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The Gamechangers
2015 • TV Movie • CompletedDrama, Biopic, HistoricalProduction Company
BBC ProductionsThe story of the guys behind the videogame "Grand Theft Auto," including British gaming genius Sam Houser, and those who sought to muzzle it. The narrative tracks how the violent gameplay coupled with its commercial success leads to fierce opposition: from parents worried about children immersing themselves in such a violent world; from politicians, alarmed at the values they say it encourages; and above all from moral campaigners, who fight passionately to ban it. At the vanguard of this crusade is the campaigning lawyer Jack Thompson, a man determined to do whatever he can to stop the relentless rise of "Grand Theft Auto."
Production Company
BBC ProductionsThe story of the guys behind the videogame "Grand Theft Auto," including British gaming genius Sam Houser, and those who sought to muzzle it. The narrative tracks how the violent gameplay coupled with its commercial success leads to fierce opposition: from parents worried about children immersing themselves in such a violent world; from politicians, alarmed at the values they say it encourages; and above all from moral campaigners, who fight passionately to ban it. At the vanguard of this crusade is the campaigning lawyer Jack Thompson, a man determined to do whatever he can to stop the relentless rise of "Grand Theft Auto."
