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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

  • 20192019
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 59m
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7.2/10
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Elizabeth Holmes in The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)
A documentary about the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes.
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The story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company.The story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company.The story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company.
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14K
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    • Alex Gibney
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Alex Gibney(voice)
    • Elizabeth Holmes(archive footage)
    • Dan Ariely
    • Alex Gibney
    • Alex Gibney
  • Stars
    • Alex Gibney(voice)
    • Elizabeth Holmes(archive footage)
    • Dan Ariely
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 75User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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    Alex Gibney
    Alex Gibney
    • Self - Interviewer
    • (voice)
    Elizabeth Holmes
    Elizabeth Holmes
    • Self - CEO and Founder of Theranos
    • (archive footage)
    Dan Ariely
    Dan Ariely
    • Self - Behavioral Economist
    Roger Parloff
    Roger Parloff
    • Self - Fortune
    Ken Auletta
    Ken Auletta
    • Self - The New Yorker
    Erika Cheung
    Erika Cheung
    • Self - Lab Associate
    Cheryl Gafner
    Cheryl Gafner
    • Self - Receptionist
    Dave Philippides
    Dave Philippides
    • Self
    • (as Dave Philippide)
    Douglas Matje
    Douglas Matje
    • Self - Biochemist
    Ryan Wistort
    Ryan Wistort
    • Self - Research & Development
    Tony Nugent
    Tony Nugent
    • Self - Vice President, Product Development
    Phyllis Gardner
    Phyllis Gardner
    • Self - Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
    Channing Robertson
    Channing Robertson
    • Self - Theranos Advisor
    Don Lucas
    Don Lucas
    • Self - Investor
    Tim Draper
    Tim Draper
    • Self - Investor
    Tyler Shultz
    Tyler Shultz
    • Self - Research Engineer
    Ramesh Balwani
    Ramesh Balwani
    • Self - President and Chief Operating Officer
    • (as Sunny Balwani)
    Rochelle Gibbons
    Rochelle Gibbons
    • Self - Wife of Ian Gibbons
      • Alex Gibney
      • Alex Gibney
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    • Trivia
      The film's producer met with Elizabeth Holmes early in development, before criminal charges were filed, to determine whether she could be interviewed for the film. Ultimately the director decided he wanted to portray how Holmes carefully crafted Theranos and her own image to be seen by the public, up until the story unraveled. Accordingly, aside from brief footage from her deposition, all footage of Holmes seen in the film is from archival material from before she was charged, most of it her own commissioned promotional video for Theranos. Alex Gibney remarked "She made the documentary she wanted me to invest in and I used it to a different purpose."
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      Referenced in Kenan: Teachers' Strike (2021)
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      U Can't Touch This
      Written by M.C. Hammer (as Stanley Kirk Burrell), Rick James & Alonzo Miller

      Performed by M.C. Hammer

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      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews75

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    6/10
    Could have been edited down a bit and focused
    Like others, I followed the Theranos/Elizabeth Holmes story and in addition read the excellent book that investigative journalist John Carreyrou authored and published last year (Bad Blood).

    It felt that the first part of this documentary was a hagiography rather than an incisive investigative documentary - the focus on the "female Steve Jobs" perspective dominated and she certainly seemed to have the same "reality distortion field" powers he had. However, having read the book my perspective was that she, and her boyfriend/COO Sunny Balwani were bullies (via lawyer David Boies, security guards and others) to their staff , associates and others and who benefited by manipulating otherwise smart, powerful people and taking advantage of their wishful thinking. Eventually the documentary got to the reality but it felt like a long time and frankly I found some of the interviews (eg with the respected behavioral economist Dan Ariely) to be somewhat ethereal and did not add value to the story.

    I have been around start-ups and understand the notion of "faking it a bit" to get to the final "vision". However, to compare her to an Edison, a Jobs or a Musk was inappropriate. in terms of her ability to manipulate, tell brazen lies and intimidate I feel a much more appropriate comparison would have been Bernie Madoff.
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    • Mar 19, 2019

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      • March 18, 2019 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • HBO Documentary Films
      • Jigsaw Productions
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