Description |
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC, Dolby digital, stereo. |
Performer |
Ray Kurzweil, Stevie Wonder, William Shatner. |
Credits |
Art direction by John Cranston ; original music by Philip Glass ; edited by Meg Ramsay and Doobie White ; director of photography, Shawn Dufraine. |
Summary |
Transcendent Man explores the theories of inventor, futurist, and best selling author Ray Kurzweil (The Singularity Is Near), who predicts that in the not-so-distant future, the science fiction behind The Terminator; Blade Runner; Total Recall; The Matrix; and I Robot will become science fact. The film follows Kurzweil as he journeys the world sharing his mind-bending vision of a future in which we merge with our computers. |
Note |
Bonus features: extended interviews ; deleted scenes ; Tribeca Film Festival Q&A with director Barry Ptolemy and Ray Kurzweil. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Kurzweil, Ray.
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Physiologists -- Biography.
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Futurologists -- Biography.
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Brain -- Evolution.
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Human evolution.
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Technology and civilization.
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Genetics.
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Nanotechnology.
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Robotics.
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Added Author |
Ptolemy, Barry, 1969-
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Ptolemy, Felicia.
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Kurzweil, Ray.
Singularity is near.
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Ptolemaic Productions (Firm)
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New Video Group.
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Added Title |
Life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil |
ISBN |
9781422929865 |
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1422929868 |
Standard No. |
767685245033 |
Music No. |
NNVG245031 Ptolemaic Productions |
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