Steve Jobs (2015)
Directed by Danny Boyle, Steve Jobs (2015) is a biographical drama based on the life of Apple Inc. co-founder, Steve Jobs. Written by Aaron Sorkin, the film is a British-American co-production that was adapted from Walter Isaacson’s 2011 biography and interviews conducted by Sorkin. It covers fourteen years in Jobs’ life, leading up to three press conferences – the unveiling of the Macintosh 128K in 1984, the NeXT Computer in 1988, and the iMac G3 in 1998. Premiering at the Telluride Film Festival on September 5, 2015, Steve Jobs then had a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on October 9, before opening nationwide on October 23 to widespread critical acclaim. While Boyle’s direction, visual style, screenplay by Sorkin, musical score, cinematography, editing, and performances by Fassbender and Winslet were universally praised, the film fell short of financial expectations with a worldwide gross of $34 million against its $30 million budget.
In 1984, the voice demo for the Apple Macintosh 128K fails shortly before its unveiling at Flint Center. Co-founder Steve Jobs urgently requests engineer Andy Hertzfeld to fix it or risk being publicly implicated in the presentation’s credits. In a last-minute solution, Hertzfeld suggests using the prototype Macintosh 512K computer to fake the demo. Meanwhile, Jobs vents to marketing executive Joanna Hoffman about a Time magazine article that reveals his ongoing paternity dispute with ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan. He denies any relation to Brennan’s five-year-old daughter, Lisa. However, Brennan unexpectedly arrives with Lisa and confronts Jobs for his denial and lack of support despite his wealth. After bonding with Lisa over her MacPaint art, Jobs agrees to provide more financial assistance and a house for them. As he prepares for his presentation, co-founder Steve Wozniak requests that Jobs acknowledge the Apple II team’s contributions, but Jobs considers mentioning the now-obsolete computer as unwise.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Michael FassbenderSteve Jobs  Kate WinsletJoanna Hoffman  Seth RogenSteve Wozniak  Jeff DanielsJohn Sculley  Katherine WaterstonChrisann Brennan  Michael StuhlbargAndy Hertzfeld  Perla Haney-JardineLisa Brennan (19)  Ripley SoboLisa Brennan (9)  Makenzie MossLisa Brennan (5)  Sarah SnookAndrea Cunningham  John OrtizJoel Pforzheimer |
Directed by Danny Boyle, Steve Jobs (2015) is a biographical drama based on the life of Apple Inc. co-founder, Steve Jobs. Written by Aaron Sorkin, the film is a British-American co-production that was adapted from Walter Isaacson’s 2011 biography and interviews conducted by Sorkin. It covers fourteen years in Jobs’ life, leading up to three press conferences – the unveiling of the Macintosh 128K in 1984, the NeXT Computer in 1988, and the iMac G3 in 1998. Premiering at the Telluride Film Festival on September 5, 2015, Steve Jobs then had a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on October 9, before opening nationwide on October 23 to widespread critical acclaim. While Boyle’s direction, visual style, screenplay by Sorkin, musical score, cinematography, editing, and performances by Fassbender and Winslet were universally praised, the film fell short of financial expectations with a worldwide gross of $34 million against its $30 million budget.
In 1984, the voice demo for the Apple Macintosh 128K fails shortly before its unveiling at Flint Center. Co-founder Steve Jobs urgently requests engineer Andy Hertzfeld to fix it or risk being publicly implicated in the presentation’s credits. In a last-minute solution, Hertzfeld suggests using the prototype Macintosh 512K computer to fake the demo. Meanwhile, Jobs vents to marketing executive Joanna Hoffman about a Time magazine article that reveals his ongoing paternity dispute with ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan. He denies any relation to Brennan’s five-year-old daughter, Lisa. However, Brennan unexpectedly arrives with Lisa and confronts Jobs for his denial and lack of support despite his wealth. After bonding with Lisa over her MacPaint art, Jobs agrees to provide more financial assistance and a house for them. As he prepares for his presentation, co-founder Steve Wozniak requests that Jobs acknowledge the Apple II team’s contributions, but Jobs considers mentioning the now-obsolete computer as unwise.
