Indie Game: The Movie (2012)

A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.

Directors:

Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky

Stars:

Jonathan Blow, Brandon Boyer, Renaud Bédard

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jonathan Blow	...	Himself
Brandon Boyer	...	Himself
Renaud Bédard	...	Himself
Anthony Carboni	...	Himself
Ron Carmel	...	Himself
Chris Dahlen	...	Himself
Phil Fish	...	Himself
Gus Mastrapa	...	Himself
Danielle McMillen	...	Herself
Edmund McMillen	...	Himself
Jamie Refenes	...	Himself
Kim Refenes	...	Herself
Tommy Refenes	...	Himself
Ken Schachter	...	Himself
Jamin Warren	...	Himself

Storyline

A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.

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Plot Keywords:

video game industry | movie in title | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English French

Release Date:

15 September 2012 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

Indie Game: The Movie

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 100,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BlinkWorks Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Much is made in the movie of the protracted development of Fez (2012). The game did eventually get released on April 13, 2012. It received critical praise and is considered a commercial success.

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Goofs

When Tommy is mailing Microsoft, he's using a PC, but the full-screen pictures of the email client are of Apple Mail.

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Quotes

Jonathan Blow: If you don't see a vulnerability in somebody, you're probably not relating with them on a very personal level.

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Crazy Credits

Video previews for a number of indie games are featured during the closing credits. Here are the titles of all the Indie games featured in order of appearance. Warp, Canabalt, Catapult for hire, Antichamber, Overgrowth, Alpha Squad, Caster, Gravity Hook HD, Arena, High flyer Death Defyer, Poidin, Xenonauts

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Connections

Features Fez (2012)

User Reviews

Success is difficult, but there's still an opportunity

Before the end of this movie, I cried, cried twice. I deeply realized that it is never ever easy for an ordinary man to get huge success. But there is still some chance to help you get here only if you are open-minded to yourself and throw yourself into the business totally, work hard, delay gratification, you'll see success beckons to you. To implement that goal, you need to have an extremely clear understanding of yourself, such as what you want most out of life, what you are best in, what things you are really really want to do, what's the goal of your life and so on. Now then you have the direction, the rest of the way is pursuing it, straining all your nerves to it. Don't worry when there's no any joys, no social in your along way, hold on, finally, you'll can't help crying out because you made it.