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1991 film by Errol Morris

A Brief History of Time is a 1991 biographicaldocumentary film about the physicistStephen Hawking, directed by Errol Morris.^[2] The title derives from Hawking's bestselling 1988 book A Brief History of Time, but, whereas the book is solely an explanation of cosmology, the film is also a biography of Hawking, featuring interviews with some of his family members and colleagues.

The film is scored by frequent Morris collaborator Philip Glass.

Production

This project originated with executive producer Gordon Freedman, who brought it to Anglia Television. After acquiring the property, Freedman met with director Steven Spielberg for advice on how to make the project into a documentary film.

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Spielberg suggested Errol Morris as director. Morris had studied the history and philosophy of science at Princeton and later Berkeley, so was familiar with many of the topics in Hawking's book. Freedman's productio