Valley of the Boom

5.9IMDb Score
Released:2019-01-13
Duration:43 min
Director:
Actors:Steve Zahn, Bradley Whitford, John Murphy, Oliver Cooper, John Karna
Production:STXtv, National Geographic

Overview:

An adrenaline-fueled ride through the culture of speculation, innovation and disruption during Silicon Valley’s unprecedented tech boom and subsequent bust in the 1990s. This mostly scripted series weaves in select documentary elements that help tell the true inside story of the internet’s formative years.

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