I actually asked Bill Gates this in person a few days after the movie came out in 1999. I was an intern at MS back then and I asked him about this movie.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] () is speaking with director (J. Hertzler), about the creation of the for, which introduced the first Macintosh. Jobs is trying to convey his idea that 'We're creating a completely new consciousness.'

Scott is more concerned with the technical aspects of the commercial. Next in 1997 with Jobs,, and announcing at the.

His partner, or 'WOZ' (Joey Slotnick), is introduced as one of the two central narrators of the story. Wozniak notes to the audience the resemblance between and the image of (Anthony Michael Hall) on the screen behind Jobs during this announcement. Asking how they 'got from there to here,' the film turns to flashbacks of his youth with Jobs, prior to the forming of Apple. The earliest flashback is in 1971 and takes place on the campus during the period of the. Teenagers Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are shown caught on the campus during a riot between students and police.

They flee and after finding safety, Jobs states to Wozniak, 'Those guys think they're revolutionaries. They're not revolutionaries, we are.'

Wozniak then comments that 'Steve was never like you or me. He always saw things differently. Even when I was in Berkeley, I would see something and just see or while he'd see or the.' Using a similar structure, the film next turns to a young Bill Gates () at, in the early 1970s, with classmate (John DiMaggio), and Gates' high school friend (Josh Hopkins). As with Wozniak in the earlier segment, Ballmer narrates Gates' story, particularly the moment when Gates discovers the existence of 's causing him to drop out of Harvard. Gates' and Allen's early work with MITS is juxtaposed against the involvement of Jobs and Wozniak with the 'Homebrew Computer Club'. Jobs and Woz develop in the garage of Jobs' family home, with the help of (Marcus Giamatti) and Elizabeth (Melissa McBride).

Eventually (Jeffrey Nordling) invests in the company which allows it to expand and move forward. In 1977, Jobs, Woz, and Markkula demo the at the. This event is followed by the development of the with the help of Gates and in 1981. The film also follows Jobs' relationship with his high school girlfriend and early Apple employee, Arlene (a pseudonym for, portrayed by Gema Zamprogna), and the difficulties he had acknowledging the birth and existence of their daughter,. Around the time his daughter was born, Jobs unveiled his next computer, which he named,. The Lisa was then followed in 1984 by the (Macintosh), a computer inspired by the. The main body of the film finally concludes with a 30th birthday toast in 1985 to shortly before by CEO (Allan Royal), from Apple Inc.

The film ends in 1997, with 42 year old Jobs' return to Apple (after its acquisition of ) and with his announcement at the of an alliance between Apple and Microsoft. It also indicates that Jobs is now married, has children, and has reconciled with Lisa. (left) played (right) in the film. • as • as • as • as • as • as • as • as • as • as 'Arlene' (a for ) • Brooke Radding as • as • as Elizabeth Holmes Production [ ] Development [ ] Burke notes that when he was shown the first draft of the screenplay, which is based upon Freiberger and Swaine's Fire in the Valley, 'It was all about how the '286 computer' became the '386' and so on.

I was bored by it.' After the studio asked him for suggestions Burke states that 'I'm a great believer in Shakespeare, and what we had was a modern equivalent of, featuring two young princes, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. The more I read about Steve in particular, the more I saw him in those Shakespearean terms. He was brilliant, volcanic, obsessive, suspicious, even vicious in a business sense.