A brief history of `Time,' the film

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: June 3, 1990 | Copyright information

Here's a brief history of Errol Morris' new film:

The director of the acclaimed documentary "The Thin Blue Line" wanted to make a film based on the true story of the theft of Albert Einstein's brain and approached Steven Spielberg's production company, Amblin Entertainment.

Also talking to Amblin was producer Gordon Freedman, who acquired the rights to physicist Stephen Hawking's best-selling A Brief History of Time. S...

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