The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest: Directed by Mick Jackson. With Adam Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Jake Busey, Enrico Colantoni. Andy works in marketing but wants to create something “real” so he gets a job in research with huge a pay cut. He teams with 3 nerds to develop a $99 PC for 3rd world students. Then comes the dot-com crash.

“I enjoy the writing of Po Bronson, with Bombardiers being right up there with Catch-22 as one of the funniest books I have ever read. I remember enjoying The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest as well, although I think I keep confusing it with Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. When I saw this movie was playing on Showtime, I had no idea that it was made into a movie. I guess it was only released in L.A. and New York in 2002. Well, itu0026#39;s certainly a cheeseball interpretation of the book, with sub-par writing by Jon Favreau, who adapted the screenplay. But, being a movie about the dot-com generation, I canu0026#39;t resist. Itu0026#39;s not horrible, and having Rosario Dawson cast as the female lead certainly doesnu0026#39;t suck.”