Product Details

• Actors: Marc Andreessen, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Henry Blodget
• Producers: Oxford Scientific Films
• Format: NTSC, Color, DVD
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 2
• Studio: Oxford Scientific Films
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• ASIN: B001MF0Y6M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,955 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This 3-hrs long sensational documentary "Download: The True Story of the Internet," produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Discovery Channel, includes four films: (1) Browser Wars; (2) Search; (3) Bubble; (4) People Power. ***Meet real people behind virtual names such Google, Amazon, Ebay, YouTube, YourSpace, etc. ***Witness the backroom clashes that sparked a cultural and commercial revolution in "Download: The True Story of the Internet." From the founders of eBay, Yahoo, Amazon, Netscape, Google and other powerbrokers, experience amazing stories of how the Internet took control of our lives in 10 short years. Watch these pioneers tell how they went from geeky nerds to 21st-century visionaries in the time it takes most people to get their first promotion. Hear straight from the people who started it all, through stories that have the makings of a best-selling thriller. Learn how upstart 20-year-olds launched a revolution from Silicon Valley and become overnight billionaires as this hi-tech series reveals the technological, cultural, social and commercial revolution of the internet. (1) BROWSER WARS is focused on history and development of Netscape and Microsoft; (2) SEARCH tells about emergence of Yahoo, Excite, Google, etc; (3) BUBBLE is focused on creation and development of Amazon, Ebay, and other dot-comers; (4) PEOPLE POWER introduces to communication technologies and the history of its pioneers such as Napster, YouTube, YourSpace, etc. 2008.