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Title: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: RobertB on February 02, 2018, 04:13:46 AM
The Commodore Story - Release Date 23rd Feb 2018, 6:30 p.m., Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, California 94043, USA.  Bil Herd and Leonard Tramiel to have a question-and-answer session after the movie.

The Commodore Story is a cram-packed, 2-hour documentary film that takes us through Commodore's evolution from the 70's to the 90's from the PET, Vic-20, C64 to the Amiga and beyond.

See the excerpt at: https://youtu.be/yz-ptLXtNbc

Also a cute animation they did of the Hole in the Wall story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YelPWHW55c&t=9s

Also check out http://thecommodorestory.com

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: remotenemesis on February 02, 2018, 04:13:28 PM
Quote from: RobertB;835680
The Commodore Story - Release Date 23rd Feb 2018, 6:30 p.m., Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, California 94043, USA.  Bil Herd and Leonard Tramiel to have a question-and-answer session after the movie.

Do you know if there event tickets/registration or is only a general museum admission required?
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: madgrizzle on February 02, 2018, 05:51:34 PM
Would be nice if they would live stream the Q&A portion.
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: RobertB on February 02, 2018, 06:52:23 PM
Quote from: remotenemesis;835687
Do you know if there event tickets/registration or is only a general museum admission required?

Try this for registration to the event -

https://connect.computerhistory.org/pages/events/2018-02-commodore-story

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: RobertB on February 02, 2018, 06:54:40 PM
Quote from: madgrizzle;835688
Would be nice if they would live stream the Q&A portion.

I will be taping the Q&A portion.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: madgrizzle on February 02, 2018, 07:40:38 PM
Better yet, live stream it using an Amiga computer.
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: remotenemesis on February 03, 2018, 07:13:17 AM
Quote from: RobertB;835692
Try this for registration to the event -

https://connect.computerhistory.org/pages/events/2018-02-commodore-story

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

Thank you. I'm planning to be there!
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: goldfish on February 03, 2018, 11:50:52 PM
Cant wait to get my copy. Spooky the release date is 1 day after my birthday.
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: pjhutch on March 10, 2018, 10:15:26 AM
Does any one know when it will be released in the UK / Europe? I haven't seen or heard anything yet, I ordered mine back in Oct. 2017. Hope it's not vaporware ...
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: pjhutch on March 11, 2018, 06:55:56 PM
It looks like released has been delayed until May, this is due to awaiting further contributions to the project. So we will have to wait a bit longer....
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: pjhutch on May 06, 2018, 12:59:43 PM
Still waiting for my pre-ordered copy,b ut if you haven't pre-ordered it, you can order it via
http://thecommodorestory.com/ site.
Title: Re: The Commodore Story movie at Computer History Museum 2/23/18
Post by: hishamk on May 06, 2018, 01:14:04 PM
As a backer of David Pleasance's book I got a link to a copy a few weeks ago.

It's nice, but also disappointing somewhat since it doesn't interview Shiraz Shivji (father of the C64) and does not venture to try and get the other side's story (Commodore management, i.e. Mehdi Ali).

Not sure if they've tried and got turned down (sent the director an email but didn't hear back).

Out of all the docus on Amiga, I'd say I'm most impressed by Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years. Even though I backed Viva Amiga, it's not as good (don't get me started on the substandard 3D models - they should've seriously commissioned Thomas Koch for these).