This documentary about the Internet start-up phenomenon is produced by cinema verité pioneer D.A. Pennebaker, and directed by Chris Hedgus and Jehane Noujaim. STARTUP.COM follows two New Yorkers who quit their day jobs to focus on their entrepreneurial online business, govWorks.com. As the two men receive venture capital, grow the business, and then watch it fall apart, the film intersperses interviews with Internet industry leaders.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies
Production Notes
Director of Photography
Jehane Noujaim: Director, STARTUP.COM (2001)
Executive Producer
Chris Hegedus: EDITOR/FILMMAKER
Executive Producer
Frazer Pennebaker: Executive Film Producer, STARTUP.COM (2001)
Executive Producer
Jehane Noujaim: Director, STARTUP.COM (2001)
Featured
Tim Herman: Featured, STARTUP.COM (2001)
Featured
Kaliel Isaza Tuzman: Featured, STARTUP.COM (2001)
Review 1:
"...A pointed, poignant story of the erosion of a long-time friendship under the stresses of new technology..."
Source: Movieline's Hollywood Life
p.30-1 05/01/2001
Review 2:
"...Eye-opening in its timelines....STARTUP.COM is a revelation..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.55-6 05/18/2001
Review 3:
"...A cautionary tale very well-told..."
Source: USA Today
p.10E 05/11/2001
Review 4:
"...A compelling, sharp-eyed snapshot of an internet Icarus..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.59-60 10/01/2001
Review 5:
"...Here's a film fireball that raises provocative hell about a go-bust economy and delivers more suspense than a tombful of mummies..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.120 06/07/2001
Review 6:
"...STARTUP.COM is as timeless as it is timely....The drama is built-in..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.4 05/18/2001