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Antitrust
A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
2001 · Directed by Peter Howitt · 108 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 4 frames
Tagline
Truth can be dangerous...Trust can be deadly.
Plot
Working with his three friends at their new software development company Skullbocks, Stanford graduate Milo Hoffman is recruited by Gary Winston, the CEO of the software corporation NURV. Milo is offered an attractive programming position with a large paycheck, an almost-unrestrained working environment, and extensive creative control over his work. After accepting, Hoffman and his girlfriend, Alice Poulson, move to NURV headquarters in Portland, Oregon.
Despite development of the flagship product (Synapse, a worldwide media distribution network) being well on schedule, Hoffman soon becomes suspicious of the excellent quality source code that Winston personally provides to him, seemingly when needed most, while refusing to divulge the code's origin.
After his best friend and fellow computer programmer, Teddy Chin, is murdered, Hoffman discovers that NURV is stealing the code they need from programmers around the world—including Chin—and then killing them. NURV not only employs an extensive surveillance system to observe and steal code, the company has infiltrated the Justice Department and most mainstream media. Even Hoffman's girlfriend is a plant, an ex-con hired by the company to spy on and manipulate him.
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Crew
- Written by: Howard Franklin
- Cinematography: John Bailey
- Edited by: Zach Staenberg
- Music: Don Davis
- Production design: Catherine Hardwicke
- Produced by: Nick Wechsler, David Nicksay, Keith Addis
Cast
- Ryan Phillippe as Milo Hoffman
- Rachael Leigh Cook as Lisa Calighan
- Tim Robbins as Gary Winston
- Claire Forlani as Alice Poulson
- Richard Roundtree as Lyle Barton
- Tygh Runyan as Larry Banks
- Ned Bellamy as Phil Grimes
- Tyler Labine as Redmond Schmeichel
- Yee Jee Tso as Teddy Chin
- Nate Dushku as Brian Bissel
Production
- Country: Canada, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Industry Entertainment Partners, Epsilon Motion Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Box office: $18,200,000
- Themes: computer, hacker, technology, minidisc, garage, male friendship, microchip, friendship bracelet, business start-up, computer expert
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