"Blackberry": Jay Baruchel and Matt Johnson on the rise and fall of a Canadian tech empire

"BlackBerry" is an upcoming movie that chronicles the rise and fall of Canadian tech giant BlackBerry.
Star Jay Baruchel and director Matt Johnson stop by in-studio to chat about the uniquely Canadian story and take part in a TMS game of "Created in Canada" where we put their knowledge of Canadian inventions to the test.
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[@aaryamannambiar6677]

This movie's gotten universal acclaim. People are comparing it to Steve Jobs and The Social Network, but it has its own uniqueness to it as well. I'm so, so hyped to see this movie.

[@SM-po9wf]

Better than Steve Jobs and I'm not going to say better than Social Network but they're at the same level, but BlackBerry is also hilarious. Glen Howerton f***ing killed it. Loved the movie.

[@leo29hornsfan]

@@SM-po9wfGlenn didn’t just kill it he hall of famed this script. Ohh man he just destroyed the roll.

[@anthonygordon9483]

I always thought Blackberry didnt know what the hell they were doing in the phone industry after Apple Iphone released. The movie definitely clarifies why Blackberry was so behind. When the US president switches his phone from blackberry to Iphone, you know that is a problem.

[@heartjakehotel9955]

Such a great interview. The fact that it ends with Jay saying “sorry” makes it 10,000x more Canadian lmao

[@ARNafi-ev2xr]

Used to work there. The most Canadian company ever.

[@paulolima6407]

So they hired a literal Blackberry fan to play Mike? LOVED IT! I had so much fun watching this movie.

[@muttaking354]

I am from Egypt . I have blackberry priv . I love BlackBerry and I hope BlackBerry returns to the phone industry because it has fans from all over the world .

[@gregkokjian1659]

Great story, amazing cast, a must see!

[@marscreate]

I didn't even know who Matt Johnson was until I watched Blackberry. Can't wait to get acquainted with his other works.

[@rudeboyspodcast]

Oh man you're in for a treat if you haven't seen Nirvanna The Band The Show. Actual masterpiece.

[@AToolyTime]

​@@rudeboyspodcast"Matt! Update day! New Wii titles!" One of my favourite sketches. 😂

[@realpauldano]

I love the dirties so much

[@cincobarrio1]

Phenomenal movie, these two killed it.

[@janetlucas2343]

The ONLY cell I have ever owned (and still do) 🇨🇦 Go Jay and Matt!

[@titusmccarthy]

You might wan to upgrade.

[@janetlucas2343]

@@titusmccarthy Upgrade this.

[@KhrysPKreme]

How does it still work??? 😂😂😂

[@janm2473]

Jay and Matt were awesome in this. I'm proud of them..

[@prestonlindbeck1197]

Best movie I’ve seen this year thus far.

[@PlayTracks]

Totally agree

[@mountaindew2656]

I bought the movie and watched it 10 times. I love it

[@Whatdocowsdrink]

Great film.

[@crush42mash6]

I watched it yesterday. I thought it was fantastic.

[@luckytlou9320]

What a great movie !

[@brysimm404]

Matt shows up for the interview dressed awkwardly in character - of course; yet still not as awkward as Jay.

[@maribelgaravito2625]

I love my Blackberry ❤

[@nicolenew1708]

AMAZING ❤❤

[@johnnyw525]

Great movie

[@jdramirez77]

I really enjoyed the movie. It was funny and entertaining... and they didn't stray from the truth too harshly.

[@malloryresendes1945]

Jay, I love that you're wearing a Joy Division t-shirt. During the movie, I was wondering did Jim B. really have an amazing music taste by listening to Joy Division in his car lol

[@URBONED]

I may have just had a revelation. I was laughing at Matt wearing colour matching tracksuit and headband in almost all of his press for these interviews. I have a sneaking suspicion he is dressed 'in character' for an upcoming project. He did it in his amazing show Nirvanna The Band The Show, where he did interviews for his film, Operation Avalanche in his NTBTS character and used clips from the footage in the show.

[@realpauldano]

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol are currently shooting nirvanna the band the show the movie, however I believe he's just dressing like this because its how Doug Fregin dresses in BlackBerry!

[@syles0003]

Rockin' the Sporty Slayer look, love it 💕

[@heathenmke]

Unfortunately, Slayer is overrated as musicians and composers (other than a few songs).

[@TheDandy99]

Matt Johnson actually wears this shirt for this reason. He is bringing awareness to overrated groups, like slayer, who we put on tshirts and don’t think about and just take at face value. Why do we adjourn these logos? Why hold them up? It has a lot of thought out into it, and I’m glad a proud man like him does it

[@Boo-fy8im]

Watching on my BlackBerry Ultra 6

[@tazz7830]

It's a good movie!

[@JuanMartinez-je5nt]

I remember my first blackberry

[@TimHoggarth]

I loved the movie and I'd even put it on the same level as Social Network and Jobs, but I had no clue it was due out. We've had little to no marketing on this in the UK at all...Am I missing something? Was it meant to be a straight-to-DVD movie?

[@realpauldano]

it came out in October here

[@SonnyK248]

Jay looks baked in this interview 🤣

[@jkmsaturn]

‘In the end, everything fails . . .’ Good point. Only two automakers have never declared bankruptcy: Tesla & Ford. (And Ford is headed in that direction)

[@vedicardi]

considering tesla is how many years old..?

[@Sean_Hammer]

@@vedicardi lmao hey Connie

[@vedicardi]

@@Sean_Hammer you KNOw i gotta comment! btw watch the 40 minute press conference they did its really good

[@heathenmke]

It’s a take on the Chuck Palahniuk quote from his novel Fight Club.

[@jamesbyrne9312]

Brilliant movie, only thing they got wrong was Jay's wig!

[@spooley]

Bless you, Jay. A BB loving Habs fan. We are Sympatico. Not in a Bell way.

[@massapower]

It's RARE i like anything in Canadian Film or TV... I have to admit when I heard it was made Tele-Film & CBC news, i wanted to vomit... So i walked in the cinema last nite on opening day and wanted to hate it... Beginning was very cheesy and the music selection, well don't get me started on that. So as i continued watching , it really picked up when "GLENN HOWERTON" character as Jim Balsillie ( American Actor) entered the Company.. Now that was an amazing Performance 😁👍 And then what really blew my mind was when the character "PURDY" entered the scene, it totally reminded me of "RIP TORN" from MEN IN BLACK.. WOW!!!..... MICHAEL IRONSIDE can pull off a RIP TORN character in a second if they ever decide to make a Men In Black #4 As for Canadian boy BARUCHEL, he played a GEEK / NERD ( Big Bang Theory ) very Well As a Tv series creator, i can defiantly recommend this great Canadian R.I.M. story... Like I said, It;s very RARE i like anything Canadian STEVE JOBS meets BLACKBERRY 👌🤩 Luv my Crack Berries Baby !!!😎🤟

[@andrewchisholm4481]

did Matt call a paint roller esoteric? i feel like it's a pretty accessible concept.

[@paulpietschinski3282]

Jay...good old Canadian boy. Yah I know Matt is a Canuck as well.

[@phmac2402]

I loooooved Blackberry and could not stand iPhone. It was all about the physical buttons and keyboard that appealed to me. If there was a chance for Blackberry to rise again from the ashes, I'd be first in line to buy.

[@stelaastraesther9459]

Jay 👍🤣🤣

[@SavvySavant]

Canadians are interesting👍.

[@everyonesguy7466]

Don’t know this director but he seem like he just knows it , I watched the movie n knowing it’s 5% real which means it’s 95% his movie

[@KhrysPKreme]

he is too hard up to speak of his love for BlackBerry 😂😂😂😂😂😂 like okay WE GET IT

[@ehyouman]

It was a great film, ofc jay had one tru canuck

[@leo29hornsfan]

Man I miss my blackberry a lot just like most of us do. When I heard about this movie I thought that it was gonna suck and be trash so I just rented it to see how it would be and man was I ever wrong about this movie. What a freaking great movie this was. The actors did an amazing job. It was well worth the $14.99

[@Ricardogs]

the movie is good, but half of RIM problems was buggy software and rushed products, to many models to work at the same time, was a great product at server side and hardware, but the software was glitchy at the first months of the products, also the storm 1 was a mass produced prototype vs the storm 2 was nearly perfect.

[@buck_swope]

How does Jay still look like he's 22 lol

[@stevenpwr421]

Shopifi is the next Blackbury

[@EduardoOliveira-zx4yj]

"TRUMP GETS TROUGH WITH CRITICS" HE IS A GOOD PERSON.

[@hytraaddxw3rs313]

FIRE JOHN CHEN

[@nokomisnichols]

that played an important role in the Clinton bodybag count im sure.

[@mach1sports]

The real Jim balsilie was nothing like this guy’s portrayal. Jim was a guys guy n funny dude.