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Roger Allam is playing media tycoon Robert Maxwell in the biographical film, Tetris, which will delve into the legal battles that took place during the Cold War over the video game...

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00:01It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.
00:06I played for five minutes.
00:08I still see falling blocks in my dreams.
00:12It's poetry, art and math all working in magical synchronicity.
00:19It's the perfect game.
00:21Tetris.
00:22Tetris.
00:23I don't get it.
00:28It's a combination of Tetra, Greek for four, and tennis.
00:32Tennis.
00:33The Russian inventor, he likes tennis.
00:36This game isn't just addictive, it stays with you.
00:40This is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
00:43Hank, only ten other people in the world have seen what you're about to see.
00:48It's called the Game Boy.
00:50Package it with Tetris.
00:51Can you get us the rights?
00:54The Soviet Union had worldwide rights.
00:57Nothing gets out easily.
00:59I'm gonna go to Moscow.
01:00You're walking into a country that still considers America enemy numero uno.
01:04Okie dokie.
01:06You sure you don't have to talk to your wife about this first?
01:09Pioneers have to bet the house to win.
01:11But not literally.
01:12Listen.
01:14Have you ever heard our apartment this quiet before?
01:21This is the inventor of Tetris.
01:23Your game is brilliant.
01:25I'm gonna make you a millionaire.
01:26Mr. Rogers, have you ever negotiated with the Soviets?
01:29We're here for Tetris.
01:32What do you say? I don't speak Russian.
01:37The most powerful man in Germany started watching you and your family.
01:42Do you know where your husband is?
01:43What the hell is going on?
01:45The world is changing and Soviet Union will not be left behind.
01:49You wanna play with the big boys?
01:51This is how the world works.
01:53Where is my money?
01:54This is insane.
01:55We can't protect you.
01:57Sometimes you gotta forget the rules.
02:04Go, go, go, go!
02:09This is criminal.
02:13The Soviet Union is about to implode.
02:16They're lying. Everybody's lying.
02:17The cavalry is coming.
02:19We don't have time.
02:19I have a plan.
02:24Oh, come on. You guys are the kings of cliffhangers.
02:34Not the bad.
02:35Not the bad.
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