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The Resource Galileo's battle for the heavens [videorecording]/

Statement of responsibility: a Nova production by Green Umbrella, Ltd for WGBH/Boston in association with Channel 4 ; written and produced by David Axelrod ; directed by Peter Jones

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Summary: Dramatization of Galileo Galilei's life, including his scientific achievements and his defense of his controversial theory that the earth revolves around the sun. Also includes how letters from his illegitimate daughter, Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, have shed new light on Galileo's discoveries and his trial for heresy

Credits note: Director of photography, Brian McDairmant ; editor, Eve Gage ; music, Mark Adler ; animation, Burrell Durrant Hifle ; costumes, Michael Burdle

Date time place: Originally broadcast on the public television series Nova on October 28, 2002

Language note: Closed-captioned; optional audio descriptions for the visually impaired

PerformerNote: Narrator, Liev Schreiber ; cast, Simon Callow (Galileo), Laura Nardi (Maria Celeste), John Fraser (the Inquisitor), Alexa Jargo (voice of Maria Celeste), Cornelius Garret (voices of the Ambassador and Castelli)

Series statement: Genius: the science of Einstein, Newton, Darwin and Galileo

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