A Brief History of Time (1992)

Country: UK|Japan|USA
Director: Errol Morris
Production Co: Triton Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7.3/10
Length: 84 mins

Storyline

Unlike the book, this film is really an anecdotal biography of Stephen Hawking. Clips of his lectures, interviews with friends and family and a little physics are thrown together.—Jim Sadur

Plot Keywords

scientist, astronomer, professor, mother, fascinating, inspiring, quirky, cambridge university, classroom, england, universe, illness, discovery, pursuit, rise, 1990s

Short Review

A Brief History of Time is an elegant, inspirational and mysterious movie. Morris turns abstract ideas into haunting images, and keeps them spinning in the air with the finesse, and playfulness, of a master juggler.