Bibliograph

The inventor, out for blood in Silicon Valley, HBO Documentary Films present ; written and directed by Alex Gibney

Type

Label

The inventor, out for blood in Silicon Valley, HBO Documentary Films present ; written and directed by Alex Gibney

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rated TV-14

Main title

The inventor

Medium

videorecording DVD

Responsibility statement

HBO Documentary Films present ; written and directed by Alex Gibney

Runtime

119

Sub title

out for blood in Silicon Valley

Summary

Academy Award winner Alex Gibney directs a documentary investigating the rise and fall of Theranos, the one-time multibillion-dollar healthcare company founded by Elizabeth Holmes. In 2004, Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford to start a company that was going to revolutionize healthcare. In 2014, Theranos was valued at $9 billion, making Holmes, who was touted as "the next Steve Jobs," the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world. Just two years later, Theranos was cited as a "massive fraud" by the SEC, and its value was less than zero. Drawing on extraordinary access to never-before-seen footage and testimony from key insiders, director Alex Gibney will tell a Silicon Valley tale that was too good to be true. With all the drama of a real-life heist film, the untitled documentary will examine how this could have happened and who is responsible, while exploring the psychology of deception

Technique

live action

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Out for blood in Silicon Valley

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