A Brief History of Time
Errol Morris 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.
Telling the man's incredible story through the voices of his colleagues and loved ones, while making dynamically accessible some of the theories in Hawking's best-selling book of the same name, A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME is at once as small as a single life and as big as the ever-expanding universe.
Took home the Grand Jury Prize and Filmmaker's Trophy for Documentary at 1992's Sundance Film Festival
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85 mins
Year
1991
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1127215
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"If we could find out the answer to why we and universe exist, we would know the mind of God." That's Stephen Hawking alright. Amazing movie. Great music, too.