Cosmos

TV Mini Series
1980
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1h

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Science & Technology Documentary Documentary

Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.

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IMDb RATING

9.3/10

48K

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Top rated TV #11

Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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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.

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.

Alternate versions
For video release in the mid-1980s, an additional episode of this series was created, consisting of a one-on-one interview between Carl Sagan and media mogul Ted Turner, discussing the themes of the series.

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Featured in Television: The Promise of Television (1988)

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Carl Sagan's great gift is now our own...

Sagan. Who else could reveal the Universe to us so eloquently? Who else could make those humans who scarcely even notice the world around them gaze up at the skies with wonder? And all the while, he was never condescending... He awakened so many ordinary minds--he made us all acolytes to the extraordinary. Amazingly, drew us in to his world, even those of us who felt that true Science was beyond their grasp. His love of the subject was always apparent, and although his knowledge was overwhelming, his presentation of it never was.

I was in school when Cosmos was first broadcast...for me and for many people I know Cosmos was the first time the Universe came to life. I recommend it for anyone of virtually any age...Be enthralled by what's within and without...

Also recommended: The Connections Series (1, 2 and 3) and the Day the Universe Changed (with James Burke)...Also, A Brief History of Time.