Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
Original title: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
Duration: 59’
Producer: Louise Lockwood
Director: Louise Lockwood
Participant: Louise Lockwood
Company: BBC Scotland
Scientific field: Quantum Mechanics
Year: 2007
Country: UK
This documentary tells a story of a rock star and a quantum mechanic. Mark Oliver Everett,
better known as E, is the lead singer of US cult band the Eels. What most of his fans don’t
know is that Mark’s father, Hug Everett III, was one of America’s top quantum physicists. Fifty
years ago, in 1957, Hugh Everett came up with a revolutionary theory that predicts the
existence of Parallel Universes. The idea quickly seeped into popular culture but only recently
has it been accepted by mainstream physicists. However, Mark was estranged from his father
- Hugh died when Mark was just 19 - and knows little about his father’s early life and virtually
nothing about his controversial theory.
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives 
