Watch trailer for BlackBerry
Watch trailer
BlackBerry
Director: Matt Johnson Run Time: 119 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2023
Starring: Glenn Howerton, Jay Baruchel, Matt Johnson, Michael Ironside, Rich Sommer
Screenwriters: Matt Johnson, Matt Miller
Producers: Niv Fichman, Matt Miller, Fraser Ash, Kevin Krikst
Featuring an in-person conversation with Glenn Howerton and a reception to follow.
IFC and Vidiots invite our annual members to a special free screening of BlackBerry. Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavor that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone.