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Startup.com

  • 20012001
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  • 1h 47m
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7.1/10
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Startup.com (2001)
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  • Documentary
Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.Traces the birth and failure of new media company govWorks.com.
IMDb RATING
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  • Directors
    • Chris Hegedus
    • Jehane Noujaim
  • Stars
    • Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
    • Tom Herman
    • Kenneth Austin
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Chris Hegedus
    • Jehane Noujaim
  • Stars
    • Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
    • Tom Herman
    • Kenneth Austin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 67User reviews
    • 56Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 6 nominations

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    With millions of dollars at stake, Kaleil Isaza Tuzman wrestles with the growing pains of a new business and friendship in the fickle Internet community in STARTUP.COM
    CEO Kaleil Isaza Tuzman speaks on CNN about his new company and its $50 million worth in STARTUP.COM
    Tom Herman struggles with a conflict that could endanger the company, his job and his lifelong friendship with partner Kaleil Isaza Tuzman in STARTUP.COM
    Kaleil Isaza Tuzman prepares his team for the inevitable hardships they will face as they enter a highly competitive market in STARTUP.COM
    Partners Tom Herman and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, receive a $17 million offer from a venture capital firm that they must sign that day, without leaving the office and without their lawyer in STARTUP.COM.
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    Top cast

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    Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
    Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
    • Selfas Self
    Tom Herman
    Tom Herman
    • Selfas Self
    Kenneth Austin
    • Selfas Self
    Tricia Burke
    • Selfas Self
    Roy Burston
    • Selfas Self
    David Camp
    • Selfas Self
    Dora Glottman
    • Selfas Self
    Julian Herbstein
    • Selfas Self
    Christina Ortez
    • Selfas Self
    Jonathan Agus
    • Selfas Self
    • (as Jonathan Agus)
    Chieh Cheung
    • Selfas Self
    Sean Coar
    • Selfas Self
    Ambika Conroy
    • Selfas Self
    Patrick Cromer
    • Selfas Self
    Jerry Greenberg
    • Selfas Self
    Richard Herman
    • Selfas Self
    Susan Herman
    • Selfas Self
    Tia Herman
    • Selfas Self
    • Directors
      • Chris Hegedus
      • Jehane Noujaim
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    • Trivia
      Jehane Noujaim, the videographer and producer, began the project when she was the roommate of the documentary's principal character, Kaleil Tuzman. She was previously a producer at MTV.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Moulin Rouge!/Shrek/The Man Who Cried (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      Remember
      Written by Nicolas Godin, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, David Whitaker

      Performed by Air

    User reviews67

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Great movie, but you either love it or are confused by it
    I myself worked in one of the ubiquitous .com's in the late 90's and this movie is frightening realistic, from the long hours and technical glitches right down to the embarrassingly lame cheers.

    I read on the web the filmmakers set out to document their friends impending wealth and business fortune with this documentary, but what they got was the complete opposite. I think that speaks volumes for expectations during this era.

    I feel like some of the other IMDb reviews are off the mark. Yes, the movie is sometimes hard to follow. But it was shot in the Cinéma-vérité genre and that is to be expected. It is an uncompromising real life look, and it is up to the viewer to decipher; sometimes this works sometimes not. Some previous reviews wondered how the company folded. Honestly its a movie about an internet company, why do you think it failed? Having said this, I think more could have been shown of why Tom got the axe and the love relationships of Kaliel could have been better developed.

    According to the DVD the producers cut some realistic (and boringly technical) scenes to focus more on the relationship between Tom and Kaleil. This is where they succeeded. They are trying to tell the story of the company downfall through the interplay of these two characters. It is fascinating because it is real. The most compelling part is the coorelation between their relationship eroding as does the company. Viewed from that point of view this movie is really not a documentary. Nevertheless it is entertaining and gripping. What amazed me was the unfettered greed and their enormous hubris which prevented them from acknowledge their role in this sinking ship.
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    • Jan 13, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site (Spain)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Стартап.ком
    • Filming locations
      • Highland Capital Partners - Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Noujaim Films
      • Pennebaker Hegedus Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,283,356
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $16,118
      • May 13, 2001
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,830,008
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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