Truth in Numbers? Everything, According to Wikipedia

"Imagine a world where everyone had access to the sum of all human knowledge"

2010 1h 25m EN

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★6.7TMDB · 12

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Synopsis

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Although Wikipedia is the 8th most popular website on the Internet today, and it is already the 3rd most widely read 'publication' in human history, attracting 100 million unique visitors a month, this great social and academic experiment of our age is riddled with vandals and challenged by skeptics, posing compelling questions about whether Wikipedia's model can truly achieve its goal. The film intersperses founder Jimmy Wales' unusual rise to Internet super-stardom among the global implications of Wikipedia. Are entries factually accurate? Biased? Accountable? Does 'Jimbo' Wales posses the wisdom to ensure that Wikipedians aggregate knowledge correctly?

“Imagine a world where everyone had access to the sum of all human knowledge”

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Cast

Jimmy Wales
Self
Alan Schwartz
Narrator (voice)
Ed Chi
Self
Noam Chomsky
Self
Howard Zinn
Self
Larry Sanger
Self
Ward Cunningham
Self
Andrew Lih
Self

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Director: Nic Hill

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Madeleine Gavin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jimmy Wales and Alan Schwartz and Ed Chi carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Imagine a world where everyone had access to the sum of all human knowledge".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0960864 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nic Hill directs. Madeleine Gavin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 16 years ago.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Editor Madeleine Gavin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jimmy Wales and Alan Schwartz and Ed Chi carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Imagine a world where everyone had access to the sum of all human knowledge".
8IMDB entry: tt0960864 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.