jOBS (2013)

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

Director:

Joshua Michael Stern

Writer:

Matt Whiteley

Stars:

Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ashton Kutcher	...	Steve Jobs
Dermot Mulroney	...	Mike Markkula
Josh Gad	...	Steve Wozniak
Lukas Haas	...	Daniel Kottke
Matthew Modine	...	John Sculley
J.K. Simmons	...	Arthur Rock
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Clara Jobs
Ron Eldard	...	Rod Holt
Ahna O'Reilly	...	Chris-Ann Brennan
Victor Rasuk	...	Bill Fernandez
John Getz	...	Paul Jobs
Kevin Dunn	...	Gil Amelio
James Woods	...	Jack Dudman
Nelson Franklin	...	Bill Atkinson
Eddie Hassell	...	Chris Espinosa

Storyline

While living with his adoptive parents, Jobs is working for 'Atari'. He then, develops a partnership with his friend Steve Wozniak when he sees that Wozniak has built a personal computer (the Apple I). They name their new company 'Apple Computer' and starts building Apple I computers. After many failed attempts by Jobs to gain venture capital, Mike Markkula invests in the company which allows them to move forward.

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Plot Keywords:

apple | computer | atari | entrepreneur | year 1980 | 

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Taglines:

Some see what's possible, others change what's possible.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 August 2013 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Jobs

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$6,713,900 (USA) (16 August 2013)

Gross:

$16,117,443 (USA) (27 September 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Open Road Films (II), Five Star Institute, IF Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one of the early scenes where his girlfriend offers him acid, the tab is rainbow-patterned like the Apple logo.

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Goofs

The song "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh was used in a scene from 1976 when the song itself did not come out until 1978.

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Quotes

Steve Jobs: Welcome to Apple Computer.
Rod Holt: Okay, show me this revolutionary piece o' shit.

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Connections

Featured in Filmselskabet: Episode #4.1 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Sacrifice
Performed by The Brymers
Written by Kenny Sinner
Courtesy of HD Music Now

User Reviews

Celebration of Heartless Greed

Jobs is the politically correct sanctification of a corporate creep whose only goal in life was to make money. Steve Jobs, the billionaire who refused to pay child support to his daughter, is presented here as an arrogant visionary who bullies and abuses his employees.

History is full of abusive and arrogant visionaries who had little regard for all the people that they crushed under their boots. What makes Steve Jobs so special? He took Apple to the top of the sales charts twice, and he was a billionaire.

Most of that profit and fame came off the backs of his abused employees. We can only wonder how many of Jobs' employees never got any credit for their inventions, and innovations? How many times did Jobs verbally abuse someone, kick them out of the company, and then use their ideas as his own?

Perhaps the greatest irony of Jobs, is that Ashton Kutcher, who became famous by playing tricks on celebrities (Punk'd), is playing the role of the inspirational visionary.

This review had nearly 800 votes, when some volunteer monitor at IMDb decided to remove it. IMDb is constantly censoring the reviews.