Silicon Cowboys (Special Director's Edition) (Blu-ray)
They risked their future to create ours...
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Blu-ray BD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: November 22, 2016
- Originally Released: 2016
- Label: Film Rise
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Directed by | Jason Cohen |
Entertainment Reviews:
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The unacknowledged irony is that [Halt and Catch Fire] didn't really find its voice until it moved away from the Compaq story in its second season, but Silicon Cowboys tells the true story very well indeed.
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SF Weekly
The spunk of the young bucks from Houston entertains, and the slick telling is largely upbeat entertainment.
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Newcity
Cohen solicits commentary from a range of tech entrepreneurs and aficionados (including Chris Cantwell, creator of Halt and Catch Fire); their excitement is contagious, fueling a dramatic rise-and-fall business tale.
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Chicago Reader
A fascinating account of maverick innovators during the Wild West era of personal computing.
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Variety
Silicon Cowboys is a fun watch but it struggles to find conflict other than their battle with IBM (which Compaq more or less won) and the ouster of one executive (about which we could have learned a little bit more).
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Austin American-Statesman
Rating: 3/4 --
Although we know the outcome, "Silicon Cowboys" feels like a suspense thriller.
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San Francisco Chronicle
A fast-paced and lucid time capsule, thanks to the kitschy vintage ads, archival footage, and news clips.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Launched in 1982 by three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to build a portable PC to take on IBM, the world's most powerful tech company. Many had tried cloning the industry leader's code, only to be trounced by IBM and its high-priced lawyers. Silicon Cowboys explores the remarkable David vs. Goliath rise, and eventual demise, of Compaq, an unlikely upstart that altered the future of computing and helped shape the world as we know it today.
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- UPC: 191091212394
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