Bill Nye: Science Guy

Bill Nye is retiring his kid show act in a bid to become more like his late professor, astronomer Carl Sagan. Sagan dreamed of launching a spacecraft that could revolutionize interplanetary exploration. Bill sets out to accomplish Sagan’s mission, but he is pulled away when he is challenged by evolution and climate change contrarians to defend the scientific consensus. Can Bill show the world why science matters in a culture increasingly indifferent to evidence?

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Credits

Directors:

David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg

Executive Producer:

Mary Rohlich

Producer:

Seth Gordon, Kate McLean, Nick Pampenella

Screenwriter:

David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg

Cinematographer:

David Alvarado

Editor:

Annukka Lilja

Sound Designer:

Peter Albrechtsen

Music:

William Ryan Fritch

Principal Cast:

Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan, Francis Collins, Heather Berlin , Eugenie Scott, Jim White, Michael Mann, Ken Ham, Joe Bastardi

Contact

Distributor:

Liesl Copland
LCopland@wmeentertainment.com

Public Film Contact:

David Alvarado
david@structurefilms.com
david@structurefilms.com

Publicity Contact:

Adam Kersh
adam@brigademarketing.com
8313451960

Sales Agent:

WME, Liesl Copland

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2017
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101 mins