BBS: The Documentary (2005) (V)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Jason Scott Sadofsky

Writer:

Jason Scott Sadofsky (writer)

Release Date:

21 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Cast

Christopher Allen	...	Himself
Cliff Barber	...	Himself
Ted Beatie	...	Himself
Phil Becker	...	Himself
Wayne Bell	...	Himself
Loyd Blankenship	...	The Mentor
Josh Brandt	...	Himself
Brandon Brewer	...	Sid Vicious
Ty Brewer	...	Graphic Violence
Scott Brinker	...	Himself
Timothy Campbell	...	Himself
Cheshire Catalyst	...	Himself
Steve Catmull	...	Himself
Vint Cerf	...	Himself
John Coate	...	Himself
Justin Cohen	...	Himself
Dale Coyner	...	Himself
Ted Decastro	...	Himself
Frank Deignan	...	Himself
Ryan de Laplante	...	Himself
Delchi	...	Himself
Matt Demicco	...	Armitage
Donal	...	Himself
Joseph R. Erlewein	...	Toxictuna / tty7 / n8ouz
Meryl Evans	...	Herself
Bruce Fancher	...	Himself
Robert Fowkes	...	Himself
Steve Garfield	...	Himself
Grandmaster Ratté	...	Himself
David Greenberg	...	Greeny
Eric Greene	...	Himself
Mark Grennan	...	Himself
Bob Hartman	...	Himself
Killa Hertz	...	Himself
Bryan Scott Hill	...	Himself
Jim Howard	...	Himself
Peter Hru	...	Himself
Jed	...	Himself
Tom Jennings	...	Himself
Jeremy Johnson	...	Himself
Pascal Junger	...	Himself
Philip J. Kaplan	...	Pud
Anthony J. Kay	...	Himself
Jeff Keegan	...	Himself
Jake Kouns	...	Zealot (ROC)
Jon Larimore	...	Himself
Frank LaRosa	...	Himself
Ken Larson	...	Himself
Chet Lawrence	...	Himself
James MacFarlane	...	Himself
Skip Mac-Stoker	...	Himself
John Madill	...	Himself
Anne Madison	...	Himself
George Matyaszek	...	Himself
Dave McClure	...	Himself
John Mehrtens	...	Sarge
Julie Mercier	...	Herself
Necromancer	...	Himself
Pete Nelson	...	Himself
Seth Oestreicher	...	The Joker
Daniel O'Leary	...	Himself
Harrison A. Page	...	Himself
Lyndon Payne	...	Himself
Tim Pozar	...	Himself
Steve Punter	...	Himself
Ratphun	...	Himself
Steve Richardson	...	Prefect
Mike Romero	...	Himself
Matt Rowland	...	Himself
Joe Russack	...	Dr. Strangelove
Ari Samson	...	Himself
Shewolf	...	Herself
Jon Shiring	...	Lord Soth / Slothy of iCE
Rick Siegel	...	Himself
Josh Sklar	...	Himself
Nick Sklavounakis	...	Himself
Soylent	...	Himself
Ken Spence	...	Himself
Anthony Stramaglia	...	Epsilon Process
Rob Swindell	...	Himself
Brad Templeton	...	Himself
David W. Terry	...	Himself
Deth Veggie	...	Himself
Frank Vest	...	Himself
Marian Volkman	...	Herself
Victor Volkman	...	Himself
Torray Wallace	...	Himself
Ed Williams	...	Himself
Christian Wirth	...	RaD Man
Peter Zelchenko	...	Himself
Count Zero	...	Himself

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

Bovine Ignition Systems

Trivia:

Jason Scott drove roughly 1,000 miles in a 24 hour period (Denver, Colorado to Salt Lake City, Utah, and back) to record a single interview with two people for an hour and a half.

Great journey through the forgotten BBS community

This movie takes you on a great journey through the forgotten world of the BBS scene. It's eight episodes each bring you through a different aspect of the BBS story. From the early days of the first BBS to the end days when most BBSs went offline. Interesting stories from users and system operators of BBSs long offline. The stories of the early hacker/phreaker/anarchist/cracker scene are among the most colorful tales to come out of this computer culture. Details of how people got together and started massive networks of BBSs is covered. Including how these systems are still in use today in developing countries, as well as a means to circumvent government lock downs on information exchange. These stories are stories that needed to be told and recorded. The people and places involved are quickly becoming forgotten. Without a documentary like this the history would likely be lost forever.