DVD Description
In May 1997, before massed ranks of the world’s media, Garry Kasparov, widely regarded as the greatest chess player the world has ever seen, played Deep Blue – a hulking, one-and-a-half ton IBM supercomputer – in a chess tournament and ‘scientific experiment’. International interest in the match had exploded. The epic battle of man vs. machine had captured people’s imaginations. And the outcome was stunning. To win the match the computer what many thought impossible at the time, it appeared to think like a human.
Directed by multi award-winning filmmaker Vikram Jayanti (James Ellroy’s Feast of Death, The Man Who Bought Mustique), Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine takes us on a gripping cinematic odyssey into the mindscape of a legendary chess genius as Kasparov battles to come to terms with the machine from IBM.
Special Features
- Downloadable chess program Fritz 6 with Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced tutorial functions including free talk files and chess game database with over 300,000 games to view and analyse
- Free connection to the internet chess server Playchess.com to play with chess enthusiasts from all over the world
- Trailer
Total Film
"Plays out as a compelling conspiracy thriller"
"Engrossing, tragic and above all, entertaining. See it"
"Riveting … fascinating documentary"
"Engrossing, tragic and above all, entertaining. See it"
"Riveting … fascinating documentary"
Independent On Sunday
"… edge-of-your-seat. Engrossing"
