A Brief History of Time (1991)
3.8 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
"A Brief History of Time" is based on cosmologist Stephen Hawking's 1988 bestseller of the same name. This anecdotal film concerns itself as much with Hawking's day-to-day life as it does with his unorthodox theories about the universe. Only the most close-minded viewer will be bothered by the ALS-suffering Hawking's physical appearance and his inability to move and speak without assistance (as narrator of the film, he utilizes a voice synthesizer, which he capriciously refers to as 'my American accent'). Director Errol Morris inventively adopts a semi-dramatized approach to his interviews with Hawking's friends and relatives: they all appear in fabricated sets, and are lovingly photographed and lit as if they were starring in a film. Though of necessity a 'talking heads' effort, 'A Brief History of Time' is also cunningly and subtly cinematic. - Actors:
- 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
- Directors:
- Errol Morris
- Producers:
- Jan Euden, Colin Ewing, Gordon Freedman, David Hickman, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Seidenberg, Steven Spielberg
- Writers:
- Stephen Hawking
- Aka:
- 時間簡史
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
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