Frontline Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover (Season 42, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 91 min | Documentary, News

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Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover (Season 42, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 91 min | Documentary, News

Elon Musk's long and often troubled relationship with Twitter. Musk's journey from one of the platform's most provocative users to its sole proprietor, exploring the acquisition, free speech and the company's uncertain future.

Director

James Jacoby

Writers

Anya Bourg | James Jacoby

Producers

Miles Alvord | Coral C. Salomón Bartolomei | Anya Bourg | Nina Chaudry & 7 more

Composer

Steve Moore

Cinematographer

Jeremy Gould

Editors

Miles Alvord | Christine Guordano | Deb Holland | Alex LaGore & 6 more

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 10, 2023

Release date

Oct 10, 2023 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

126 wins & 195 nominations

Contacts

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 cast members

Name	Known for
James Jacoby Self - Narrator and Interviewer Self - Narrator and Interviewer See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Elon Musk Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Machete Kills (2013)
Zoë Shiffer Self Self See fewer	Pivot (I) (2018)
Kara Swisher Self Self See fewer	Behind the Binary: AllThingsD (2012)
Rumman Chowdhury Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Anika Collier Navaroli Self Self See fewer	Hacking Hate (2024)
Walter Isaacson Self - Author of Authorized Biography, 'Elon Musk' Self - Author of Authorized Biography, 'Elon Musk' See fewer	Steve Jobs (2015)
Linette Lopez Self Self See fewer	CNN Newsroom (1989)
Matt Levine Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Yoel Roth Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Matt Taibbi Self Self See fewer	Scared to Debt: America's Student Loan Scam
Alim Virani Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Adam Stein Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Adam Treitler Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Jonathan Spear Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
E. Kiko Smith Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Yao Yue Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Jonathan Greenblatt Self Self See fewer	Divided States (2018)
Michael Shellenberger Self Self See fewer	Pandora's Promise (2013)
Renee DiResta Self Self See fewer	The Social Dilemma (2020)
Jim Jordan Self Self See fewer	Crain & Company (2020)
Nina Jankowicz Self Self See fewer	The Wizard Rockumentary: A Movie About Rocking and Rowling (2008)