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The film follows [[Pat de Hilster]] as she visits | The film follows [[Pat de Hilster]] as she visits prominent scientists who work outside mainstream science. She talks to GPS expert [[Ron Hatch]], a scientist at Stanford Linear Accelerator, a mathematician from MIT, and a former NASA scientist - all who have things to say about the validity of Einstein's [[special relativity|special]] and [[general relativity]]. | ||
Also in the film scientist and engineer [[Robert de Hilster]] along with mechanical engineer [[Geoff Hunter]] build an experiment to find out | Also in the film scientist and engineer [[Robert de Hilster]] along with mechanical engineer [[Geoff Hunter]] build an experiment to find out if gravity is a particle as described by physicist Dr. [[Ricardo Carezani]]. The family goes through several crisis and get through them, eventually presenting their findings at a dissident science conference at the University of Connecticut. | ||
Artist and independent researcher [[Michael R Evans]] also appears briefly in the film. | |||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
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 theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | David de Hilster |
| Produced by | David de Hilster, Andrea Tucker, Nick Tamburri; Ron Hatch (executive producer) |
| Written by | David de Hilster, Andrea Tucker, Nick Tamburri |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | David de Hilster |
| Music by | Michael Ruggieri |
| Cinematography | David de Hilster |
| Edited by | David de Hilster, Jack Sherman, Andrea Tucker, Nick Tamburri |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $170,000 |
A documentary film about a suburban housewife and her family who take on Einstein and his theory of relativity. Director and son David de Hilster takes his mother Pat de Hilster on a journey to meet scientists working outside the mainstream who have shown Einstein's theory to be wrong. Scientist Robert de Hilster and Geoff Hunter along with David de Hilster work on an experiment by Dr. Ricardo Carezani to try and find out if gravity is caused by a particle. On the way, several miracles happen with the family - all during the 100th anniversary of Einstein's "miracle" year.
Synopsis
The film follows Pat de Hilster as she visits prominent scientists who work outside mainstream science. She talks to GPS expert Ron Hatch, a scientist at Stanford Linear Accelerator, a mathematician from MIT, and a former NASA scientist - all who have things to say about the validity of Einstein's special and general relativity.
Also in the film scientist and engineer Robert de Hilster along with mechanical engineer Geoff Hunter build an experiment to find out if gravity is a particle as described by physicist Dr. Ricardo Carezani. The family goes through several crisis and get through them, eventually presenting their findings at a dissident science conference at the University of Connecticut.
Artist and independent researcher Michael R Evans also appears briefly in the film.
Production
The film project was started by director David de Hilster in hopes on getting the work of thousands of scientists around the world who work outside mainstream science and who have been for decades challenging the big bang, relativity, and plate tectonics theory. Funds were raised by donations from scientists within the dissident community and equipment was bought in 2005. Production ran from 2005 to 2011 and took two years of post production work.
The original music was written by Michael Ruggieri including a theme song an music video.
Theatrical Release
The documentary was submitted to over 80 festivals world-wide and although it made several it into the finals, it was only screened once. Currently, the film can be seen ondemand on vimeo.
World Premier
The world premier took place at the Long Beach Arts Theater on December 7, 2013.
Film Festival Awards
Einstein Wrong won the best documentary award at the SciFlix film festival in Boca Raton Florida in 2015.
Rejection of the Film
Director David de Hilster has described the wholesale rejection of the film not because of its artistic merit, but because as he believes, film festivals "gatekeepers" are intellectual who often worship Einstein and the idea that he could be wrong is quickly labeled as crackpot. Layman audiences have enjoyed the film at screenings and online and are not put off by the subject.