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  • Google and the World Brain (2013)
  • 90 min | Documentary, Drama
Google and the World Brain (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Drama

The most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet: Google's master plan to scan every book in the world and the people trying to stop them. Google say they are building a library for mankind, but they also have other intentions.
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Updated Jan 14, 2013

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Jan 18, 2013 (United States)

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39 cast members
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Brendan Price
H.G. Wells H.G. Wells   See fewer
Nicolas Chapman
Character Voices (voice) Character Voices (voice)   See fewer
Molly Malcolm
Character Voices (voice) Character Voices (voice)   See fewer
Joshua Zamrycki
Character Voices (voice) Character Voices (voice)   See fewer
Shojiro Akashi
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Sergey Brin
Self - Co-founder, Google Self - Co-founder, Google   See fewer
Reginald Carr
Self - Former Director, Bodleian Library Self - Former Director, Bodleian Library   See fewer
Dan Clancy
Self - Former Chief Engineer, Google Books (archive footage) Self - Former Chief Engineer, Google Books (archive footage)   See fewer
Mary Sue Coleman
Self - President, Michigan University (archive footage) Self - President, Michigan University (archive footage)   See fewer
Luis Collado
Self - Head of Google Books, Spain and Portugal Self - Head of Google Books, Spain and Portugal   See fewer
Robert Darnton
Self - Director, Harvard University Library Self - Director, Harvard University Library   See fewer
David C. Drummond
Self - Senior Vice President, Google (archive footage) Self - Senior Vice President, Google (archive footage)   See fewer
James Gleick
Self - Authors Guild Self - Authors Guild   See fewer
Charles A. Gonzales
Self - Congressman (archive footage) Self - Congressman (archive footage)   See fewer
Lewis Hyde
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Jean-Noël Jeanneney
Self - Former Director, French National Library Self - Former Director, French National Library   See fewer
Brewster Kahle
Self - Founder, Internet Archive Self - Founder, Internet Archive   See fewer
Kevin Kelly
Self - Co-founder, Wired magazine Self - Co-founder, Wired magazine   See fewer
Kaiser Kuo
Self - Communications Director, Baidu Self - Communications Director, Baidu   See fewer
Raymond Kurzweil
Self - Inventor of the Scanner, Futurologist (as Ray Kurzweil) Self - Inventor of the Scanner, Futurologist (as Ray Kurzweil)   See fewer
Jaron Lanier
Self - Virtual Reality Pioneer and Author Self - Virtual Reality Pioneer and Author   See fewer
Yu Chun Lei
Self - Super Star Book Scanning Centre Self - Super Star Book Scanning Centre   See fewer
Lawrence Lessig
Self - Founder, Creative Commons (as Laurence Lessig) Self - Founder, Creative Commons (as Laurence Lessig)   See fewer
Angela Merkel
Self - German Chancellor Self - German Chancellor   See fewer
Mian Mian
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Paul Misener
Self - Vice President, Amazon (archive footage) Self - Vice President, Amazon (archive footage)   See fewer
Evgeny Morozov
Self - Internet Analyst Self - Internet Analyst   See fewer
Richard Ovenden
Self - Director, Bodleian Library, Oxford Self - Director, Bodleian Library, Oxford   See fewer
Warden Boyd Rayward
Self - Historian of Libraries Self - Historian of Libraries   See fewer
Roland Reuss
Self - Professor of German Literature, Heidelberg Self - Professor of German Literature, Heidelberg   See fewer
Damià Roure
Self - Library Director, Monastery of Montserrat (as Father Damià Roure) Self - Library Director, Monastery of Montserrat (as Father Damià Roure)   See fewer
Nicolas Sarkozy
Self - Former French President Self - Former French President   See fewer
Pamela Saumelson
Self - Professor of Law, Berkeley Self - Professor of Law, Berkeley   See fewer
Charles Seife
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
Clay Shirky
Self - Internet Consultant Self - Internet Consultant   See fewer
Amit Singhal
Self - Senior Vice President, Google Self - Senior Vice President, Google   See fewer
Jordi Torres
Self - Professor, UPC Barcelona Tech Self - Professor, UPC Barcelona Tech   See fewer
Sidney Verba
Self - Former Director, Harvard Library Self - Former Director, Harvard Library   See fewer
H.G. Wells
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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