Project Detail

Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

Synopsis

Garry Kasparov is arguably the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997 he famously challenged IBM's computer Deep Blue to a match. Kasparov lost. Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine follows the intensity of the competition and uncovers the mysterious and controversial events surrounding it from Kasparov's perspective.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Features
Running time
85 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Vikram Jayanti
Producer
Nick Fraser, Eric Michel, Tom Perlmutter, Andre Singer, Andy Thompson, Paul Trijbits
Editor
David Hill
Director of Photography
Maryse Alberti
Composer
Robert Lane
Principal cast
Garry Kasparov

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Gambit Films Ltd

Capital Court
Capital Interchange Way
Kew Bridge
Middlesex TW8
UK

Sales Company

Momentum Pictures

2nd Floor
184-192 Drummond Street
London NW1 3HP
UK

T+44 (0)20 7388 1100

theresa.roberts@momentumpictures.co.uk

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