The Gamechangers (2015)

Directed by

Owen Harris

Genre

documentary film, docudrama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

15

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A docudrama about the legal battle between the creator of Grand Theft Auto and a lawyer who wanted to stop the games. It shows the arguments over violent video games and their effects on players.

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What happens

The Gamechangers is a 2015 British docudrama produced by the BBC. The programme is an unauthorised depiction of the controversies caused by Grand Theft Auto, a successful video game series, as various attempts were made to halt the production of the games. Directed by Owen Harris and written by James Wood, the film centres on the legal feud between Rockstar Games president Sam Houser (Daniel Radcliffe) and Florida attorney Jack Thompson (Bill Paxton) over the video games and the debate regarding the psychological effects of violent video games. It is based on the book Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto by David Kushner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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