Gamebox 1.0

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Gamebox 1.0
Directed by David Hillenbrand
Scott Hillenbrand
Produced by Shauna Shapiro Jackson
Bruce Livingston
Rick Tucker
John Coven
Ashley R. Friedman
David Hillenbrand
Scott Hillenbrand
David A. Jackson
David A. Jackson
Albert Miniaci
Written by Patrick Casey
Worm Miller
David Hillenbrand
Scott Hillenbrand
Starring Nate Richert
Danielle Fishel
Patrick Kilpatrick
Patrick Renna
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date(s) 2004
Running time 83 minutes
Language English
IMDb profile

Gamebox 1.0 (2004) is a film starring Nate Richert (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) and Danielle Fishel (Boy Meets World) about a video game that traps you inside it when you play. The only escape being to win the game. It was directed by the brothers David and Scott Hillenbrand, who wrote it with Patrick Casey and Worm Miller. It will be released on DVD in the U.S. on April 10, 2007.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Charlie (Nate Richert) is a video game tester with a troubled past. One day he receives a new console to test in the mail. This video game system, the Gamebox 1.0, is like no other system he's seen before, it emerses the player in a virtual reality world. In this game within his mind Charlie confronts his dead girlfriend (Danielle Fishel) and the dirty cop (Patrick Kilpatrick) who murdered her. The only catch is, if Charlie doesn't win this game it will cost him his life.

Spoilers end here.

The actual Gamebox console prop was given away on the April 5th, 2007 episode of 'On the Spot', a live video game broadcast from GameSpot.

[edit] Taglines

  • The Video Game That Plays You!
  • The Only Way Out is to Win

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