Stanford grad Milo Hoffman (Ryan Phillippe) and his equally talented friend, Teddy (Yee Jee Tso), intend to form an Internet start-up and take the world by storm. That all changes when Milo is courted by deceptively friendly software magnate Gary Winston (Tim Robbins), the immensely wealthy head of world-dominating, Portland-based company, NURV. Milo takes the bait, leaving Teddy behind. Arriving in Portland to a NURV-provided house and car, with his girlfriend (Claire Forlani) in tow, Milo finds himself working on Winston's masterplan--software that will link the world's communications devices together. But it's not long before Milo begins to uncover disturbing evidence of Winston's unethical--and brutal--business tactics. When Winston's web of violence touches Milo's world, he joins forces with fellow NURV programmer, Lisa (Rachael Leigh Cook), and sets out to tell the world of Winston's reprehensible practices.
Though obviously influenced by the practices of a certain Pacific Northwest-based software empire and its recognizable leader, Howard Franklin's (THE NAME OF THE ROSE) script is a snappy popcorn-muncher that manages to generate suspense even though it realizes its own excesses. Robbins, as evil geek Gary Winston, is obviously having a good time. ANTITRUST takes the conventions of the conspiracy film and adds a candy-colored millennial sheen.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - French
Dolby Digital Stereo - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Peter Howitt - Director, Zach Staenberg - Editor
Documentary - 1. ANTITRUST: CRACKING THE CODE
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Scenes - 1. Opening
Alternate Ending
Music Video - 1. Everclear - WHEN IT ALL GOES WRONG
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Director of Photography
John Bailey: American Director Of Photography/Director
Review 1:
"...Clever and likable..."
Source: New York Times
p.E19 01/12/2001
Review 2:
"...Robbins offers a delightfully spot-on Gates caricature....[The] tech values are appropriately slick..."
Source: Variety
p.49-50 01/15/2001
Review 3:
"...Robbins has a good time playing the boyish devil..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.62 01/19/2001
Review 4:
"...Robbins dominates the proceedings....[He gives an] enjoyable impersonation..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.38 04/01/2001
Review 5:
"...Crisply directed....Philippe does come through impressively..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F2 01/12/2001