 data 2.6%, and the speaker has a higher status on the background knowledge are (The Doctor , Mr. Sciama) finds 3 data from 38 data or 1%. The most influential of the data is the speaker has a higher social status than the hearer
