The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlmost all of the scenes involving Jobs' parents' house and garage were filmed in the actual Los Altos, California house and garage where Steve Jobs grew up in the 1970s.
- GoofsWhen Jobs introduces Apple's new music player he calls it "the iPod". Jobs avoided preceding Apple devices with "the", rationalizing that doing so positioned a product as a representation of a user rather than as an inanimate object. In video of the event Jobs refers to the device as simply "iPod" without any definite or indefinite articles.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Steve Jobs: [narrating] Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things - they push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
[speaking directly]
Steve Jobs: How was that?
- Crazy creditsThe 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".
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.187 (2013)
- SoundtracksPeace Train
Performed by Cat Stevens (as Yusuf / Cat Stevens)
Written by Cat Stevens
Courtesy of Island Records Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Unfortunately, the script isn't strong enough to give us the whole picture of Steve Jobs' remarkable life. As the film traces the rise, the fall, and then the beginning of the resurrection of Apple the computer brand, the focus is divided too much between the company and the man. If you know more about the life of Steve Jobs, you'll be disappointed when you realize you're not getting to see the full arc of his life. The film would have been better off calling itself "Apple", but even then, I would have found it lacking.
This film reminded me of "The Social Network", but without the same level of entertainment in its storytelling. The supporting actors, including Josh Gad as Apple's other founder, Steve Wozniak, Dermot Mulroney, as initial Apple financier and eventual CEO Mike Markkula, and Matthew Modine as John Scully, Markkula's successor as CEO, show the passion that those closest to the company have for Apple, but the film is supposedly about Steve Jobs. While the script does touch on some of Jobs' personal life, it seems much more concerned with the company that he helped start. "Jobs" may give us a measure of the man, but doesn't do the best job at telling his STORY. Doing the best job I can as a reviewer (while still doing my other jobs), I give this one a "B".
- dave-mcclain
- Oct 19, 2015
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- Also known as
- Jobs: Get Inspired
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,131,410
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,713,900
- Aug 18, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $42,128,352
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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