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Series Cast
| Carl Sagan | ... |
Self - Host
(13 episodes, 1980)
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| Jaromír Hanzlík | ... |
Johannes Kepler
(5 episodes, 1980)
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| Jonathan Fahn | ... |
Young Champollion
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(4 episodes, 1980)
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Jean Charney | ... |
Betty Hill
(3 episodes, 1980)
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Cecilia White | ... |
Tinget Indian
(3 episodes, 1980)
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Bob Hevelone | ... |
Fourier
(3 episodes, 1980)
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Bill Grant | ... |
Barney Hill
(3 episodes, 1980)
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Linda Morabito | ... |
Self - Voyager Navigation Team
(3 episodes, 1980)
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Victor C. John | ... |
Tinget Indian
(3 episodes, 1980)
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Arthur 'Lonne' Lane | ... |
Self - Deputy Project Scientist
(3 episodes, 1980)
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Larry Soderblom | ... |
Self - Voyager Imaging Team
(3 episodes, 1980)
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Alan Belod | ... |
Jean-Francois Champollion
(3 episodes, 1980)
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Ronald A. Hilbert | ... |
Tinget Indian
(3 episodes, 1980)
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| Dana Hlavácová | ... |
Johannes Kepler's wife
(uncredited)
(1 episode, 1980)
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| Josef Vinklár | ... |
Tycho Brahe
(uncredited)
(1 episode, 1980)
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Production Companies
- KCET
- Carl Sagan Productions
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (in association with)
- Polytel International (in association with)
Distributors
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1980) (United States) (tv)
- Bright Vision Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Educ.ar (2009) (Argentina) (tv)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (1983) (West Germany) (tv)
Special Effects
- Animagraphics
- Cartoon Kitchen
- Cinema Research
- Computer Graphics Research Group, Ohio State University (computer animation)
- Evans and Sutherland (computer animation)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (computer animation)
- Lumeni Productions
- Magicam
- Modern Film Effects
- Motion Pictures (MPI)
- NASA Ames Research Center (computer animation)
- New Genesis Productions
- Opticam
- Precision Film Group
- Universal Hartland
- Wexler Film Productions (computer animation)
Other Companies
- Animagraphics (stills camera)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan is host and narrator of this 13-hour series that originally aired on Public Broadcasting Stations in the United States. Dr. Sagan describes the universe in a way that appeals to a mass audience, by using Earth as a reference point, by speaking in terms intelligible to non-scientific people, by relating the exploration of space to that of the Earth by pioneers of old, and by citing such Earth legends as the Library of Alexandria as metaphors for space-related future events. Among Dr. Sagan's favorite topics are the origins of life, the search for life on Mars, the infernal composition of the atmosphere of Venus and a warning about a similar effect taking place on Earth due to global pollution and the "greenhouse effect", the lives of stars, interstellar travel and the effects of attaining the speed of light, the danger of mankind technologically self-destructing, and the search, using radio technology, for intelligent life in deep space.
Written by Kevin McCorry |
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Box Office
| Budget | $8,250,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | When Turner Broadcasting bought the rights to release Cosmos on VHS for the 10th anniversary of the PBS series, CNN filmed a 1-hour program, entitled; (Ep 14) Cosmos - Ted Turner Interviews Dr. Sagan, where Ted Turner talks with Carl Sagan about this series. Sagan and Turner discuss the preservation of the Earth, nuclear weapons, the greenhouse effect, and other topics. It's only available as the last tape of the fourteen-tape series and isn't included with the DVD version. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Promise of Television (1988). See more » |
| Quotes |
Carl Sagan:
The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos, to know itself. See more » |