The Man vs. The Machine

Overview

On May 2,1997, Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest human chess player ever, sat down in New York City to do battle with IBM's chess-playing computer, Deep Blue. While the much hyped match of man versus machine consisted of six chess games over nine days, there are many who would claim the entire contest was decided in just one move. This short documentary tells the epic tale of how mankind lost to the machine and highlighting what may have been man's ultimate downfall…having emotions.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 22, 2014

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

The Kennedy/Marshall Company,ESPN Films,FiveThirtyEight

Cast

Nate Silver,Jeremy Schaap,Maurice Ashley,Bruce Pandolfini,Joel Benjamin

Director

Frank Marshall

Producer

Ryan Suffern,John Dahl,Nate Silver,Connor Schell

Music

John Stirratt,Paul Pilot

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt4157254