History Film / Antitrust

''Antitrust'' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Creator/RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

* Main/CantStopTheSignal: Milo uses the code Winston has created to display the code Winston cobbled together from the work of the programmers he killed.

* Main/FourEyesZeroSoul: Again Winston.

* MagicalDatabase: ZigZaggedTrope: NURV has a MagicalDatabase for its employees that provides Milo with conclusive proof that [[spoiler: NURV was behind Teddy's murder and that he absolutely cannot trust anybody, not even the Department of Justice or his girlfriend]]. On the other hand, it requires him to infiltrate [[spoiler: the NURV daycare center and Building 21]] and hack the computers, including running a file restoration function on [[spoiler: the video of Teddy's murder]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Invoked by NURV, who hired a pair of racist thugs to kill Teddy. They were banking on the "hate crime" angle to [[RedHerring throw off any attention from their involvement]].

* ShownTheirWork: The filmmakers consulted Linux professionals in order to get their representation of the technology and culture right, used the GNOME desktop/GUI, and even scored cameos from Miguel de Icaza and Scott [=McNealy=].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece

* Can't Stop the Signal: Milo uses the code Winston has created to display the code Winston cobbled together from the work of the programmers he killed.

* HiddenInPlainSight: The hard drive of "Cerebellum", NURV's MagicalDatabase, is located on the headquarters' daycare center. They even go the extra mile by being incredibly secretive about Building 21 (which is really just an uplink electronics building that is running behind) so people will try to infiltrate ''that'' and be disappointed at what they find.

* HiddenInPlainSight: The hard drive of "Cerebellum", NURV's MagicalDatabase, is located on the headquarters' daycare center.

* PullingTheString: The first conclusive first piece of evidence Milo has that Winston is nothing more than a murderous hack is that the day right after Teddy is bludgeoned to death by his goons, Winston approaches Milo with a "solution" to a problem Synapse is having... the same solution and same code that Teddy was working on, and told Milo the last time they spoke, a few hours earlier.

'''''Antitrust''''' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

* HollywoodNerd: Milo and Lisa. Seeing as how they're played by [[MrFanservice Ryan Phillippe]] and RachaelLeighCook, ''definitely'' Type 2.

* Main/Four eyes, zero soul: Again Winston.

* Four eyes, zero soul: Again Winston.

''Antitrust'' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

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'''''Antitrust''''' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

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''Antitrust'' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

'''''Antitrust''''' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

''Antitrust'' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

'''''Antitrust''''' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

''Antitrust'' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

'''''Antitrust''''' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

''Antitrust'' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

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'''''{{Antitrust}}''''' is a 2001 {{thriller}} starring Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, RachaelLeighCook and Claire Forlani. Milo Hoffman (Phillippe) is a young programmer from Silicon Valley whose talents earn him the notice of the [[TheOtherRainforest Portland]]-based software corporation [[{{Expy}} NURV]], run by billionaire philanthropist [[SignificantMonogram Gary Winston]] (Robbins). Winston wants Milo to help him develop a new system called Synapse, which will link all the world's computers, cell phones and other electronic devices via satellite. While at NURV, he starts falling for a young programmer named Lisa (Cook), which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that [[LoveTriangle he already has a girlfriend]] in Alice (Forlani). However, after his programmer buddy Teddy is murdered, Milo starts to uncover evidence that NURV may have been behind it... and the murder of countless other programmers in order to steal their work and claim it as their own. Out of a mix of duty to his dead friend and disgust at his employers, Milo sets out to destroy NURV from within and [[InformationWantsToBeFree give Synapse to the people]]... unless NURV stops him first and claims him as their next victim.

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