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Console Wars (film)

Directors: Blake J. Harris, Jonah Tulis

Release: September 23, 2020

Producer(s): Douglas Blush, Blake J. Harris, Katie Mustard, Julian Rosenberg, Jonah Tulis
Executive Producer(s): Eli Bush, Josh Fagen, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, Scott Rudin, James Weaver

Stars/Actors: Howard Phillips, Shinobu Toyoda, Paul Rious, Tom Kalinske, Bill White, Randy Peretzman, Howard Lincoln, Gail Tilden, Peter Main, Al Nilsen, Ellen Beth Van Buskirk, Steve Race, Jeff Goodby, George Harrison

Music by: Jeff Beal

Production Company: Legendary Television

Genre(s): Documentary, Video Games, Entertainment, Marketing, Business

ID: tt5215462

Rating: TV-PG

Runtime: 92 minutes

Based On: Based Console Wars by Blake J. Harris

Synopsis: It was 1990: Sega, startup gaming co. assembled a team to take on Nintendo, world’s greatest video game company. A make or break conflict pit brother against brother, Sonic against Mario and, American capitalism against Japanese tradition.

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Quotes and Lines

Paul Rioux: Whenever you’re at war, you always hit the guy in the mouth as hard as you can. If you can’t hit him hard, you might as well not even fight. That’s the attitude in real war and it’s the attitude in business. You’ve gotta be prepared to take on the competition and win.