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

The film opens in 2001 with a middle-aged Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting.[6] It then flashes back to Reed College in 1974. Jobs had already dropped out due to the high expense of tuition, but was still attending classes with the approval of Dean Jack Dudman (James Woods) who took him under his wing. Jobs is particularly interested in a course on calligraphy. He meets up with his friend Daniel Kottke (Lukas Haas) who is excited to see that Jobs is holding a copy of Be Here Now by Baba Ram Dass. Influenced by this book and his experiences with LSD, Jobs and Kottke spend time in India. Two years later, Jobs is back in Los Altos, California living at home with his adoptive parents Paul (John Getz) and Clara (Lesley Ann Warren). He is working for Atari and develops a partnership with his friend Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad) after he sees that Wozniak has built a personal computer (the Apple I). They name their new company Apple Computer, though ...

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Plot Keywords:

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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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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some drug content and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 August 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jobs: Get Inspired

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,713,900, 18 August 2013, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$16,117,443, 29 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:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ashton Kutcher was born in 1978,one year after Apple II was created.

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Goofs

When Jobs returns to Apple in 1996, a silver second-generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinter passenger van is seen outside the headquarters. The second generation entered production in 2006, and the vans did not begin to be seen around Infinite Loop and Cupertino until at least 2010.

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Quotes

Jonathan Ive: Steve, we're glad you're back.
Steve Jobs: I'm not back.
Steve Jobs: [as he leaves] Yet...

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Connections

Features Man and Computer: A Perspective (1967)

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Soundtracks

Walk On The Ocean
Performed by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Written by Glen Phillips, Dean Dinning, Randy Guss (as Randel Guss), Todd Nichols
Courtesy of Toad The Wet Sprocket

User Reviews

The name is JOBS … steve jobs

It is somewhat ironical that the man who always signed his name in the lower case 'steven p. jobs' has the movie in his name titled in capital JOBS. For me this was the most awaited movie of the year, more so because of having read the biography a couple of times. The ironies however does not end with the case of the font but the perfectionist he was, I am sure if among us today he would have wanted some (major) iterations in the movie before his actual story came out to the public. A movie reaches out to a much wider audience exponentially than a book and those of you who have read the book should agree with me that movie did not do complete justice to Jobs biopic.

Joshua Michael Stern who is known for directing dramas, has concentrated more on the dramatic side of Jobs rather than the genius his was. He has failed to explain the reason behind his outbursts, his mad passion for perfection, and the primary reason for the personality that was the Steve Jobs. I would not dwell into the particular events but Stern could have shown the cause and consequence for the milestones he achieved. Whether it was shortage of time or bad script writing the movie would fail to connect with audience who do not much about Jobs. Moreover, important events which made Jobs what he is like the creation of NeXT, the buying of Pixar and his fight with cancer are completely missing.

Ashton Kutcher has come a long way from portraying the stupid kid in That 70's show to portraying one of the geniuses of our generation. He is eerily similar to the original Steve Jobs and full marks to him for taking on the nuances, the body language and the talking style of the Apple founder. The jaw line was perfect and as a young Jobs he was flawless. The script could have given him more to showcase his acting prowess but sadly the whole movie cracked around there. I am sure Jobs family would also share the view of Kutcher doing a brilliant "JOB".

The only other character worth mentioning is that of Mike Marrkula played by Dermot Mulroney a brilliant actor with an equally brilliant performance. Matthew Modine, James Woods, John Getz and others are just supporting the main man as the in his real life it was all about himself. The music is good and you get to hear some famous Bob Dylan songs in the movie, as Steve was a big Dylan fan all this life.

Even though for me Steve Jobs life has been a 5/5, I had expected a much better product from the production and so would have Jobs. A 3/5 from me sadly for the movie and for all the Jobs and Apple fans this is a must watch. However I would suggest you read the book before going to the movie. Alternatively, if you have seen the movie and not the read the book, now is the time to pick it up and do it.