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Tune Out the Noise

Doc LA Laurel
Rhode Island International Film Festival Laurel
Breck Film Festival Laurel
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Tune Out the Noise is a documentary film about a group of unlikely upstarts who crossed paths at the University of Chicago in the middle of the 20th century, just as computers were first being used to analyze data. That serendipitous, monumental shift enabled them to develop, and then apply, research that turned Wall Street upside down, from its ineffectual investing methods to how those were sold to the public.


It’s a story about how finance became a science and challenged the traditional methods of investing. That, in turn, led to the invention of index funds, the founding of Dimensional Fund Advisors—an investment firm dedicated to implementing the science—and the evolution of client-focused financial advice. These advances have benefited generations of investors.

Errol Morris on Tune Out the Noise
Hear from the Academy Award®–winning director as he discusses making the film. (3:23)

FOURTH FLOOR PRODUCTIONS and MOXIE PICTURES present an ERROL MORRIS FILM “TUNE OUT THE NOISE” featuring DAVID BOOTH REX SINQUEFIELD EUGENE FAMA MYRON SCHOLES ROBERT C. MERTON ROGER IBBOTSON KENNETH FRENCH JOHN “MAC” MCQUOWN JEANNE SINQUEFIELD GERARD O’REILLY SAVINA RIZOVA DAVID BUTLER MARK HEBNER NORM MINDEL BILL BRADLEY co-producers JOSHUA KEARNEY MOLLY ROKOSZ DINA ALEXANDER PISCATELLI graphics JEREMY LANDMAN music by PAUL LEONARD-MORGAN editor STEVEN HATHAWAY director of photography IGOR MARTINOVIĆ producers JULIE BILSON AHLBERG ROBERT FERNANDEZ directed by ERROL MORRIS COPYRIGHT© 2024 BRAIN TRUST LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.