Inception: The Cobol Job

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ian Kirby directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Released 16 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4IMDB entry: tt1790736 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Runtime

15 min · 0h 15m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

NR

IMDB

Inception: The Cobol Job (2010) ↗

IMDB rating

7.5/10 · 691 votes

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Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

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Wallpaper

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Warner Bros. Pictures

  US

• 

  Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

  US

Key crew

• ProducerIan Kirby
• ProducerCaleb Bouchard
• ProducerDaniel Sioui
• CharactersChristopher Nolan
• Executive ProducerJordan Goldberg
• MusicHans Zimmer

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• motion comic

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical2010-12-07NR