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The Big Bang

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NR,1hr 21min
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May 11, 1990
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Synopsis: In this documentary, director and screenwriter James Toback asks a wildly divergent group of people to ponder some basic philosophical questions for his camera -- How did the world begin? How did we get here? What's the purpose of life? What do we love, what do we fear, and how would we spend the rest of our lives if we could choose the circumstances ourselves? Toback's interview subjects range from a pair of ten-year-olds, a nun, a medical school student, and a holocaust survivor to basketball star ... Full Synopsis
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Director James Toback has made a career out of being too clever to be accessible to more than a cult audience and being more provocative than profound in dealing with large issues of sex, crime, and race in films like Fingers, Two Girls and a Guy, and Black and White. His most satisfying film displays none of his shortcomings, though it sets out to do directly what his other films have tried to approach ... Full Review
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