Movie: Cosmic Clock

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    A mind-twisting time-lapse beginning on a hill just outside town, doing for the concept of time what Charles and Ray Eames's 1968 film The Powers of Ten did for space. One billion years in two minutes.

  • Release Date

    1979-05-03

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    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    English
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