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  Bourne, JR
Cook, Rachael Leigh
  Cunningham, Colin
Forlani, Claire
  Phillippe, Ryan
Robbins, Tim


fr:Antitrust Antimonopoly occurs as 2001 film directed by Peter Howitt and written by Howard Franklin. A cast involved Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani, Tim Robbins, Douglas McFerran, Richard Roundtree, Tygh Runyan, and Yee Jee Tso.

A film occurs as thriller portraying immature ideal programmers working at startup companies and a large closed source company (NURV) which offers money, a playful working environment & originative opportunites to gifted coder whenever it is unforced to function for the babies. A magnetic CEO of NURV seems initially to exist as dependable natured, however sooner or later a hero of a story starts to unravel the terrible hidden truth of NURV's operation.

Trivia
Tim Robbins' CEO character appears to become according to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, while at a equivalent instance exhibiting a select few of the trademark characteristics of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Sun CEO Scott McNealy makes a cameo appearance. Miguel de Icaza makes a cameo appearence. Behind a scenes, Miguel assisted inside designing a computer screenshots (within GNOME) used in the flick. A bit of look at similaries between a plot of a film & the conspiracy theories involving the dying of Dutch software program creator Jan Sloot. Among the several computer programmers NURV spied in occurs as individual wearing a noticeable red hat. This is an perceptible information to Red Hat in the computer software industry.

Sequel Rumors
Ever since Sony acquired MGM, there develop been rumour stating that a sequel to Antitrust is manufactured (despite a fact that the film failed & misplaced very much of money). Caring a heated contention between Sony & Microsoft, numbers of population locate it natural that an Antimonopoly sequel is inevitable.

Occasionally rumour potentially stated that the sequel is placed Ogdoad years fallowing a original wherewithin Gary Winstin is freed from either prisin (on a legal triviality), link to to NURV, rebuild his company &, by owning his intention on globe domination, sharply compete non sole in the software system business however as well in computer game (an conspicuous information to Microsoft & its game consoles Xbox & Xbox 360) & digital music (imaginable information to Apple's todays domination sustaining iPod).

No confirmation still whenever the rumour come confessedly or even non, & stars Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cooke & Tim Robbins and then far did non express interest within a sequel to Antitrust.

Anti Trust
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PopMatters - Antitrust
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Allwatchers Review - Antitrust
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Ninth Symphony Films: Antitrust
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IMDb: Anti-Trust (2001)
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