Plot Summary

Errol Morris, a respected American documentary filmmaker, for a long while before this film, maintained a reputation for working outside of the mainstream. His film "The Thin Blue Line" (1988) caused the release on appeal of a man who had been convicted of shooting and killing a Texas policeman. The documentary appeared in several film festivals, including New Directors/New Visions in NYC, and the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Hawking's book, "A Brief History of Time", was on the bestseller lists for 100 weeks. According to Variety, the film allegedly was supported by Steven Spielberg and his production company Amblin Entertainment when Morris first began work on it, but neither Spielberg nor Amblin appear in the final credits. There is no indication of why Spielberg might have dropped the project -- or why Morris might have dropped Spielberg.