[Collection Thread] Series and films in which Bitcoin (or Altcoins) appear

[franky1]

movie: the bricklayer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2016303/



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00:37:38 -00:37:46
"To prevent this I demand payment of one hundred million US dollars in Bitcoin.
hardware wallet delivery"

01:15:09 - 01:15:11
"The bitcoin is loaded onto the flash drive."


1:27:49-1:27:49
woman: "we found Radeks laptop in the van, the bitcoin wallet wasnt there"

[CODE200]

movie: the bricklayer

1:27:49-1:27:49
woman: "we found Radek's laptop in the van, the bitcoin wallet wasnt there"

That's such a significant part that bitcoin is mentioned, bitcoin's not just a sort of passing thought of some side character or the main character or even a quip to to add in to the dialogue, it's a McGuffin now which is an awesome thing. When will we see an absurdist fictional biopic of the life of Satoshi? I like it to be directed by Wes Anderson or Greta Gerwig to make the absurdist feeling accentuated. I edited the bolded part

[Lucius]

movie: the bricklayer
1:27:49-1:27:49
woman: "we found Radek's laptop in the van, the bitcoin wallet wasnt there"

That's such a significant part that bitcoin is mentioned, bitcoin's not just a sort of passing thought of some side character or the main character or even a quip to to add in to the dialogue, it's a McGuffin now which is an awesome thing.
~snip~

Bitcoin is actually mentioned several times in the film, and even a hardware wallet (Ledger type) appears. The bad guys demand $100 million in BTC not to reveal some secrets, and when our bricklayer connects the HW to the computer, a transaction is initiated that transfers BTC from the device.

[franky1]

i wasnt paying attention to the movie, another person was watching it in another room and i only over heard the part i mentioned and it perked my ears up to ask them to tell me timestamp of scene.

i normally pay attention when the words "bitcoin" are mentioned and less so when "crypto" or "wallet" are mentioned.
however i might edit my post to include all subtitle inclusions of bitcoin from the movie

[hilariousetc]

movie: the bricklayer

1:27:49-1:27:49
woman: "we found Radek's laptop in the van, the bitcoin wallet wasnt there"

That's such a significant part that bitcoin is mentioned, bitcoin's not just a sort of passing thought of some side character or the main character or even a quip to to add in to the dialogue, it's a McGuffin now which is an awesome thing. When will we see an absurdist fictional biopic of the life of Satoshi? I like it to be directed by Wes Anderson or Greta Gerwig to make the absurdist feeling accentuated. I edited the bolded part

Be careful what you wish for. We probably won't get a biopic about the true Satoshi as nobody really knows much about him for sure, but it wouldn't surprise me if Faketoshi tries to get a film made about himself. I saw there's a biography about him coming out later this year: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hero-Villain-Satoshi-Built-Bitcoin/dp/B0CM281JKM

In 2008, when the Bitcoin Whitepaper was published online, the technology world changed forever. Hero / Villain: Satoshi: The Man Who Built Bitcoin tells the story of how an awkward, Australian security specialist first created something revolutionary under the moniker “Satoshi Nakamoto” and how he spent every moment thereafter either in self-imposed hiding or in court trying to protect his invention.

Initially intended to be a force for good that would allow people to transact directly and inexpensively online, it wasn’t long before Bitcoin became something else: a store of value with a cast of powerful investors hell-bent on manipulating it for their own gain.

For the first time, the real inside story of Bitcoin is laid bare—a story with greed, power, and betrayal at its heart. With firsthand interviews with the man most likely to be Bitcoin’s inventor and those who have fought with him to ensure Bitcoin fulfills its positive and potentially world-changing purpose, Hero / Villain: Satoshi: The Man Who Built Bitcoin serves as an important book in the context of a world where cryptocurrency is in turmoil.

That could certainly get optioned for a movie, though I'm hoping a movie about Craig's fradulence will come out before that. The Dr Bitcoin podcast also have their own book coming out this year called Faketoshi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngS6_EHFrf4

I've always thought the debacle with Craig when he left Australia as he was raided by the ATO would make qood film. It certainly read like a thriller.

[franky1]

CSW's investors(mainly macgregor and ayres) own the licencing to do book/movie deals. and have never been interested in investment ROI from "satoshi stash" due to them deep down knowing he isnt satoshi. they have however kept up the rouse to keep the drama alive as it has potential money making use of story telling of conference tours, books, movies and even court cases

so yes there will be many books and movies.. but right now the investors of CSW dont want to low ball their story versions to some cheap documentarian. they are hoping for big movie production phone calls asking to buy the story

ayres has since 2020 been video documenting scenes hoping to pitch to movie producers..
https://cryptopotato.com/calvin-ayre-to-film-a-movie-proving-craig-wright-is-satoshi-nakamoto/
still not happening yet, he hasnt got any big budget movie deals yet, but would sue anyone else who tries without their permission
..
even later sequels that then turn the story from supposed inventor to fraudster (admitting the rouse and con games) and then showing the frauds of ATO and other things.. its all revenue generation in CSW's investors eyes.. so good or bad they win

[digaran]

I just hope they are not naive enough to go with any movies/books etc, because guess what? We have all of his post history lies and deceptions archived to have a laugh at when the time comes. This idea could work before dig, but now that dig is here, fraud and deception will not be tolerated. 😉

[franky1]

I just hope they are not naive enough to go with any movies/books etc, because guess what? We have all of his post history lies and deceptions archived to have a laugh at when the time comes. This idea could work before dig, but now that dig is here, fraud and deception will not be tolerated. 😉

big movie producers dont buy geek movies about inventors
they buy movies about fraud, deceit, con-artists, scammers, psychopaths,

think about it
real satoshi story: guy patches ideas together of monetary system makes white paper, releases code, others edit code. someone buys pizza to monetise units created. ........ doesnt fit any action,thriller,drama category.. so no engagement with big producers

csw story: con man scams millions of people for $millions. fakes inventing things, takes people to court and loses.... sounds more like a thriller, drama to me.. so more engaging with big producers

[CODE200]

That's such a significant part that bitcoin is mentioned, bitcoin's not just a sort of passing thought of some side character or the main character or even a quip to to add in to the dialogue, it's a McGuffin now which is an awesome thing.
~snip~

Bitcoin is actually mentioned several times in the film, and even a hardware wallet (Ledger type) appears. The bad guys demand $100 million in BTC not to reveal some secrets, and when our bricklayer connects the HW to the computer, a transaction is initiated that transfers BTC from the device.

I know, I've watched it as soon as I got off work, I knew I had to and yes it got mentioned a lot of times and it actually helps the story and the audience being engaged because the antagonists or the bad guys aren't dumb or isn't using any unfamiliar word or stuff as a means of ransom. So refreshing to watch an action film that's not explosive at the end or a bad ending or a cliffhanger, just a generic good ending for the good guys and talking about the things they want to do and what they've done throughout the film plus Aaron Eckhart is a really great actor, loved his Two-Face in the Dark Knight Trilogy.

[hilariousetc]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15314262/

I'm not sure if they mentioned Bitcoin directly (I might have missed it) but in the new David Ayer "The Beekeeper" movie starring Jason Statham they mention cryptocurrencies a few times along with one mention of NFTs and blockchains.

https://www.polygon.com/24035803/beekeeper-david-ayer-interview-jason-statham

David Ayer on his favorite Beekeeper bee joke and making ‘crypto bros’ the villain

It was basically The Equalizer but with Jason Statham doing a Bruce Willis and going after e-scammers.

CSW's investors(mainly macgregor and ayres) own the licencing to do book/movie deals.

They might have done a deal with Craig on this for his life story or for his input on it but that doesn't mean other people can't make one about him. If someone wrote a book about him then anyone could buy the rights to that. People have made films based on articles before and the Andrew O'Hagan one was pretty good titled The Satoshi Affair: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n13/andrew-o-hagan/the-satoshi-affair

He also released a book called The Secret Life: Three True Stories of the Digital Age but it was only part about Craig and featured two other works: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/11/secret-life-three-true-stories-andrew-ohagan-julian-assange-review

According to that article it seems they were trying to get Andrew to write an autobiography on Craig but it probably soured/backfired. Similarly, the same thing happened to Julian Assange but that ended up being released as an "unauthorized" biography instead.

Personally I just hope he gets arrested soon so there's a nail in the coffin on the story. Maybe we should try write a crowd-sourced script and then try get it crowdfunded. As I said before, I think the whole Craig debacle would make a great thriller, especially the bit where he gets raided by the ATO and flees Australia. Give a read/listen to the Satoshi affair article and the relevant episodes on the Dr Bitcoin podcast and you'll see what I mean.

[franky1]

2024 movie "lift" staring kevin hart
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14371878/


no mention of bitcoin but NFT mentioned a dozen times in first 20 minutes (art+NFT auction related scene)

[Remsjack]

'Crypto' is mentioned in Ghostbusters, Frozen Empire, at 57'45:

"Come with me to the library.
- Are we not in the library?
- Upstairs is just for show. Gilded research rooms where struggling actors can Twitch-stream and buy crypto. The old library is below."

[Remsjack]

'Crypto' is mentioned in The Instigators, a Doug Liman movie for Apple with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, at around 8:05:

"Miccelli's old school. Cash bar. Hundred a drink. No Venmo. No PayPal. No fucking crypto, Google bullshit. Cash."

[Remsjack]

Has anyone watched the series BEEF on Netflix? There is a shot on a bitcoin wallet app at 10s in the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-GX-2-AKcs
It must play at least a little part in the plot.

For those who have seen the series, is it any good?
They just announced a 2nd season with an impressive cast: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny...

(Is this collection thread still active? It seems that the first post has not been updated for a while now)

[JayJuanGee]

Has anyone watched the series BEEF on Netflix? There is a shot on a bitcoin wallet app at 10s in the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-GX-2-AKcs
It must play at least a little part in the plot.

For those who have seen the series, is it any good?
They just announced a 2nd season with an impressive cast: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny...

(Is this collection thread still active? It seems that the first post has not been updated for a while now)

Yeah.. I looked at the trailer link that you provided, and there was another point at about 1:20 into the trailer that the girl was pointing a gun at her phone, and so who knows if that particular rage was aimed at anything related to finances or if it was just some rage that merely came from some meaningless aspects of our social media interactions, which many of us could probably relate to those kind of rages in regards to information (communications) we might sometimes get through our phones. 

I cannot really tell why the seemingly main characters seem to be having such difficulties with each other and if money (or bitcoin or crypto) have anything to do with their difficulties to relate to one another or if there just might be some pent up inability to establish a relationship based on other random and/or not explained reasons.. so maybe the trailer served a purpose of creating curiosity in regards to what and/or why is there so much entertaining drama in regards to why they are having troubles "getting" or perhaps "staying" together.

[Remsjack]

Bitcoin is mentioned in a Netflix Christmas movie with Lindsay Lohan, Our Little Secret, at 00:19:36

You also have, also on Netflix, the documentary about the Bitfinex hack, Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein, the Biggest Heist Ever