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Feature film — 2014

The Man vs. The Machine (2014)

0.00h 18mDocumentary

On May 2,1997, Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest human chess player ever, sat down in New York City to do battle with IBM's chess-playing computer, Deep Blue. While the much hyped match of man versus machine consisted of six chess games over nine days, there are many who would claim the entire contest was decided in just one move. This short documentary tells the epic tale of how mankind lost to the machine and highlighting what may have been man's ultimate downfall…having emotions.

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Director: Frank Marshall

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Cast & crew

Nate Silver as Self

Nate Silver

Self

Jeremy Schaap as Self

Jeremy Schaap

Self

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Bruce Pandolfini

Self

Maurice Ashley as Self

Maurice Ashley

Self

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Joel Benjamin

Self

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