Silicon Cowboys

Name: Silicon Cowboys
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 16, 2016
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 75

2016

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FilmRise | Release Date: September 16, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Launched in 1981 by three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to build a portable PC to take on IBM, the world’s most powerful tech company. Many companies had tried cloning the industry leader’s code, only to be trounced by IBM and its high-priced lawyers. Silicon Cowboys explores the remarkable David vs. Goliath story, andLaunched in 1981 by three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to build a portable PC to take on IBM, the world’s most powerful tech company. Many companies had tried cloning the industry leader’s code, only to be trounced by IBM and its high-priced lawyers. Silicon Cowboys explores the remarkable David vs. Goliath story, and eventual demise, of Compaq, an unlikely upstart who altered the future of computing and helped shape the world as we know it today.… Expand

Director: Jason Cohen

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 77 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Sep 15, 2016

Director Cohen, whose “Facing Fear” was among the 2014 Oscar nominees for documentary short, lends this classic David versus Goliath story a playfully retro feel. Read full review

Luke Y. Thompson

Sep 14, 2016

Director Jason Cohen (the Oscar-nominated short Facing Fear) wants his documentary history of Compaq computers to be fun — and indeed, compared to the overly earnest clips of Halt and Catch Fire inserted for contrast, the real slow-talking Texans in the tale are a hoot. Read full review

Steven Wright

Sep 12, 2016

Jason Cohen’s slick aesthetics manage to elevate Silicon Cowboys beyond fellow “info dumps” of this caliber. Read full review

Leba Hertz

Sep 15, 2016

Although we know the outcome, Silicon Cowboys feels like a suspense thriller. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Sep 15, 2016

Silicon Cowboys prizes the human drama behind business events, much as in “The Social Network” or “Steve Jobs.” Those films, too, pretended that technology was the star. But they knew that people were the real story. Read full review

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