True story of Walter L. Shaw and Walter T. Shaw, father and son, and the Shaw family, a typical American family with reasonable hopes and bright aspirations. The future looked fine for them. Unfortunately life was not to deliver on the promise of good fortune and stability. They would suffer disillusionment with life and the twisting of their dreams into gut-wrenching nightmares.... (Full plot summary below)
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True story of Walter L. Shaw and Walter T. Shaw, father and son, and the Shaw family, a typical American family with reasonable hopes and bright aspirations. The future looked fine for them. Unfortunately life was not to deliver on the promise of good fortune and stability. They would suffer disillusionment with life and the twisting of their dreams into gut-wrenching nightmares.
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| Village VoiceErnest HardyOne marvel of the film is how it conveys so much information so quickly, and with such accessibility. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMarquette, aided by Frank Langella's precise narration, has crafted an engrossing and disturbing tribute. |
| Slant MagazineBill GoodykoontzIt’s a mix of good films that could have been a single outstanding one. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineA provocative side trip into Americana, as fascinating as it is tendentious. |
| Shockya.comBrent SimonA movie that underscores that the winners and losers of some battles of capitalism aren't always confined to a single generation; its shadows are long ones. |
| The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThis promisingly tragic tale is sunk by cartloads of context and an overbearing, slanted narration. |
| User Reviewellis mA gifted man who raged against the machine. The original hacker. Rest in peace. |
| User ReviewJames HInteresting story, but then it gets polemical on its soapbox. |
| User ReviewGlenn MInteresting subjects, shitty execution. How this gets release at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema for a minute let alone a week is beyond me. Youtube would be more sufficient. |
| User ReviewmppPainful. Nothing worse than a one-sided, sensationalized documentary...except when narrated by the most melodramatic voice ever. And while I am no fan of the power that big business and $ hold in the US, work product created while an employee of a company is pretty standard. The tradeoff is a comfortable salary and zero risk while losing the chance at big money should the IP become profitable. On the other side, companies are willing to eat the salaries of R&D employees whose research leads to little or no profit, with the idea that others' will generate enough profit to make up the loss and then some. |
