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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 1, 2015
- Originally Released: 2014
- Label: Passion River
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Dean Kamen | |
Directed by | Paul Lazarus |
Entertainment Reviews:
Director Paul Lazarus devotes much of the running time to constructing Kamen's cult of personality. He's variously shown to be a Steve Jobs-type visionary, a Bill Gates-type philanthropist and a John du Pont-type eccentric.
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Los Angeles Times
Lazarus' film might not be all that engaging as a piece of cinema, but it's a worthy examination of a classic scientist trying to make strides for the human race while living in a post-modern world that doesn't always care.
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Hollywood Reporter
Accounts of Mr. Kamen's other good works - like founding a charity to teach children about science - only increase the sense of a glorified sales pitch, however noble or inspiring the cause.
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New York Times
Rating: 3.75/5 --
The doc is much more than a description of a new technology -- it's an examination of why science is not more highly valued in our society.
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Orlando Weekly
Rating: 5.95/10 --
Unfocused and lacking insight, but it's at least entertaining thanks to its witty, quirky subject.
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NYC Movie Guru
Rating: 4.5/5 --
Drinkable water will turn toxic in the near future, globally. Genius inventor of the Segway builds a water purifier like nothing you've seen before. 'Slingshot' brings hope.
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Epoch Times
Rating: 3/4 --
A compelling character study of a likable do-gooder whose only regret is that he has but one life to devote to his fellow man.
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Baret News
Product Description:
A documentary profiling Segway inventor Dean Kamen and his quest to deliver safe water to the world's population by developing SlingShot, a vapor compression device that produces clean water. Kamen, who is also known for inventing a variety useful of medical devices utilizes a non-linear approach to his creative process. Because many third world countries do not have access to safe water the pathogens in the water supply can cause widespread illness. Kamen has tackled this problem and developed a system that can turn poisoned well water and river sludge into safe drinking water. Directed by Paul Lazarus.