- Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Noah Wyle, Joey Slotnick, J.G. Hertzler, Wayne Pére
- Directors: Martyn Burke
- Writers: Martyn Burke, Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger
- Producers: Joseph Dougherty, Leanne Moore, Nick Lombardo, Steven Haft
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Turner Home Ent
- DVD Release Date: 30 Aug 2005
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0009NSCS0
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 27,630 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Just as with the urban legend there are legends as how Microsoft and Apple came to being. This story based on a book by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine, is about the story of two parallel personalities; one wants to make a dent I the universe, the other wants to keep his enemies close.
Many realities and key players were glossed over not to mention the CPM operating system. However if we delve into two may diverse parts of this story we would loose our focus and cohesion.
It is fun to watch the parallel growth of Apple's Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle) and Microsoft's Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Hall). Especially the ability to get into their heads and the many exacerbations or the other guy.
As a previous owner of an Altair, Commodore, TRS-80, and Apple among others this movie had a special interest for me.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This dramatization about Apple and Microsoft and focusing primarily on Steve Jobs and Bill Gates is an excellent peek into the early PC industry. Gates is the marketing genius. Jobs it the visionary genius.
Pirates of Silicon Valley does an excellent job of capturing some of the feelings, emotions and personalities of these two driven men who helped to change the world in the last quarter of the century and are still changing it today.
This movie is a good start to understanding what it was like to be part of creating an entire industry from scratch. Jobs and Gates were in the right place at the right time and had the right drive to help them become giants. The movie also does a good job of exploring some of their flaws.
Well worth the time...
Triumph of the Nerds is another movie that is worth the time to see. It fills in some of stories of the other participants in the PC revolution.
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Pirates of Silicon Valley does an excellent job of capturing some of the feelings, emotions and personalities of these two driven men who helped to change the world in the last quarter of the century and are still changing it today.
This movie is a good start to understanding what it was like to be part of creating an entire industry from scratch. Jobs and Gates were in the right place at the right time and had the right drive to help them become giants. The movie also does a good job of exploring some of their flaws.
Well worth the time...
Triumph of the Nerds is another movie that is worth the time to see. It fills in some of stories of the other participants in the PC revolution.
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense: A Guide To: The Lost Art of Critical Thinking
Truimph of Nerds, Vol. 1-3 (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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This is a good film I first saw on cable and have now purchsed and watched on an all region DVD player. Having said that, it seems a tad dated now that Steve Jobs is dead and things really have moved on. The film is mostly about Jobs and Apple; Microsoft, while not actually a side issue, brings little to give life to Bill Gates in the same way it helps to elevate Jobs and Apple - even Steve Wozniak appears only part human, but perhaps that has more to do with the nerd stereotype. That aside, having just watched it, again, I love this film and there should, justifiably, now be a sequel. What the film shows is that Mac, or Apple as it was and ownership of the AppleMac is a love affair that Microsoft could never really manage - the film really gets this across as it does the line from Bill Gates that, being second best doesn't really matter. This is, of course, borne out in the fabulous wealth and influence that Microsoft has achieved by merely being needed, as opposed to being loved. The Mac has never been a brilliant business machine in the way a PC has, but then it is more about love and style, just like the film. Dated, by no means perfect, but really worth watching - 5 stars!
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