Film · Documentary
A Brief History of Time (1991)
★ 7.2 · 135 votes1 h 20 minDocumentary1991
Where did the universe come from? Will time ever come to an end? Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Partly adapted from cosmologist Stephen Hawking's popular book about his theories of the universe, this in-depth documentary also presents Hawking's daily life as he deals with the ALS that renders him virtually immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, former classmates and peers are interviewed about not only his theories but the man himself.
- Director
- Errol Morris
- Writers
- Stephen Hawking
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- December 27, 1991
Cast
Stephen HawkingSelf- Isobel HawkingSelf - Stephen Hawking's Mother
- Janet HumphreySelf - Stephen Hawking's Aunt
- Mary HawkingSelf - Stephen Hawking's Sister
- Basil KingSelf - Childhood Friend
- Derek PowneySelf - Oxford Classmate
- Norman Dix
- Robert BermanSelf - Stephen Hawking's Tutor
- Gordon Berry
Roger Penrose- Dennis Sciama
- John Archibald Wheeler
- Brandon Carter
- John R. Taylor
Kip Thorne- Don Page
- Christopher Isham
- Brian Whitt
- Raymond Laflamme
