A Brief History of Time (Criterion Collection) (1991) (Blu-ray/DVD - 3/18/2014)

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.

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Product Details

Format: Color, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: G (General Audience)
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: March 18, 2014
Run Time: 84 minutes

Special Features
New interview with Morris New interview with Bailey

Cast & Crew
Stephen Hawking
John Wheeler
John Taylor

Technical Credits
Errol Morris Director
Ted Bafaloukos Production Designer
John Bailey Cinematographer
Stefan Czapsky Cinematographer
David Lee Art Director
Gordon Freedman Executive Producer
Brad Fuller Editor
Brad Fuller Editor
Philip Glass Score Composer
Stephen Hawking Screenwriter
Davie Hickman Producer

Scene Index
Disc #1 -- A Brief History of Time
1. Eleven Ways [8:43]
2. A Complicated Mind [5:01]
3. One Thousand Hours [5:47]
4. Cold Year [6:41]
5. Reprieved [2:26]
6. Penrose's Discovery [3:09]
7. Black Holes [8:46]
8. God Plays Dice [10:43]
9. Gravitational Forces [5:33]
10. Time [5:26]
11. Equalizer [4:37]
12. The Big Crunch [9:42]
13. Infinite Possibilites [7:12]
1. Color Bars [:20]
1. Chapter 1 [33:46]
2. Chapter 2 [:30]
1. Chapter 1 [11:15]
2. Chapter 2 [:26]

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Disc #1 -- A Brief History of Time
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