The Gamechangers Page #4

Synopsis: In the late 1990s middle class British brothers Sam and Dan Houser and two friends, all video game enthusiasts, devise a violent new game Grand Theft Auto, set in a fictionalized America and appearing to reward a car thief for murdering anybody who gets in the way of his crimes. In Britain the Police Federation brands it as sick and contemptible whilst politician Hillary Clinton accuses it of "stealing the innocence of our children." Most vocal of its critics is crusading Florida lawyer Jack Thompson who, in the wake of an Alabama teen-ager going on a killing spree and blaming the game, attempts to get it banned, bringing a court action against the Housers and their company Rockstar Games, now based in San Diego. However Thompson's public denunciation of the game is instrumental in determining the outcome of the court case.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Owen Harris
Production: BBC Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Year:
2015
90 min
1,678 Views


I play it for hours!

Tell them I play it for hours.

Don't I play it for hours? Hmm-hmm.

Yo... Y'all want to make

a game around here?

Yeah, a game that's set here.

Maybe you could help us.

Like, can I be in it?

Like, I'm a performer, I've got

my own record label and I'm an actor.

Yeah, man, what's your name?

And where do you get your jewellery?

I'll show you. OK.

Good.

Carl's got this girl

he's dating in the game.

Denise, we said.

Denise, right.

Oh, 21-11. Next gangster.

You should be able to take

her on different dates,

do stuff that affects

the relationship

and how she behaves to you,

like in real life.

Come on then, Houser.

I'm gonna take you down.

Be able to take her to bars or

out driving, buy her flowers.

Can you take her on a drive-by?

Some girls would love that.

Ho-ho!

What was that, Jamie?

And I want a proper sex scene

this time round.

A full-on sex scene.

If you treat Denise right, she'll

have sex with you. It's only fair.

You can't put a sex scene

in a game, Sam. Yes, you can.

Why not? Sex is a part of life.

Films and music tackle sex

all the time - why can't we?

2-0, wanker.

Oh, Ray, sorry I'm late.

I had a hell of a time

finding the place.

No problem. We're all here.

My friend Ray here is

an excellent trial lawyer.

He believes as strongly as I do

that Rockstar and Sony are,

to some degree, responsible

for the deaths of your loved ones.

We believe what Devin did

was an impulsive act,

made more likely due to the fact

that he played a violent video game

for weeks beforehand.

And we're gathering a handful of

expert witnesses to testify in court

that there is a clear link between

teenagers playing violent games

and violent behaviour.

You saying that the game's

responsible for his actions,

that will let Devin off the hook,

won't it?

I don't know about the others here,

but I want that boy

to face up to what he did.

I want him on death row.

We don't believe what Devin

did was premeditated.

You don't know it wasn't.

No, I don't.

I'm not saying he's not responsible

for what he did - he is -

and he will face that

in a criminal court.

Our civil case isn't

designed to get him off,

but we want the makers

of these obscene games

to take some responsibility and

help stop other police officers

from being killed in the same way

that James and Arnold and Ace were.

Don't you want that too?

And we want you to have

some form of compensation...

for your loss.

You think you can win?

We will win, I promise you,

because I will fight this as hard

as I've ever fought anything

and because I believe what

Martin Luther King said -

"The arc of history is long,

but it bends towards justice."

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