I know where you are coming from. I had the shakes for 20 minutes after the film. What I never got was why the studio tried to sell it as a comedy. It was a great film though. NTL, working for a small new company is nothing new.
Every company has to start somewhere.
As a staff employee you just don't have access to the info you need to see if the company is for real or not. And especially so on the interview. But most employers won't. They feel it's none of your business to know their plans. Those guys were more interested in being famous than they were in building a successful company.