Video game designer Henk Rogers seeks to secure global rights for Tetris (1984), leading to tense negotiations in the Soviet Union, involving creators, government, and corporate intrigues.Video game designer Henk Rogers seeks to secure global rights for Tetris (1984), leading to tense negotiations in the Soviet Union, involving creators, government, and corporate intrigues.Video game designer Henk Rogers seeks to secure global rights for Tetris (1984), leading to tense negotiations in the Soviet Union, involving creators, government, and corporate intrigues.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
Aleksey Shedko
- Alexey's Lab Chief
- (as Alexey Shedko)
Oleg Stefan
- Nikolai Belikov
- (as Oleg Shtefanko)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEarly in the movie, Henk talks about how when he sleeps he can still see the Tetris pieces in his dreams. This is actually a real phenomenon called the Tetris Effect. The term was coined by journalist Jeffrey Goldsmith in 1994 to describe when something that one focuses on for extended periods of time starts appearing in their thoughts, perceptions, and dreams.
- GoofsWhen reading the fax number of ELORG in Moscow Henk mentions the dialing code of Moscow as "495", which is the current code. In the soviet times until Russia 2005 it was "095".
- Quotes
Alexey Pajitnov: Good ideas have no borders.
- Crazy creditsA short video is playing about halfway through the credits. It seems to be actual footage of Henk and Alexey in Moscow.
- ConnectionsEdited from Game Grumps: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!: Finale - Part 6 (2015)
- SoundtracksHolding Out for a Hero
Written by Dean Pitchford & Jim Steinman
Published by Sony/ATV Melody, Paramount Pictures Corp
Performed by Ren Nagabuchi (as ReN)
Appearing courtesy of Warner Music Japan
Licensed courtesy of MARV Music Recording Ltd & Warner Music Japan
Featured review
Read the interview with the actual people involved on IGN/Tetris.com
The movie had to be made exciting so there are some exaggerated elements / but it was absolutely fun and exciting. Being born behind the iron curtain before this all happened I find it amazing that some reviewers here say this is some anti communist propaganda, when this is pretty much how it was back then. So don't listen to the haters, the actual people were involved in making this film as accurate as possible while still being a "Hollywood" movie. And yes, you lived in the same apartment the government gave you, no you could not freely speak, think and yes the secret police and army of civilian informers were infiltrated in every part of society. And there was not always food you could buy, and it was certainly amazing to have bananas in the stores (not in the movie) people who grew up in the west and not in the former Soviet block have zero understanding of how life was back then, and can be forgiven to think that this and other accounts of the Soviet era are some sort of parodies, the sad truth that they aren't nearly as exaggerated as you might think. It was pretty bad back then. This movie is absolutely excellent.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Тетріс
- Filming locations
- Aberdeen, Scotland, UK(Tillydrone, Aberdeen city)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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