Summaries

Andy works in marketing but wants to create something "real" so he gets a job in research with huge a pay cut. He teams with 3 nerds to develop a $99 PC for 3rd world students. Then comes the dot-com crash.

Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, because he feels disconnected with the values about work he learned from his father. He gets a new job at a top notch research facility, where he quickly makes a powerful enemy who makes him volunteer for a nearly impossible project: The $99 Personal Computer. He recruits the only available guys at the lab, three sociopaths. Together they really compile a revolutionary PC for $99, but then they become the victims of a venture capitalist and Andy's old foe from the research lab. Can he and his new friends find a way to overcome the problems?—kaeng

Details

Keywords
  • engineer
  • computer
  • world
  • job
  • money in title
Genres
  • Comedy
Release date Oct 10, 2002
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Santa Clarita, California, USA
Production companies Twentieth Century Fox Ocean Pictures

Box office

Budget $17000000
Gross US & Canada $5491
Opening weekend US & Canada $2535
Gross worldwide $5491

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 45m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio

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