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Time Bomb Y2K

An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.

Director

Brian Becker, Marley Mcdonald

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

HBO Documentary Films,Spinning Nancy

Awards

4 nominations

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/movies/time-bomb-y2k

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We got a fully wired school - Time Bomb Y2K

We got a fully wired school

Have communications
like this, uh, - Time Bomb Y2K

Have communications like this, uh,

I'm really glad to
see that you've got - Time Bomb Y2K

I'm really glad to see that you've got

If more people can
communicate directly like this - Time Bomb Y2K

If more people can communicate directly like this

And it's really exciting to
see us here looking at you - Time Bomb Y2K

And it's really exciting to see us here looking at you

Why don't we give a big cheer - Time Bomb Y2K

Why don't we give a big cheer

(VOLUNTEERS AND
STUDENTS APPLAUDING) - Time Bomb Y2K

(VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENTS APPLAUDING)

SHOPPER 3: You mean
you can take a movie - Time Bomb Y2K

SHOPPER 3: You mean you can take a movie

(SHOPPER 4 LAUGHS) - Time Bomb Y2K

(SHOPPER 4 LAUGHS)

STEVE JOBS: We humans
are tool builders - Time Bomb Y2K

STEVE JOBS: We humans are tool builders

Something that
takes us far beyond - Time Bomb Y2K

Something that takes us far beyond

PETER JENNINGS: Microsoft will
be the most powerful company - Time Bomb Y2K

PETER JENNINGS: Microsoft will be the most powerful company

But so many people are
dependent on those tools. - Time Bomb Y2K

But so many people are dependent on those tools.

Once they have those
things... (CHUCKLES) - Time Bomb Y2K

Once they have those things... (CHUCKLES)

I think a millennia from now - Time Bomb Y2K

I think a millennia from now

Now that I've gone
on the internet, - Time Bomb Y2K

Now that I've gone on the internet,

JOHN PERRY BARLOW: Any
human being can say - Time Bomb Y2K

JOHN PERRY BARLOW: Any human being can say

It means that all of those - Time Bomb Y2K

It means that all of those

MAN: I think it's no accident - Time Bomb Y2K

MAN: I think it's no accident

It's the actual
millennium itself - Time Bomb Y2K

It's the actual millennium itself

It's like a magnet - Time Bomb Y2K

It's like a magnet

So as you hit it right
on the year 2000, - Time Bomb Y2K

So as you hit it right on the year 2000,

I want to get online.
I need a computer! - Time Bomb Y2K

I want to get online. I need a computer!

Computers that can handle
millions of numbers a minute - Time Bomb Y2K

Computers that can handle millions of numbers a minute

It's a problem called
the Millennium Bug - Time Bomb Y2K

It's a problem called the Millennium Bug

We can't see the
electronic calendar - Time Bomb Y2K

We can't see the electronic calendar

The first two digits
of the year, the 19, - Time Bomb Y2K

The first two digits of the year, the 19,

To save precious storage space,
only the last two digits change. - Time Bomb Y2K

To save precious storage space, only the last two digits cha...

So when the year 1999 ends,
virtually all computer calendars - Time Bomb Y2K

So when the year 1999 ends, virtually all computer calendars

And they're going
to fall asunder - Time Bomb Y2K

And they're going to fall asunder

REPORTER: Peter de
Jager calls himself - Time Bomb Y2K

REPORTER: Peter de Jager calls himself

If we don't fix the programs,
that's what happens. - Time Bomb Y2K

If we don't fix the programs, that's what happens.

If everybody listens to
us, we'll bypass this. - Time Bomb Y2K

If everybody listens to us, we'll bypass this.

If everybody starts
working on it, - Time Bomb Y2K

If everybody starts working on it,

What you have just
communicated to me - Time Bomb Y2K

What you have just communicated to me

Do you understand that?
Do you realize that? - Time Bomb Y2K

Do you understand that? Do you realize that?

♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K

♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

First day on the job, I
noticed that our systems - Time Bomb Y2K

First day on the job, I noticed that our systems

When I brought it
up to management, - Time Bomb Y2K

When I brought it up to management,

In 1989, - Time Bomb Y2K

And the first show
was about how in 1965 - Time Bomb Y2K

And the first show was about how in 1965

And the question asked
by 25 million people - Time Bomb Y2K

And the question asked by 25 million people

It was that single
device failing, - Time Bomb Y2K

It was that single device failing,

♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K

♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪

- Here's ABC's Gina Smith.
- Just how big is the problem? - Time Bomb Y2K

- Here's ABC's Gina Smith. - Just how big is the p...

Well, imagine someone told you
you had to find and replace - Time Bomb Y2K

Well, imagine someone told you you had to find and replace

- Now imagine you have to find...
- (HELICOPTER THRUMS) - Time Bomb Y2K

- Now imagine you have to find... - (HELICOPTER THRUMS)

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH
MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH
MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

What Y2K is about really
is the pervasiveness - Time Bomb Y2K

What Y2K is about really is the pervasiveness

It's the big fragile
systems, the brittle systems - Time Bomb Y2K

It's the big fragile systems, the brittle systems

Things like power,
electric communications, - Time Bomb Y2K

Things like power, electric communications,

MARK KINGWELL:
These are the things - Time Bomb Y2K

MARK KINGWELL: These are the things

It's the economies
of the countries - Time Bomb Y2K

It's the economies of the countries

You can have a company
like General Motors - Time Bomb Y2K

You can have a company like General Motors

And if you can't get the
widget that goes into the seat - Time Bomb Y2K

And if you can't get the widget that goes into the seat

Computers which control
public transportation systems - Time Bomb Y2K

Computers which control public transportation systems

- (MONITOR BEEPING) - ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL
SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K

- (MONITOR BEEPING) - ♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ...

Imagine how many things are
now run with computer chips - Time Bomb Y2K

Imagine how many things are now run with computer chips

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH
MUSIC BUILDS) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC BUILDS) ♪

- ♪ (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY) ♪
- (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) - Time Bomb Y2K

- ♪ (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY) ♪ - (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

It seems unbelievable, but
it's only 535 days from now. - Time Bomb Y2K

It seems unbelievable, but it's only 535 days from now.

At the stroke of midnight, - Time Bomb Y2K

At the stroke of midnight,

It is a complex test
that requires us all - Time Bomb Y2K

It is a complex test that requires us all

Every government agency,
every university, - Time Bomb Y2K

Every government agency, every university,

This is clearly one of the most - Time Bomb Y2K

This is clearly one of the most

More than anything else,
the year 2000 problem - Time Bomb Y2K

More than anything else, the year 2000 problem

Earlier this year, - Time Bomb Y2K

Earlier this year,

(CHUCKLES) ...out of
retirement and take this on, - Time Bomb Y2K

(CHUCKLES) ...out of retirement and take this on,

(CHUCKLES) - Time Bomb Y2K

We are at the White House.
We're here with John Koskinen. - Time Bomb Y2K

We are at the White House. We're here with John Koskine...

You've been known in papers
and articles as the Y2K czar. - Time Bomb Y2K

You've been known in papers and articles as the Y2K cza...

JOHN KOSKINEN: Well, I'd
say, in a way, I suppose, - Time Bomb Y2K

JOHN KOSKINEN: Well, I'd say, in a way, I suppose,

And if it doesn't
go well, they'll say - Time Bomb Y2K

And if it doesn't go well, they'll say

Has to be a fair amount of
pressure, though, you must admit - Time Bomb Y2K

Has to be a fair amount of pressure, though, you must admit

- ♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Time Bomb Y2K

- ♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

All you can say
for sure right now - Time Bomb Y2K

All you can say for sure right now

But also there are a lot
of people working very hard - Time Bomb Y2K

But also there are a lot of people working very hard

Uh, so at this stage, all
you can do is make guesses - Time Bomb Y2K

Uh, so at this stage, all you can do is make guesses

REPORTER 1: Four million
gallons of raw sewage - Time Bomb Y2K

REPORTER 1: Four million gallons of raw sewage

They were testing
what would happen - Time Bomb Y2K

They were testing what would happen

Computer unexpectedly
shut our input gate - Time Bomb Y2K

Computer unexpectedly shut our input gate

REPORTER 2: Regulatory
reports reveal - Time Bomb Y2K

REPORTER 2: Regulatory reports reveal

When workers advanced
clocks to the year 2000, - Time Bomb Y2K

When workers advanced clocks to the year 2000,

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH
MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K

♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪

Right now I'm just
studying all the facts - Time Bomb Y2K

Right now I'm just studying all the facts

I just assumed in America,
we'll figure it out. (CHUCKLES) - Time Bomb Y2K

I just assumed in America, we'll figure it out. (CHUCKL...

A lot of people are gonna panic
and stockpile things, not fly. - Time Bomb Y2K

A lot of people are gonna panic and stockpile things, not fl...

I do. I think it was started
by computer programmers. - Time Bomb Y2K

I do. I think it was started by computer programmers.

They must be working
on it, are they? - Time Bomb Y2K

They must be working on it, are they?

Time Bomb Y2K poster

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An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Brian Becker, Marley Mcdonald

Writer: N/A

Production: HBO Documentary Films,Spinning Nancy

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 30 Dec 2023

Awards: 4 nominations

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/time-bomb-y2k