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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

  • 20182018
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 30m
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Fionn Whitehead in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a sprawling fantasy novel into a video game and soon faces a mind-mangling challenge. Welcome back. A "Black Mirror" event.
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A young programmer starts to question reality when he adapts a mad writer's fantasy novel into a video game.A young programmer starts to question reality when he adapts a mad writer's fantasy novel into a video game.A young programmer starts to question reality when he adapts a mad writer's fantasy novel into a video game.
IMDb RATING
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POPULARITY
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    • David Slade
    • Charlie Brooker
  • Stars
    • Fionn Whitehead
    • Craig Parkinson
    • Alice Lowe
    • David Slade
    • Charlie Brooker
  • Stars
    • Fionn Whitehead
    • Craig Parkinson
    • Alice Lowe
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

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    Fionn Whitehead
    Fionn Whitehead
    • Stefan Butler
    Craig Parkinson
    Craig Parkinson
    • Peter Butler
    Alice Lowe
    Alice Lowe
    • Dr. Haynes
    Asim Chaudhry
    Asim Chaudhry
    • Mohan Thakur
    Will Poulter
    Will Poulter
    • Colin Ritman
    Tallulah Haddon
    Tallulah Haddon
    • Kitty
    Catriona Knox
    Catriona Knox
    • Leslie
    Paul Michael Bradley
    • Robin
    • (as Paul Bradley)
    Jonathan Aris
    Jonathan Aris
    • Crispin
    A.J. Houghton
    A.J. Houghton
    • Young Stefan
    Fleur Keith
    Fleur Keith
    • Mum
    Laura Evelyn
    Laura Evelyn
    • Pearl Ritman
    Alan Asaad
    Alan Asaad
    • Satpal
    Suzanne Burden
    • Judith Mulligan
    Jeff Minter
    • Jerome F. Davies
    Marie Hamm
    • Girl on bus
    Henny Hardy
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      • Charlie Brooker
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    • Trivia
      A Black Mirror (2011) interactive film, in which the viewer chooses the plot direction multiple times. Although the listed running time is 90 minutes, this is approximate, depending how long the viewer decides to keep watching: most people can finish the story in one sitting of around 40 minutes, but this can be extended with 'do-overs', where an option is given to return to an earlier point in the story and make another choice. About 2.5 hours of footage divided into 250 segments was shot for the episode, with over a trillion unique permutations of the story (though many of those will be very similar). The total amount of footage included to make all of the film's possible variations work is 5 hours 12 minutes 13 seconds, as revealed by the film's BBFC classification.
    • Goofs
      Both of the programmers are seen to be working exclusively in ZX BASIC. By 1984, very few established software houses used BASIC as a coding language - most worked in Z80 assembler. Colin Ritman's games in particular showed a fluidity and responsiveness that would be very hard to achieve without the use of assembly language.
    • Quotes

      Colin Ritman: There's messages in every game. Like Pac-Man. Do you know what "Pac" stands for? P-A-C: program and control. He's Program and Control Man. The whole thing's a metaphor. He thinks he's got free will, but really he's trapped in a maze, in a system. All he can do is consume, he's pursued by demons that are probably just in his own head and even if he does manage to escape by slipping out one side of the maze, what happens? He comes right back in the other side. People think it's a happy game. It's not a happy game, it's a fucking nightmare world and the worst thing is, it's real and we live in it. It's all code. If you listen closely, you can hear the numbers. There's a cosmic flowchart that dictates where you can and where you can't go. I've given you the knowledge. I've set you free. Do you understand?

    • Crazy credits
      In a few endings, once you finish the credits, a post-credits scene will play. Stefan would be seen on the same bus from the beginning, and plays a cassette called "BANDERSNATCH DEMO". The audio would just be some beeps and bleeps, but when translated using a ZX Spectrum Emulator, it gives you a QR code leading to the Tuckersoft website, found here: https://www.tuckersoft.net/ealing20541/
    • Alternate versions
      There is no single narrative or version. There are five different endings, each with multiple pathways to them.
    • Connections
      Featured in Jeremy Vine: Episode #2.9 (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Relax
      Written by Peter Gill, Holly Johnson, Brian Nash and Mark O'Toole

      Performed by Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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    The graphics and music were great, and the transition was smooth at the "crossroads". But the story... It didn't feel like much of a story, and then I felt pushed into making choices that I did not want to make. I think it captured the choose-your-own-path game feeling, but to me that didn't really feel right in a movie, everything felt too simple and a bit too forced. It's great that Black Mirror wanted to do something innovative, which this truly is, but because it is Black Mirror all the endings feel wrong. In a game like this, you play for the best outcome, but here, you just play to see what else you can get.
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    • Dec 29, 2018

    FAQ3

    • If the interactive feature is not available, does one get a different version every viewing or only a single version?
    • Do I have to watch Black Mirror series first to understand Bandersnatch? And will I spoil the Black Mirror series if I watch Bandersnatch first?

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    • Release date
      • December 28, 2018 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • Official page on Netflix
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      • St. George's Walk, Croydon, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • House Of Tomorrow
      • Netflix
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital

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