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Overview

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Director:
Martyn Burke
Writers (WGA):
Paul Freiberger (book) and
Michael Swaine (book) ...
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Release Date:
20 June 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
Good artists create... Great artists steal.
Plot:
History of Apple and Microsoft. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
the atmosphere is preserved more (77 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Noah Wyle ... Steve Jobs

Joey Slotnick ... Steve Wozniak
J.G. Hertzler ... Ridley Scott

Anthony Michael Hall ... Bill Gates

Wayne Pére ... Captain Crunch

Sheila Shaw ... Mrs. Wozniak
Gema Zamprogna ... Arlene
John Di Maggio ... Steve Ballmer (as John DiMaggio)

Josh Hopkins ... Paul Allen
Gailard Sartain ... Ed Roberts

Allan Kolman ... Therapist
Richard Waltzer ... Homebrew Tech
Harris Mann ... Longhair #1

Clay Wilcox ... Longhair #2

Marcus Giamatti ... Dan Kottke
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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Trivia:
At the 1999 Macworld conference, shortly after the premiere of this TV movie, the audience was stunned to learn that the introductory comments were made not by Steve Jobs, but by Noah Wyle, reprising his role in this movie. The real Jobs emerged and traded jokes with Wyle. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the Har Krishna dance scene, Jobs is wearing a flower lei in the closeups but not the long shots. more
Quotes:
Steve Wozniak: Microsoft? Nobody I knew ever heard of Microsoft. Or Bill Gates. I mean, they were nobodies. But then we were all nobodies, which was perfect for us. Because all the respectable, straight-arrow guys were busy doing what they always do, which is be respectable. Which meant the rest of us could run around acting like crazies, which is what we did best. I miss those days. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Saturday Night Fever (1977) more
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16 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
the atmosphere is preserved, 23 September 2002
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Author: (zak1974)

To see this film for me was like breathing that air again - the freedom, the innovation, the possibilities. Everything I love about America. Highly recommend. Spare the tiniest details for the historicians. It's a Movie!

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Wyle should have WON an Emmy for this! IanCurtisForEver
Accurate to Microsoft? PhrenicGermal
Very Accurate Depiction Of Events. eriktherandom
Steve Jobs interview - Are you a virgin? FlyingPie
Any other tech. good movies like this? joecoolmedia
Microsoft owns a part of Apple? clarkkent786
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