The Fantastic Mr Feynman

The Fantastic Mr Feynman

60 mins | Documentary | May 12, 2013

Richard Feynman is one of the most iconic, influential and inspiring scientists of the 20th century. He helped design the atomic bomb, solved the mystery of the Challenger Shuttle catastrophe and won a Nobel Prize. Now, 25 years after his death - in his own words and those of his friends and family - this is the story of the most captivating communicator in the history of science.

The Fantastic Mr Feynman

60 mins | Documentary | May 12, 2013

The Fantastic Mr Feynman
Richard Feynman is one of the most iconic, influential and inspiring scientists of the 20th century. He helped design the atomic bomb, solved the mystery of the Challenger Shuttle catastrophe and won a Nobel Prize. Now, 25 years after his death - in his own words and those of his friends and family - this is the story of the most captivating communicator in the history of science.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers BBC Scotland, Science Channel, The Open University
Original title The Fantastic Mr Feynman
Directors Christopher Riley
Writers

Cast

Richard Feynman

as Self (archive footage)

Joan Feynman

as Self - Sister

Freeman Dyson

as Self (archive footage)

Sean Carroll

as Self - Theoretical Physicist, CALTECH

Leonard Mlodinow

as Self - Author of 'Feynman's Rainbow'

Carl Feynman

as Self - Son

Michelle Feynman

as Self - Daughter

Richard Davies

as Self - Physicist and friend

Marcus Chown

as Self - Author and former Feynman student

Jirayr Zorthian

as Self - Artist and friend

Danny Hillis

as Self - Computer designer and friend

Albert Hibbs

as Self - Mathematician and friend (archive footage)

Donald Kutyna

as Self - General, US Airforce 1957-1992

Larry Mulloy

as Self - NASA (archive footage)

Daniela Nardini

as Narrator (voice)