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Chronicles the remarkable underdog story of Compaq Computer.

Plot

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Plot

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, and eventual demise, of Compaq, an unlikely upstart who altered the future of computing and helped shape the world as we know it today.

Cited as official plot version from filmrise.com

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Top Cast

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  Rod Canion

• J
  Jim Harris

• B
  Bill Murto

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Director

Jason Cohen

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Production Details

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Key Facts

• “A fascinating account of maverick innovators during the Wild West era of personal computing…vivid and evocative.”
• The film offers an insider’s look into the explosive rise of the 1980’s PC industry and is a refreshing alternative to the familiar narratives of Jobs, Gates, and Zuckerberg.
• From the producers of JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI and UNDEFEATED.

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Sep 2016

Completed

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