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.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital film transfer, supervised by director of photography John Bailey and approved by director Errol Morris, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interview with Morris
- New interview with Bailey
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt, a chapter from Stephen Hawking’s 2013 memoir My Brief History (dual-format only), and an excerpt from Hawking’s 1988 book A Brief History of Time (dual-format only)
New cover by Rodrigo Corral
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital film transfer, supervised by director of photography John Bailey and approved by director Errol Morris, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interview with Morris
- New interview with Bailey
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt, a chapter from Stephen Hawking’s 2013 memoir My Brief History (dual-format only), and an excerpt from Hawking’s 1988 book A Brief History of Time (dual-format only)
New cover by Rodrigo Corral
Cast
- Isabel Hawking
- Janet Humphrey
- Mary Hawking
- Basil King
- Derek Powney
- Norman Dix
- Robert Berman
- Gordon Berry
- Roger Penrose
- Dennis Sciama
- John W. Wheeler
- Brandon Carter
- John Taylor
- Kip Thorne
- Don Page
- Christopher Isham
- Brian Whitt
- Raymond Laflamme
Credits
- Director
- Errol Morris
- Executive producer
- Gordon Freedman
- Producer
- David Hickman
- Based on the book by
- Stephen Hawking
- Director of photography
- John Bailey
- Additional photography
- Stefan Czapsky
- Production design
- Ted Bafaloukos
- Editor
- Brad Fuller
- Original music composed by
- Philip Glass
- Music produced by
- Kurt Munkacsi
