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Startup.com

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Picking up where today's headlines leave off, Startup.com examines the current troubled state of the Internet revolution, in which inflated ideals and dreams of instant wealth have been supplanted by harsh economic realities and broken promises. Graced with sensitive storytelling and a dynamic, intimate cinéma-vérité style, the film also manages to personalize this crisis with intensely private views of the people involved.
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Startup.com is more than just a look at the rise and fall of the new economy. At its center is a friendship being tested to the limit, and that's what makes it worth viewing.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Documentary best for teens interested in business. Rated: 4/5 Dec 28, 2010 Full Review Jason Wood BBC.com Distilled from over 400 hours of filmed material, Startup.com offers continued evidence of the essential nature of the documentary format. Rated: 4/5 Sep 10, 2001 Full Review Richard Schickel TIME Magazine The pain and puzzlement of its principals as things inexorably fall apart is palpable and saddening. Rated: 4/5 Jun 25, 2001 Full Review John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews puts a definitive face on this brief blip in business history Rated: A- Jun 5, 2012 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com A compelling and important document of the 'Net's boom and (still-continuing) bust period. Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 4, 2010 Full Review Cole Smithey Daily Radar ...an impromptu lesson in power, duty, and betrayal that goes well beyond traditional limitations of celluloid documentaries. Rated: B+ Jul 23, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Thomas M The best documentary movie ever made! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/25/22 Full Review Audience Member Is that what we looked like in 1999? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite being a little dates, this is a very good movie. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Full of dramatic irony, backstabbing, and a seemingly destined fall from grace, it has the trappings of a Shakespearean court tragedy. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a great documentary, and from someone's who started businesses and worked with others to start theirs, it was all the more interesting to watch them start their "dot com" from the ground up and learn from their mistakes. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite it being specific to one company, it was a good documentation of the dot com boom and bust. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Chris Hegedus

Director

Jehane Noujaim

Director

Chris Hegedus

Executive Producer

Rebecca Marshall

Associate Producer

Jehane Noujaim

Executive Producer

D.A. Pennebaker

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Startup.com

Partners Tom Herman (II) and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, receive a $17 million offer from a venture capital firm that they must sign that day, without leaving the office and without their lawyer. Kaleil Isaza Tuzman prepares his team for the inevitable hardships they will face as they enter a highly competitive market. With millions of dollars at stake, Kaleil Isaza Tuzman wrestles with the growing pains of a new business and friendship in the fickle Internet community. CEO Kaleil Isaza Tuzman speaks on CNN about his new company and its $50 million worth. Tom Herman (II) struggles with a conflict that could endanger the company, his job and his lifelong friendship with partner Kaleil Isaza Tuzman. View more photos

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Synopsis Picking up where today's headlines leave off, Startup.com examines the current troubled state of the Internet revolution, in which inflated ideals and dreams of instant wealth have been supplanted by harsh economic realities and broken promises. Graced with sensitive storytelling and a dynamic, intimate cinéma-vérité style, the film also manages to personalize this crisis with intensely private views of the people involved.
Director
Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim
Producer
D.A. Pennebaker, Frazer Pennebaker
Distributor
Artisan Entertainment
Production Co
Noujaim Films, Pennebaker-Hegedus Films
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 11, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 12, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.3M
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Surround