Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 made-for-television film that was written and directed by Martyn Burke, and broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT). The story is a dramatization of the early rivalry between Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, leading up to the bailout of the near-bankrupt Apple by Microsoft in August 1997.[1]
Cast[]
Apple Computer[]
- Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs
- Joey Slotnick as Steve Wozniak
- Marcus Giamatti as Dan Kottke
- Gema Zamprogna as Chrisann Brennan (renamed to "Arlene" in the movie)
- Jeffrey Nordling as Mike Markkula
- Allan Royal as John Sculley
- J. G. Hertzler as Ridley Scott
Microsoft[]
Xerox[]
- Holly Lewis as Adele Goldberg (unnamed in the movie)
Reception[]
Pirates of Silicon Valley is rated 89% fresh by Rotten Tomatoes and received an audience score of 92%.[2] The movie was nominated for five Emmy Awards. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak considers it to be the best dramatization about Steve Jobs.[3] Jobs himself invited actor Noah Wyle to participate in a prank in which Wyle impersonated Jobs to deliver the beginning of the keynote address at Macworld Expo in New York in July 1999.[4]
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ Revisiting 'Pirates of Silicon Valley', the original Steve Jobs movie by Richard Trenholm, CNET. 2015-10-17.
- ↑ Pirates of Silicon Valley, Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed 2022-05-21.
- ↑ Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says the best Steve Jobs film is this 1999 made-for-TV movie by Jethro Nededog, Business Insider. 2015-05-28.
- ↑ Macworld NY 1999, All about Steve Jobs. 1999-07-21.
See also[]
- Jobs (film), a 2013 dramatization.
- Steve Jobs (film), a 2015 dramatization.
External links[]
- Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) at the Internet Movie Database
- Pirates of Silicon Valley at Wikipedia
