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Stephen Hawking (book)
Release Date:
16 October 1992 (Australia)
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Where did the universe come from? Will time ever come to an end? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
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A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, is one of the great minds of all time. full summary | add synopsis
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4 wins
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Isobel Hawking | ... | Herself - Stephen Hawking's Mother | |
| Stephen Hawking | ... | Himself | |
| Janet Humphrey | ... | Herself - Stephen Hawking's Aunt | |
| Mary Hawking | ... | Herself - Stephen Hawking's Sister | |
| Basil King | ... | Himself - Hawking Family Neighbor | |
| Derek Powney | ... | Himself - Hawking Classmate at Oxford | |
| Norman Dix | ... | Himself - Hawking Classmate at Oxford | |
| Robert Berman | ... | Himself - Hawking Tutor at Oxford | |
| Gordon Berry | ... | Himself - Hawking Classmate at Oxford | |
| Roger Penrose | ... | Himself - Professor at Cambridge | |
| Dennis Sciama | ... | Himself - Professor at Cambridge | |
| John Wheeler | ... | Himself - Astrophysicist | |
| Brandon Carter | ... | Himself - Astrophysicist | |
| John Taylor | ... | Himself - Astrophysicist | |
| Kip Thorne | ... | Himself - Research Scientist at Cambridge |
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80 min
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Appearances to the contrary, all interviews were filmed on sets built for the movie.
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Stephen Hawking:
I wanted to understand how the universe began.
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Referenced in "The Critic: Uneasy Rider (#1.12)" (1994)
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A Brief History of Time is not only a documentary on the beginning and the ending of the universal and reality as we know it, this is a story about the man and the genius known as Stephen Hawking. It is his story that reflects the story of time and change throughout the history of the universal. The style of the documentary / editing style of the interviews begin and end with a quick fade to black. Almost like blinking in between segments and interviews, the documentary gives you an odd feeling like this is the view point of Stephen Hawking and not the eye of the camera. The running time is only a little longer than an hour. It is a short story, then again, its subject matter could be talked about for days and days. An interesting and proud story.