Halt and Catch Fire 

Set in the 1980s, this series dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths ... See full summary »

Creators:

Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers

Stars:

Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Lee Pace	...	Joe MacMillan 40 episodes, 2014-2017
Scoot McNairy	...	Gordon Clark / ... 40 episodes, 2014-2017
Mackenzie Davis	...	Cameron Howe / ... 40 episodes, 2014-2017
Kerry Bishé	...	Donna Clark / ... 40 episodes, 2014-2017
Toby Huss	...	John Bosworth 40 episodes, 2014-2017
August Emerson	...	Malcolm Levitan 19 episodes, 2014-2016
Alana Cavanaugh	...	Haley Clark 19 episodes, 2014-2016
Morgan Hinkleman	...	Joanie Clark / ... 19 episodes, 2014-2017
Annabeth Gish	...	Diane Gould 17 episodes, 2016-2017
Nick Pupo	...	Carl 17 episodes, 2015-2016
Cooper Andrews	...	Yo-Yo Engberk 17 episodes, 2014-2016

Storyline

Set in the 1980s, this series dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie.

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Plot Keywords:

1980s | computer | family relationships | gay interest | technology | 

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Taglines:

Silicon Valley here we come. (Season 3)

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bitka za CTRL

Filming Locations:

Snellville, Georgia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

AMC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Due to the Time Skip at the end of Season 3, Haley and Joanie Clark each had two different actresses. Alana Cavanaugh and Morgan Hinkleman portrayed Haley and Joanie as children respectively in the first 28 episodes while Susanna Skaggs and Kathryn Newton take up the roles as teenagers in the final 12 episodes of the series.

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Connections

Referenced in Supernatural: Halt & Catch Fire (2015)

User Reviews

Give this a chance

From watching just one episode, I'm intrigued enough to watch another. Although I'm hardly a computer specialist, I do admit that I've always been fascinated by the technology. I'm old enough to remember when they were purchased for the workplace and you had to learn commands and operate A & B drives using floppy disks. No internet. Out with the secretaries and IBM selectrics. You had to write your own reports and letters.

One of my favorite books is Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine, which won him all kinds of prizes, about the race to build the dream computer. So far, this show reminds me of that book.

Too early to judge whether this show will work out, but I liked the first episode.