| Classification |
MOVIE MANW |
| Title |
The man who knew infinity [DVD] / |
| Production & Copyright Details |
Australia Distributed by Icon Film Distribution, ©2016. |
| ©2015 |
| Physical Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (108 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Content type |
two-dimensional moving image |
| Description |
digital optical |
| DVD PAL |
| video file DVD video region 4 |
| Motion picture |
| Note |
English dialogue. [CC] English Captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). |
| Icon : IFS892MW. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015. |
| "Based on a true story"--Container. |
| Based on the novel by the same name by Robert Kanigel, originally published in 1991. |
| Credits Note |
Produced by Joe Thomas, Matthew Brown, Sofia Sondervan, Jon Katz, Edward R. Pressman, Jim Young ; written and directed by Matthew Brown. |
| Performer/Cast Note |
Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Devika Bhise, Toby Jones, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Northam, Kevin R. McNally, Enzo Cilenti. |
| Summary Note |
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy. The pair would go on to become unlikely friends and make up one of history?s most bewildering and productive collaborations. As mathematicians they worked on the most complex problems known to man and much of Ramanujan's work is still relevant in maths and science today. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classificationlassification : PG. |
| Requirements |
DVD video, Dolby digital 5.1, PAL, Region 4, anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1. |
| Subject-Personal Name |
Hardy, G. H.(Godfrey Harold),1877-1947 -- Drama |
| Ramanujan Aiyangar, Srinivasa, -- 1887-1920 -- Drama |
| Subject - Topical Term |
Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Drama |
| Scholars -- India -- Drama |
| Families -- India -- Drama |
| Mathematicians -- India -- Biography -- Drama |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Subject - Genre |
Biographical films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Added Entry - Personal Name |
Brown, Matthew, 1974- film director, film producer, screenwriter. |
| Thomas, Joe film producer. |
| Sondervan, Sofia film producer. |
| Katz, Jon film producer. |
| Pressman, Edward R film producer. |
| Patel, Dev, 1990- actor. |
| Irons, Jeremy, 1948- actor. |
| Bhise, Devika actor. |
| McNally, Kevin, 1956- actor. |
| Fry, Stephen, 1957- actor. |
| Jones, Toby, 1967- actor. |
| Brown, Coby composer. |
| Bond, J. C. film editor. |
| Smith, Larry, (Cinematographer) cinematographer. |
| Kanigel, Robert Man who knew infinity. |
