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20 June 1999 (USA)
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Good artists create... Great artists steal.
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History of Apple and Microsoft. full summary | add synopsis
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Apple
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Apple Computer
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College
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Bill Gates
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Computer
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Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys.
Another 1 win
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3 nominations
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(2 articles)
Filmmakers Lucas and Spielberg To Be Subject of TV Drama
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 21 April 2005)
The Apple Of Hanks' Eye
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 27 October 1998)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 21 April 2005)
The Apple Of Hanks' Eye
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 27 October 1998)
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Character is Destiny
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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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95 min
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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.
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Factual errors: In the opening scene where they are filming the 1984 Macintosh commercial, Ridley Scott calls the actress who throws the hammer Michelle. Her real life name is Anya Major.
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Steve Jobs:
Maybe in a past life I was a poet - or an artist.
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Spoofs Saturday Night Fever (1977)
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Gemini Dream
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Even for TNT, this is a great movie. Could have been cut around the edges with scenes like the kid's birthday, Jobs' relationship with his daughter that never connected with his role as the founder of Apple, and Xerox's ignorance in the triumph of both Microsoft and Apple. The entire movie is filled with 'monsters' if you are the anti-businessman. Then again, most of the movie's audience is businessmen or computer freaks. Hall's performance is outstanding. HE makes Bill Gates love-able and hate-able at the same time.