The Principle (2014)
"The Principle" brings to light astonishing new scientific observations challenging the Copernican Principle; the foundational assumption underlying the modern scientific world view. The idea that the Earth occupies no special or favored position in the cosmos has launched the last two scientific revolutions - the Copernican Revolution and Relativity - and, as Lawrence Krauss has said, we could be on the verge of a third, with "Copernicus coming back to haunt us". Interviews with leading cosmologists are interspersed with the views of dissidents and mavericks, bringing into sharp focus the challenges and implications not only for cosmology, but for our cultural and religious view of reality.
Director: Katheryne Thomas
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Kate Mulgrew as Narrator |
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Michio Kaku as Himself |
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Lawrence Krauss as Himself |
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Charissa Saverio as Hologram |
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Julian Barbour as Himself |
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Robert J. Bennett as Himself |
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John Byl as Himself |
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Bernard J. Carr as Himself |
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George F.R. Ellis as Himself |
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John Hartnett as Himself |
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Ron Hatch as Himself |
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Martin Selbrede as Himself |
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Robert Sungenis as Himself |
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Max Tegmark as Himself |
| Directing | Katheryne Thomas | Director |
| Production | Michel Windt | Production Office Coordinator |
| Art | Anne-Sophie Bertrand | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Catherine Kent | Sound |
| Production | Kathey Levitt | Researcher |
| Editing | Bruce Goodman | Colorist |
| Camera | Adam Cohen | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Robert Schajer | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Max Tegmark | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Sherry Sly | Transcriptions |
| Visual Effects | Arnaud Watteau | Visual Effects |
| Editing | Jane Lawalata | Assistant Editor |
| Visual Effects | Sandrine Lurde | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Rodrigo Galcan | Sound Engineer |
| Crew | Jeff Foy | Legal Services |
| Sound | Angela Bennett | Sound |
| Crew | Mark Ritchardson | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Richard Robson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Writing | Rick DeLano | Writer |
| Editing | Joel Marsden | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brandy Buston | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | KT Kent | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Robert Sungenis | Executive Producer |
| Art | Aton Lerin | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Richard Robson | Music Editor |
| Camera | Perry Katz | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Mark Larranaga | Visual Effects |
| Editing | Katheryne Thomas | Editor |
| Art | Celia Perpoil | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Martyn Stofkooper | Graphic Designer |
| Crew | Pierre Buffin | Special Effects |
| Camera | Brian C. Weed | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Celia Perpoil | Visual Effects |
| Production | Brian W. Oberholzer | Associate Producer |
| Production | Richard K. Delano | Producer |
| Visual Effects | DeJuan McCoy | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Jon Morris | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Kristina Prilukova | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | KT Kent | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Amarakvati Murphy Ly | Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Zachary Kinney | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Jes | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Amanda Thomas | Production Accountant |
| Production | Rebecca Hawkins | Production Assistant |
| Production | Sequoia Sierra | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kendrick Osorio | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Camera | Anthony Pietromonaco | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Martyn Stofkooper | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Ray Soldiuk | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Joshua Young | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Maxwell Chamberlin | Assistant Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Liana Rosenbberg | Sound |
| Art | Sandrine Lurde | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Arnaud Watteau | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Hero Delano | Sound Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Aton Lerin | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Dominique Vidal | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Andria Vivarelli | Sound |
| Production | Anthony Pietromonaco | Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Anne-Sophie Bertrand | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Chris Richardson | Sound |
| Production | Martin J. Luttkus | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Sarah Hicks | Transcriptions |