A brief history of time

Responsibility: Janus Films ; an Anglia Television & Gordon Feedman production ; an Errol Morris film ; executive producer, Gordon Freedman ; produced by David Hickman ; directed by Errol Morris ; produced in association with NBC, Tokyo Broadcasting System & Channel Four, UK ; Triton Pictures.
Sound: digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1.digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Video: laser optical; NTSC.laser optical; NTSC.
Digital: video file; Blu-ray; region A.video file; DVD video; region 1.
Edition: Director-approved, dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Publication: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 2014.
Copyright notice: ©2014
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (84 min.) : Blu-ray, DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm)
Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) 699.; Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 699.

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Creators/Contributors

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

Contents/Summary

Summary: 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 untrammeled broadening of his imagination.

Subjects

Subject: Astrophysicists > Great Britain > Biography.; Cosmology.; Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018

Genre: Documentary films; Biographical films; Nonfiction films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; DVD-Video discs.

Bibliographic information

Release date: 2014
Production date: 1991
Medium: Blu-ray; Blu-ray; 4 3/4 in.; DVD; DVD video; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Criterion collection ; 699
Note: 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.
Production Credits: Original music composed by Philip Glass ; music produced by Kurt Munkacsi ; editor, Brad Fuller ; production designer, Ted Bafaloukos ; director of photography, John Bailey.
Participant: 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.
Audience: Rating: G.
Format: Blu-ray; region A; widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; DTS-HD Master audio ; requires Blu-ray player.; DVD: NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1), Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Related Work: Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018. Brief history of time
ISBN: 9781604658118; 1604658118
Publisher Number: CC2343BDDVD The Criterion Collection (set); CC2343BDDVD-1 The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray); CC2343BDDVD-2 The Criterion Collection (DVD)

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