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:

feet on table | reference to steve jobs | believe in yourself | character name as title | based on real person | 

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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:

M/12

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ashton Kutcher previously appeared in "That 70s show"(1998-2006),a TV teen sitcom sets in the 1970s,the same era Kutcher was born.

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Goofs

When Jobs introduces the Apple II at the 1977 West Coast Computer Faire, the Apple II shown has a white square power light that did not appear until the Apple II+ model was introduced.

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Quotes

Gareth Chang: [having dismissed the old Apple executives] What are we going to do now?
Steve Jobs: We're gonna put a dent in the universe.

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Crazy Credits

The television advertisement in the film is named: "Iron Eyes Cody: People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It". It's credited as: "Iron Eyes Cody: People Start Pollution, People Can't Stop It".

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Connections

Features Apple Mac: 1984 (1984)

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Soundtracks

Allegro from: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - in G Major BWV 1048
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Arts Productions LTD.
Courtesy of Music Supervisor Inc. / Platform Music Group

User Reviews

Wait Till it Comes to the Small Screen

Let's see, well it was worth seeing for me; however, I wished I had waited till is came out on television -- Because it was really a "movie of the week"... do they still have those? To say this movie was weak on facts would imply they got it ALL wrong - Yes, they made some things up doing the "hollywood thing" but they didn't even attempt half the history so they couldn't have gotten it ALL wrong! Parts of his life missing were glaring!

They glossed over years -- Heck decades at points, concentrating on Apple more than Steve Jobs in my opinion... maybe a better name would have been "Apple & jobs - Some of the Years"!

Wait for the movie to hit your TV and know you will still be missing more than half the story!

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 August 2013 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Jobs

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,713,900, 18 August 2013

Gross USA:

$16,131,410

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$42,128,352

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