Encyclopedia > Six Degrees of Separation

  Article Content

Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation is a 1993 film based on the John Guare[?] play and starring Will Smith. It explores the premise that everyone in the world is connected to everyone else in the world by a chain of only 6 acquaintances (see Small World Phenomenon).

The plot of the movie was inspired by the real-life story of David Hampton, a con man who managed to convince a number people in the 1980s that he was the son of actor Sidney Poitier. After the film became a financial success, Hampton unsuccessfully sued for a share of the profits.

The phrase six degrees of separation may be related to the aeronautical, statistics and physics terms six degrees of freedom.

See also: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (game)



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Thomas a Kempis

... are statements, not arguments, and are pitched in the highest key of Christian experience. It was meant for monastics and recluses. Behind and within all its ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 30.2 ms