A brief history of time

Blu-ray 2014

Errol Morris (The Fog of War) turns his camera on one of the most fascinating men in the world: the pioneering astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, afflicted by a debilitating motor neuron disease that has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs. An adroitly crafted tale of personal adversity, professional triumph, and cosmological inquiry, Morris's documentary examines the way the collapse of Hawking's body has been accompanied by the untram...

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Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018

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1 videodisc (84 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
video file Blu-ray video region A

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Based on the book by Stephen Hawking
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991
Special features: Errol Morris (interview with the director); John Bailey (interview with the cinematographer); Booklet featuring an essay by critic David Sterritt, a chapter from Stephen Hawking's 2013 memoir My Brief History, and an excerpt from Hawking's 1988 book A Brief History of Time
Original music composed by Philip Glass ; music produced by Kurt Munkacsi ; editor, Brad Fuller ; production designer, Ted Bafaloukos ; director of photography, John Bailey
Featuring: Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking, Basil King, Derek Powney, Norman Dix, Robert Berman, Gordon Berry, Roger Penrose, Dennis Sciama, John Wheeler, Brandon Carter, John Taylor, Kip Thorne, Don Page, Christopher Isham, Brian Whitt, Raymond Laflamme
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only

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2593591

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Anglia Television, production company
Bafaloukos, Ted, production designer
Bailey, John, 1942 August 10- director of photography
Berry, H. G. (Henry Gordon), 1940- interviewee
Carter, B. (Brandon), interviewee
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Feedman, Gordon, film producer
Fuller, Brad, editor of moving image work
Glass, Philip, composer (expression)
Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018, interviewee
Hickman, David (Film director), film producer
Janus Films, production company
Laflamme, Raymond, 1960- interviewee
Morris, Errol, film director
Munkacsi, Kurt, film producer
National Broadcasting Company, production company
Penrose, Roger, interviewee
Powney, Derek J., interviewee
Sciama, D. W. (Dennis William), 1926-
Thorne, Kip S., interviewee
Tōkyō Hōsō, production company
Triton Pictures, production company
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008, interviewee
motion picture adaptation of (work): Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018. Brief history of time

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