The Bit Player (2019)
Who would think of a flaming trumpet?
The Bit Player tells the story of an overlooked genius, Claude Shannon (the "Father of Information Theory"), who revolutionized the world, but never lost his childlike curiosity.
- Date of release
- 2019-05-29
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Mark Levinson
Casting
- John Hutton — Claude Shannon
- Judith Ivey — Betty Shannon
- Kaliswa Brewster — Michelle
- Andrew Pastides — Claude Shannon (young man)
- Olivia Gilliatt — Norma Levor
- V.J. Scarpaci — Claude Shannon (boy)
- Toleeya Napolitano — Young girl neighbor
- Adam Heller — Psychoanalyst
- Cleve Asbury — Bell Labs Engineer
- Mark Lyons — Bell Labs Engineer
- Randall McNeal — Bell Labs Engineer
- Andrew Patrick Nelson — Bell Labs Engineer
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