Cosmic Voyage

Cosmic Voyage
Directed by Bayley Silleck
Produced by Jeffrey Marvin
Bayley Silleck
Written by Michael Miner
Bayley Silleck
Narrated by Morgan Freeman
Music by David Michael Frank
Production
company
Cosmic Voyage Inc.
Distributed by IMAX Corporation
National Air and Space Museum
Release date
 1996
Running time
 36 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Cosmic Voyage is a 1996 short documentary film produced in the IMAX format, directed by Bayley Silleck, produced by Jeffrey Marvin, and narrated by Morgan Freeman. The film was presented by the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum,[1] and played in IMAX theaters worldwide. The film is available in the DVD format.

Synopsis

Cosmic Voyage has a format similar to Eva Szasz's Cosmic Zoom, and Charles and Ray Eames's classic Powers of Ten educational video. All were based on the 1957 book Cosmic View by Dutch educator Kees Boeke. Cosmic Voyage takes viewers on a journey through forty-two orders of magnitude, beginning at a celebration in Venice, Italy slowly zooming out into the edge of the observable universe. Then the view descends back to earth, and later zooms in upon a raindrop on a leaf on a hoop used in the celebration mentioned earlier, down to the level of subatomic particles (quarks).

In addition, the film offers some brief insight on the Big Bang theory, black holes, and the development of our Solar System. It also simulates a journey through Fermilab's Tevatron particle accelerator in Chicago, where an atom collision is depicted.

Awards

Cosmic Voyage was nominated for a 1997 Academy Award under the category of Best Documentary Short Subject.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "IMAX Audiences Embark on a Cosmic Voyage Through Time and Space". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. June 24, 1996. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  2. ↑ "Movies: Cosmic Voyage (1996)". New York Times. April 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
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