Product Details

• Region: All Regions
• Studio: CreateSpace
• DVD Release Date: January 12, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MM0ZRY
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,010 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

In Search of the Valley tells the story of three friends' personal journey into the psyche of Silicon Valley, when in September of 2004 they swapped London for California, spending one month visiting and talking to many of the valley's heavyweights and biggest personalities. Directed by Steve O'Hear, and produced by Fleeta Siegel, the resulting film is a unique interpretation of Silicon Valley - a social fabric that has produced some of the most remarkable technological advances of the 20th Century, and spawned an infectious dichotomy of counterculture and entrepreneurship. Featuring: * Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak * Adobe co-founder, John Warnock * Craigslist founder, Craig Newmark * Macromedia co-founder, Marc Canter * Early Apple employees, Andy Hertzfeld, Jef Raskin, Dan Kottke, and Sandy Miranda * Apple Evangelist, Guy Kawasaki * Personal Computer pioneer, Lee Felsenstein * Digibarn curator, Bruce Damer * Apache developer, Brian Bhelendorf * O'Reilly Media founder, Tim O'Reilly * and many, many more... About the DVD As well as the main documentary feature, the In Search of the Valley DVD contains 30 minutes of additional interviews, a specially commissioned animation reel, photo slideshow, and original web trailer. The disc is presented 16:9 in NTSC format and is region-free.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating look at Silicon Valley by UK documetary team, July 4, 2008

By	Sally Richards - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a fabulous documentary, and I'm not just saying that because I'm in it. It took a documentary team from London to do Silicon Valley justice. They interviewed people who were there from the start (of the most recent tech leap, not from the time of Stanford's beginnings and its contribution to the current Silicon Valley) and others who came along just for the ride. Steve O'Hare and Fleeta Siegel did an absolutely hands-down job distilling the story of why Silicon Valley was the place where technology, money, creativity and drive melded to create the leaps and bounds in the advancement that brought us to the extraordinary place we are today. I've been covering the Valley for what seems like a millennia and have seen every documentary, read every book and article, but it took this team to give the Valley's story a breezy, purposeful and intriguing look behind the curtain. The documentary takes a fresh look that only a UK team could provide. I love this film!!! A must-have for anyone looking for the true meaning of innovation and how to capture it in a bottle and take it home. Nice!

Cheers,
Sally Richards
Author of
Dot.Com Success
Inside Business Incubators and Corporate Ventures
FutureNet
Sand Dreams & Silicon Orchards

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2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting in places., May 6, 2007

By	John Arnold (Ridgecrest, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you think you know the basic outline of the Silicon Valley Era of the computer industry, this DVD has some interesting interviews with some of the players. Of course, most of them are 20 years older. This stuff was interesting to me, but others have done better, much better in painting a high level portrait of the era.