[30] Wozniak reiterated these points in an interview with Bloomberg Television adding that he is "really easy to get a hold of, [Kutcher] could have called me and consulted over the phone any time. 1:20 AM PDT 8/30/2012 ... Matthew Modine Joins Steve Jobs Movie as Apple CEO. "I saw Jobs tonight. In this period, Wozniak (part of the Apple IIe team) realizes that Jobs's ego has distantiated the company too much from their original intentions, and leaves the company, bidding a last farewell to Jobs, mellowing him. I liked that guy. But Ashton Kutcher also produced this film and he's definitely a better actor than producer. [4][5], The film opens in 2001 with a middle-aged Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting.[6]. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 28% rating, based on 133 reviews, with a weighted average of 4.95/10. The film opens in 2001 with a middle-aged Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting. Jobs persuades his father Paul to let them set up their new company in the family garage (which is a carpentry/tool center). This inspiring and entertaining film chronicles Jobs early days as a college dropout to his rise as the co-founder of Apple Computer Inc. and forced departure from the company. Why the hell did they even make this movie in the first place!? Kottke disputed the characterization, noting that: "What completely cracked us all up is the scene where Rod arrives for the first time. Upon learning his high-school girlfriend Chrisann Brennan (Ahna O'Reilly) is pregnant, Jobs ends their relationship. John Sculley (Matthew Modine) is recruited as CEO of the company. We shot near the Red Fort and the famous Jama Masjid for two full days with multiple cameras spread across everywhere. [citation needed] It was also observed by his sister Patricia. Mike Markkula (Dermot Mulroney), a venture capitalist, notices Jobs and Wozniak's work, and also joins Apple. I have no complaints with him at all, no complaints with his portrayal of Jobs. Online said, "Critics have taken the film to task for a reach that falls far short of its ambition, marred by its superficial and unsatisfying portrait of an icon who deserved better. He was also extremely unavailable to us when producing this film. Robert X. Cringely, author of Accidental Empires and creator of the documentaries Triumph of the Nerds and Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, argues that "the film is beautifully shot and Kutcher's portrayal of Jobs, while not spot-on, is pretty darned good. Bajaj notes that they "shot guerrilla style in the crazy and mad by-lanes of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. "[7] Fernandez, who had not seen the film at the time of the interview, was also surprised by this portrayal. We have to keep that in mind. "[7] As for why he may have been characterized this way, Kottke states that, "Rod was really into dirt bikes. It seems that Jobs failed to properly download ample critical upgrades.. It wasn't making me cringe. Fassbender poked fun at Kutcher’s film during a press conference at … Kottke (now an Apple II Plus repairer) meanwhile leaves the company after acknowledging that his friend Jobs (who hardly even has any time to talk to him) is not rewarding the Apple I team with any Apple stocks (Apple is now in the stock exchange market). Thanks to appearing in projects like Two and a Half Men, That ‘70s Show, and Punk’d, Kutcher was able to gain legions of fans while raking in loads of cash in the process. The Woz jumped on the comments section of a Gizmodo review of the movie for his own impromptu critique, which wasn't all that complimentary. He's a brilliant man and I respect his work, but he wasn't available to us as a resource, so his account isn't going to be our account because we don't know exactly what it was. When Apple buys NeXT, then-CEO Gil Amelio asks Jobs to return to Apple as a consultant. The film ends with Jobs recording the dialogue for the Think Different commercial in 1997. The website's critical consensus reads, "An ambitious but skin-deep portrait of an influential, complex figure, Jobs often has the feel of an over-sentimentalized made-for-TV biopic. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? I It then flashes back to Reed College in 1974. [8][11]Russell Carpenter was the cinematographer. Ashton Kutcher has been cast to portray the late Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic film written by Matt Whiteley and directed by Joshua Michael Stern. Jobs Through the Years Actor Ashton Kutcher is spotted on the set of the new Steve Jobs movie in Los Angeles, June 18, 2012. (2013). Jobs is married to Laurene Powell Jobs (Abby Brammell) and he has accepted Lisa (Annika Bertea) as his daughter (she now lives with them). 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