In the 2001 film Antitrust, NURV employs programmer Milo Hoffman.
Milo is a talented young programmer who joins NURV, a powerful software company led by Gary Winston. He is recruited to work on Synapse, a project intended to connect people around the world through communications technology. Milo initially sees the job as an opportunity to develop ambitious software with significant social benefits.
His view changes when he discovers evidence that NURV is involved in a violent and secretive operation. The company’s polished public image contrasts with the conduct Milo uncovers inside its development organization. That contrast gives the film its central corporate-conspiracy conflict.
Antitrust was released in 2001 and stars Ryan Phillippe as Milo Hoffman and Tim Robbins as Gary Winston. Peter Howitt directed the film. It is sometimes confused with films about individual rogue hackers, but Antitrust focuses more directly on software development, corporate power and intellectual-property control.