Video Games: The Movie (2014)

Learn how video games are made, marketed, and consumed by looking back at gaming history and culture through the eyes of game developers, publishers, and consumers.

Director:

Jeremy Snead

Writer:

Jeremy Snead

Stars:

Sean Astin, Al Alcorn, Peter Armstrong

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Astin	...	Narrator (voice)
Al Alcorn	...	Self
Peter Armstrong	...	Self
Cliff Bleszinski	...	Self
Zach Braff	...	Self
Jim Brown	...	Self
Nolan Bushnell	...	Self
Louis Castle	...	Self
Wil Wheaton	...	Self
Chloe Dykstra	...	Self
Donald Faison	...	Self
Brian Fargo	...	Self
Ed Fries	...	Self
Chris Hardwick	...	Self
David Crane	...	Self

Storyline

Learn how video games are made, marketed, and consumed by looking back at gaming history and culture through the eyes of game developers, publishers, and consumers.

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Genres:

Documentary | Animation | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Upon meeting Director Jeremy Snead before his filmed interview, Sean Astin became enamored with the story of the film and how independent the production truly was. Within a few weeks Sean went from being 1 of many interviews within the film to the film's Narrator.

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Connections

Features Super Mario 64 (1996)

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Soundtracks

Neo Soul Loop
Performed by Ventsislav

User Reviews

Okay- But wasted opportunity

First, the good news. If you enjoy your Video Game history books & documentaries, you will more than likely enjoy this. It's a fun overview of gaming, with plenty of enjoyable parts to make you nostalgic and entertained, done in that very slick, polished US Hollywood kind of way. A few celebrities pop through and talk about the effect gaming has had on their lives as well. Yes, I enjoyed it, and will purchase the DVD when it comes out next month as I love documentaries on the gaming industry. Now the bad news. It's very lightweight. It omits far too much to be considered a decent documentary on gaming history- And the earlier Documentary "Game Invasion"- which still made too many omissions- is still superior in that regard of better fuller coverage of the industry. If you are looking for a fun overview of gaming to watch, and can forgive many, MANY, omissions- and can forgive a bit of industry Cheerleading- you will still be entertained by this. Perhaps adding an extra 30-45mins and adding more detail may have sorted some of the issues. I think the reason there are quite a few exceptionally poor reviews for this, is because many feel this movie could have and should have been so much more, was hyped to be more, so left many disappointed. We still wait for the definitive Video Game History documentary. The recently released 'From Bedrooms to Billions' is a brilliant example of how it can be done- Which covers the early UK gaming industry. We need a similar thing done for the industry in general.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Page Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Video Games: The Movie

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,759, 20 July 2014

Gross USA:

$23,043

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$23,043

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mediajuice Studios, The Creative Group PR

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1