Movie
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Overview
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-01-24
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jigsaw Productions, HBO Documentary Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Elizabeth Holmes as Self - CEO and Founder of Theranos (archive footage)
- Alex Gibney as Self - Narrator / Interviewer
- Dan Ariely as Self - Behavioral Economist
- Roger Parloff as Self - Fortune
- Ken Auletta as Self - The New Yorker
- Erika Cheung as Self - Lab Associate
- Cheryl Gafner as Self - Receptionist
- Dave Philippides as Self - Engineer
- Douglas Matje as Self - Biochemist
- Ryan Wistort as Self - Research & Development
- Tony Nugent as Self - Vice President, Product Development
- Phyllis Gardner as Self - Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Crew
- Alex Gibney - Director
- Alex Gibney - Writer
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