![]() ![]() “You’re not a tech guy, are you?” a Bell Atlantic exec named Woodman (Saul Rubinek) calmly inquires, after Jim attempts to BS a board meeting with razzle-dazzle of how they’re “selling self-reliance” rather than communications. ![]() telecoms for a network deal, despite not really understanding how this outlandish new device works. The RIM nerds race to fashion a (barely) working BlackBerry prototype out of spare parts and toys while Jim starts barnstorming the big U.S. (He settles for less and sharing co-CEO status with Mike.) Oh, and he also wants 50 per cent of the company and the title of CEO. Jim informs a meekly compliant Mike and a sputtering Doug that they need to create, right now, a prototype he can shop around to the telecoms. He’s disdainful of geeks - he doesn’t even love “Star Wars”! - but he has the corporate moxie that RIM badly needs. The Harvard-educated and hair-deficient Jim, impatient and explosive, has the permanent look of a man who has just discovered that his car has been towed. Robotics.Įnter Jim Balsillie (Glenn Howerton of TV’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), the MVP of a crack ensemble cast, who becomes both hero and villain of the piece. The problem is that Mike and Doug don’t have a clue how to bring their BlackBerry idea to fruition (they initially think of calling it PocketLink) or how to make and exploit a successful business deal, as they comically demonstrate when they fumble a huge modem sale to U.S. ![]()
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