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A Glorious Accident
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A Glorious Accident

Jan 1, 1993
12h 30m
★ 8.0

Overview

One of the most interesting shows ever aired on public television was Wim Kayzer's interviews with six leading intellectuals who represented both the mainstream academic (Stephen J. Gould, Freeman Dyson and Stephen Toulmin) and more or less, as it were, "eccentric" outside the box groundbreaking intellectuals (Oliver Sacks and Rupert Sheldrake). Kayzer interviews each of them (and philosopher Daniel Dennett) individually and then has the entire group sit in a kind of round-table seminar that he moderates and lets the ideas fly.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Thirteen
VPRO

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Cast

Daniel C. Dennett

Daniel C. Dennett

Freeman Dyson

Freeman Dyson

Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould

Wim Kayzer

Wim Kayzer

Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks

Rupert Sheldrake

Rupert Sheldrake

Stephen Toulmin

Stephen Toulmin

George Page

George Page