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Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age
Genres
DocumentaryTV Movie
Overview
All interviews in this documentary were shot over a long weekend at a 1984 hacker conference by the Whole Earth Catalog editors Stewart Brand and Kevin Kelley in Sausalito, California. The event itself (the hacker conference) was inspired by Steven Levy's classic book "Hackers - Heroes of the Computer Revolution"
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
26 min
Release Date
1984-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
7
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Bill Atkinson
Bruce Baumgart
Stewart Brand
Bill Budge
Doug Carlston
Steve Wozniak
Tony Russomanno
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