Name that black hole film

February 10, 2006 12:05 PM

Please help me find the name of a weird educational science film I watched in high school. It was about the Big Bang and astrophysics. The action took place aboard a set that was supposed to be some kind of space station, where about three people discussed these issues. At the end, everyone got sucked into a black hole and the film ended abruptly.
posted by johngoren to Science & Nature (5 answers total)

Around what year was this film made? I seem to recall a similar film but it also has some of the same elements as the Disney film The Black Hole.
posted by toomuch at 1:03 PM on February 10, 2006

this guy can help, he may even own a copy.
Disney educational films are usually pretty f***ed up.
posted by TheLibrarian at 1:23 PM on February 10, 2006

You know Skip, TL?

And try archive.org. They have a lot of old educational films.
posted by pinky at 1:43 PM on February 10, 2006

yep. we are good friends. he married me and my first husband (well, only and current husband, but you have to keepem on their toes)
posted by TheLibrarian at 2:05 PM on February 10, 2006

Wow, that's quite a film - especially considering the ending. Most educational films don't have such an abrupt ending.

I would have guessed an episode of Cosmos (which was distributed on film to schools) but you'd probably remember Carl Sagan. Or maybe a Disney educational film that used footage from their feature film "The Black Hole", but I can't find any reference to such a film in my AV database.

I don't have this film, but here's a possible candidate:

Black Holes and Quasars - 1982 - Buz Alexander Productions
Uses an array of special effects and interviews with noted astronomers and physicists to take a simulated voyage through the cosmos to seek out and explore black holes and quasars.

You can email me directly if you can remember more about the film.
posted by avgeeks at 10:52 PM on February 10, 2006