BlackBerry
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Overview
The "true story" of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone, BlackBerry is a whirlwind ride through a ruthlessly competitive Silicon Valley at breakneck speeds.
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Review
The movie is about the rise and fall of BlackBerry, the first smartphone in history—from the birth of BlackBerry, when a Canadian start-up company realized the idea of making and manufacturing smartphones, the rise to fame during the brief period when BlackBerry dominated the world with its market share of 45%, to its disappearance. Although based on a true story and dealing with severe ups and downs for a few years, the filmmaker's outstanding choices and talent led the film to focus more on personal relationships and friendship rather than being a biographical movie. Two friends who started a business together make entirely different choices facing future possibilities, as we probably heard from a realistic fable. The film also asks what constitutes core values of life when a huge success can quickly turn into an equally colossal failure. The two friends dreamed of changing the world. In the end, it was the world that changed them. (Sung MOON)
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Credit
- DirectorMatt JOHNSON
- ProducerVarious
- ScreenplayMatt JOHNSON, Matthew MILLER
- CinematographyJared RAAB
- GafferCheska APPAVE
- Production DesignAdam BELANGER
- MusicJay MCCARROL
- EditorCurt LOBB
- CastJay BARUCHEL, Glen HOWERTON, Matt JOHNSON, Kelly VAN DER BURG
Film Source
United International Pictures Limited (Paramount)⎜evie.korzec@parkcircus.com
Director
Matt JOHNSON
Born in Toronto, Canada, 1985. He is an actor and director, known for Operation Avalanche (2016), The Dirties (2013), and BlackBerry (2023).
