CSAIL Olympics: The Movies

About

Every January, the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) holds a lab-wide olympics. During this time, the normally friendly lab divides into four factions, each seeking to best their competitors in games of skill, wit, strength, and above all participation. One popular event is the movie making competition, where each team competes to produce a short video starring their team.

The videos are judged according to a mostly arbitrary point system. Teams are strongly encouraged to get as many of their team members—and often as many professors—into the video as possible. However, to make things more interesting, the teams are given various constraints, such as bizarre objects or spoken lines, that must appear in their movie. The rules for each year's competition are linked in the headers.

Missing Movies

This event was also run in 1998, 1999, and 2000 (I think). However, movies from those events have been lost. If you have a copy of one of those movies, please


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The higher quality the source, the better. Let me know if you upload something, and I'll post it ASAP!

2013: Unsocial Networking

150 Million Years Ago

Dinospace

YouTube
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Jason

HackUp

YouTube
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Koalas

OkHermit

YouTube
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Meanwhile, at Google...

Peerkut

MP4 (33 MB)
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2012: Rivals

Rubbish Products

Ahab vs˙ Moby Dick

MP4 (11 MB) AVI (15 MB)
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Man Versus Stata

Bear vs˙ Ninja

MP4 (103 MB) AVI (174 MB)
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Soft Rivalries

Gates vs˙ Stallman

MP4 (102 MB)
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???

2pac vs˙ Biggie

MP4 (94 MB)
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2011: Not So Super Villains!

Supervillains Anonymous

Shredder

MOV (240 MB) MPG (11 MB) AVI (8.9 MB)
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Fatal Error

Skeletor

MOV (315 MB) MPG (44 MB) AVI (39 MB)
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Facebook Attacks

Wile E.

MOV (1.1 GB) MPG (11 MB) AVI (9.1 MB)
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Super-villain Hunter

Magneto

MOV (118 MB) MPG (10 MB) AVI (8.6 MB)
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2010: The Four Horsemen!

T minus 2 mins

Plague

AVI (5.5 MB) MOV (151 MB)
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Operation GRAD-TRIM

Death

AVI (13 MB) MPEG-4 (103 MB)
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The Day After Vultures

Famine

AVI (6.3 MB) MOV (72 MB)
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It's not delivery, it's zombies!

War

AVI (7.3 MB) MOV (134 MB)
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2009: Internet Memes!

Leaked MIT Admissions Video Essays

Rickrollers

YouTube MOV (34 MB)
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Persuasion, The Art of

Starwars Kids

YouTube MOV (13 MB)
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Wii R TEH LOLCATZ!!!

LOLcats

YouTube MPEG-4 (76 MB)
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(no title given)

Hampsterdance

YouTube MPEG (56 MB)
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2008: Cereal Showcase

Frosted Flakes: Almost Heaven

Tony

MPEG-4 (77 MB) MOV (32 MB)
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Choose Trix

Trix

MPEG-4 (78 MB) MOV (32 MB)
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The Taste Was Worth the Risk

Lucky

MPEG-4 (95 MB) MOV (38 MB)
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Out with the Old, In with the New...

Cocoa

MPEG-4 (6.5 MB) MOV (11 MB)
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2007: VH1: Behind the Food Trucks

Ultimate Power

Jose's

DIVX (32 MB) MPEG (18 MB)
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Creatures of the Wild

Jona's Subs

DIVX (60 MB) MPEG (37 MB)
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Behind the Food Trucks

Goosebeary's

DIVX (44 MB) MPEG (25 MB)
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T + 1hr

Jerusalem Cafe

DIVX (43 MB) MPEG (18 MB)
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2006: The Ultimate Sequel

Star Wars 3.5: A Lost Hope

Star Wars

MPEG-4 (63 MB) MPEG-1 (41 MB) (21 MB)
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Backdoor Hackers

Indiana Jones

MPEG-4 (36 MB) MPEG-1 (34 MB) (18 MB)
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The Ultimate Sequel

Back to the Future

MPEG-4 (50 MB) MPEG-1 (29 MB) (15 MB)
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???

The Godfather

MPEG-4 (36 MB) MPEG-1 (26 MB) (13 MB)
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2005: Stata Dream Vacation

Ph. D. Land

LogoLand

MPEG-1 (19 MB)
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Six Lakes

Six Compiler Flags Over Cambridge

MPEG-1 (23 MB)
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Universal Turing Studios

Universal Turing Studios

MPEG-1 (22 MB)
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CWorld

CWorld

MPEG-1 (18 MB)
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2004: The Next Seinfeld

Mutant U

The Simpsons

MPEG-4 (17 MB) MPEG-1 (7 MB)
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CSAIL Survivor

I Love Lucy

MPEG-4 (17 MB) MPEG-1 (8 MB)
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Real World: CSAIL Olympics

The Brady Bunch

MPEG-4 (21 MB) MPEG-1 (9 MB)
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Fisher Personals

The Flintstones

MPEG-4 (25 MB) MPEG-1 (11 MB)
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2003: The Music Video

The AI Connection

Ravenclaw

MPEG (16 MB) (31 MB)
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Syltherin Boi

Syltherin

MPEG (40 MB) (20 MB)
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A.I.C.S.

Hufflepuff

MPEG (13 MB) (25 MB)
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You've Got It

Gryffindor

MPEG (18 MB) (35 MB)
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2002: The Propaganda Campaign

About Trucks and Nutrition

Ministry of Love

An educational short on the virtues of party-provided nutrition.

MPEG (12 MB) (25 MB)
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Proposition 77

Ministry of Peace

Keep America Strong. Vote for Proposition 77!

MPEG (12 MB) (25 MB)
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The Stata Center: Gateway to the Future

Ministry of Plenty

The future of research, today.

MPEG (11 MB) (23 MB)
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The One True AI

Ministry of Truth

Finally, an answer.

MPEG (17 MB) (34 MB)
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2001: And Now, a Word from our Sponsors

The Potato Vibrator

France

Available at stores near you.

MPEG (8 MB) (15 MB)
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Laughing Carrot Sticks

Japan

Turn your frown upside down!

MPEG (10 MB) (20 MB)
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???

China

Do you have this movie? Mail us!

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Italy: The Movie

Italy

... the mother of inspiration.

MPEG (8 MB) (15 MB)
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2000, 1999, 1998

1997: Director's Cut

Ladle in Love

???

YouTube WebM (60 MB)
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The Game

???

YouTube
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Tech Square Side Story

???

YouTube
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<Unknown>

???

YouTube
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