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Elon Musk: The Real Life Iron Man

2018 · 71 min

A brisk, surface-level profile that skims through a famous innovator's milestones, more informative than immersive and rarely digging beneath the headlines.

Directed by
Sonia Anderson
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Elon Musk, Amber Heard
Tagline
An unauthorized biography.
Overview
Discover the meteoric rise of Elon Musk, the man who is transforming the way we think about travel technology through electric cars, the Hyperloop, and revolutionary ideas on how we live through artificial intelligence and colonizing Mars.

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Directed by
Sonia Anderson
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Elon Musk, Amber Heard
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    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • technology
    • ambition
    • exploration
    • celebrity
    • power
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    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
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    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Sonia Anderson
    Written by
    Sonia Anderson
    Starring
    Elon Musk, Amber Heard
    Runtime
    71 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    Russian, German, English

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