DVD
A brief history of time
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Stephen Hawking.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (84 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: G.
Summary
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.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the book by Stephen Hawking.
Originally released as a documentary in 1991.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital film transfer, supervised by director of photography John Bailey and approved by director Errol Morris ; new interview with Morris ; new interview with Bailey.