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Director
  
Kris Koenig

Initial DVD release
  
May 5, 2009 (USA)

Country
  
United States

7/10
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Genre
  
Documentary

Music director
  
Mark Slater

Duration
  

Language
  
English

400 Years of the Telescope movie poster

Cast
  
(Narrator (voice)),
Lawrence Krauss
(Himself),
Wendy Freedman
(Herself),
Mark Giampapa
(Himself)

Release date
  
January 6, 2009 (2009-01-06)

Writer
  
Donald Goldsmith, Kris Koenig, Albert van Helden

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Tagline
  
A journey of science, technology, and thought.

Galileo 400 years of the telescope


400 Years of the Telescope: A Journey of Science, Technology and Thought is a 2009 American documentary film that was created to coincide with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. The film chronicles the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo and features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from around the world, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's first use of the telescope to view the moons of Jupiter, to the latest discoveries in space, including new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy, a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe.

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Actors

400 Years of the Telescope wwwamyghallcom400yearsofthetelescopeimages

  • Han Beekman
  • Mavt Steketee
  • Stefano Lecci
  • Herman Boerman
  • Irma Hartog
  • Hallam Murray
  • Nils Koenig
  • Madison Royal
  • Galileo voices
  • Stefano Lecci
  • Francesca Giannini
  • Production

    The film's development team included Donald Goldsmith, a well-known astronomy writer on the Carl Sagan Cosmos team, and Albert Van Helden, a leading authority on the history of the telescope. It was shot on RED Digital Cinema at the world's leading universities and observatories including the European Southern Observatory, Institute for Astronomy, SETI Institute, Space Telescope Science Institute, Anglo-Australian Observatory, and Harvard University. Among the production team's challenges were shooting the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) at 5000m on the Atacama Desert. The original score was composed by Mark Slater and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.

    Broadcast and release details

  • 400 Years of the Telescope premiered at the 213th meetings of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Long Beach, California, on January 6, 2009.
  • The film was later shown to a national audience by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on April 10, 2009.
  • It has currently been selected for screening at several film festivals in 2009, including the Jacksonville Film Festival in Jacksonville, Florida and the Urban Suburban Film Festival in Philadelphia.
  • Awards

    30th Annual Telly Awards
  • Silver - Excellent achievement in videography/cinematography
  • Bronze (3) - Outstanding achievement in use of animation, copywriting and the documentary over all
  • SCINEMA 2009
  • Best Director
  • 2009 W3 Awards
  • Silver Winner: Website Design (Michael Moretti)
  • References

    400 Years of the Telescope Wikipedia
    400 Years of the Telescope IMDb 400 Years of the Telescope themoviedb.org


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