A Brief History of Time

Name: A Brief History of Time
Director: Errol Morris
Released: 1991
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking, Basil King

1991 · 80 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 6,025 VOTES · DIR. Errol Morris

Overview

This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, classmates, and peers are interviewed not only about his theories but the man himself.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,187 lines

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00:00:19 A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

00:05:27 was later interested in astronomy.

00:08:32 which, as far as I can make out, for I say, I never played it

00:11:35 I don't think he makes a very great deal of practice of it now.

00:14:34 And that's how we collected him, you see.

00:17:50 I was on the borderline between a first and a second class degree.

00:21:03 Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

00:24:07 and he then told me that he'd been in Edinburgh for 3 weeks

00:27:20 Einstein's theory of General Relativity

00:30:26 "still another object:"

00:33:19 Then, I'm ready.

00:36:44 and you would see them at a greater rate

00:39:48 "the amount of disorder in the Universe."

00:43:40 dragging himself up from the ground floor up to the second storey

00:46:47 And I'm delighted to be able to be part of that.

00:49:55 hoping that, you know, maybe this would eventually have some influence.

00:52:51 There must have been 50 people there

00:56:12 which form a beginning or end to time.

00:59:24 giving the direction to time.

01:02:46 from a series of menus on a screen

01:05:42 "Stephen, I don't get this thing. I still get the same answer I had originally."

01:09:00 And that somebody else could be somebody who lived in the past, not in the future.

01:12:46 I ended up in the road

01:16:05 For then we would know

Cast & Characters

Stephen Hawking Self Isobel Hawking Self - Stephen Hawking's Mother Janet Humphrey Self - Stephen Hawking's Aunt Mary Hawking Self - Stephen Hawking's Sister Basil King Self - Hawking Family Neighbor Derek Powney Self - Hawking Classmate at Oxford Norman Dix Self - Hawking Classmate at Oxford Robert Berman Self - Hawking Tutor at Oxford Gordon Berry Self - Hawking Classmate at Oxford Roger Penrose Self - Professor at Cambridge

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,187

Dialogue density14.8 lines / min

First line00:00:19

Final line01:16:05

Production Record

DirectorErrol Morris

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$2,279,692

IMDb votes6,025