Steve Jobs, the Universal Pictures biopic written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, gets its debut screening tomorrow at the Telluride Film Festival. This is followed by a screening at the New York Film Festival on Oct 3rd, before its national release on 9th October.
We first saw a trailer for the movie back in May, with a longer one shown in July and a modified version shown on TV last month. A leaked screenplay draft confirmed that the movie is set around three product launches: the original Macintosh, the NeXT Cube and the iMac …
Meantime, controversial documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine opens today. The documentary came under strong fire from Apple execs following its debut at SXSW back in March, with Apple’s Eddy Cue tweeting that it was ” an inaccurate and mean-spirited view of my friend [and] not a reflection of the Steve I knew.” We first saw a trailer in July.
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Director Alex Gibney said in an interview with Re/code that he wanted to offer “something of a corrective” to what he saw as rose-tinted portrayals of Jobs.
There’s been a lot of hagiography of Steve. I don’t think that does justice to the man. So hopefully [people will] see it in that context.
Asked whether he liked Steve Jobs, Gibney said he was conflicted, admiring his quest for perfection but also saw him as a very self-obsessed man.
I’m appalled, really, by his cruelty, and his inability to get outside himself, and to see himself and his company in a broader perspective.
You can see a list of the movie theaters where it’s showing today below, and – somewhat to my surprise – it’s also now available on iTunes. Check out online viewing options over at the official website.
AB, Calgary: Globe Theatre
AZ, Scottsdale: Shea 14 Theatre
AZ, Sedona: Mary D. Fisher Theatre
BC, Vancouver: VanCity Theatre
CA, Berkeley: California 3
CA, Camarillo: Paseo Camarillo Cinemas 3
CA, Campbell: Camera 7
CA, Cupertino: Bluelight Cinemas
CA, Laguna Niguel: Rancho Niguel 8 Cinemas
CA, Lancaster: Lancaster Blvd Cinemas 3
CA, Modesto: State Theatre
CA, Palm Desert: Cinemas Palme D’Or 7
CA, San Diego: Ken Cinema
CA, San Francisco: Embarcadero Center Cinema 5
CA, Santa Ana: South Coast Village 3
CA, Santa Clara: AMC Mercado 20
CA, Santa Cruz: Nickelodeon Theatres
CA, Sebastopol: Rialto Cinemas 9
CA, West Los Angeles: Nuart Theatre
CO, Denver: Chez Artiste
CT, Hartford: Real Art Ways Cinema
DC, Washington: E Street Cinema
DE, Wilmington: Theatre N at Nemours
FL, Miami Beach: O Cinema Miami Beach
GA, Atlanta: Midtown Art Cinemas 8
IL, Chicago: Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema
IL, Peoria: Peoria Theater 10 @ Landmark
IN, Indianapolis: Keystone Art Cinema 7
MA, Cambridge: Kendall Square Cinema 9
MA, Pittsfield: Little Cinema – Berkshire Museum
MN, Minneapolis: Lagoon Cinema
MO, Jefferson City: Capitol City Cinema
MO, Kansas City: Tivoli @ Manor Square
MO, University City: Tivoli Theatre
NC, Asheville: Carolina Asheville 14
NC, Greensboro: Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema
NC, Winston-Salem: Aperture Cinema
NH, Concord: Red River 3
NJ, Asbury Park: The ShowRoom
NM, Albuquerque: Guild
NM, Santa Fe: Violet Crown Cinema -Santa Fe
NY, Albany: Spectrum 8
NY, Hudson: Time and Space Limited
NY, Ithaca: Cinemapolis 5
NY, New York: Lincoln Plaza
NY, New York: Sunshine Cinema 5
NY, Pelham: Pelham Picture House
NY, Pleasantville: Jacob Burns Film Center
OH, Cleveland Heights: Cedar Lee Theatres
OH, Columbus: Gateway Film Center 8
OK, Oklahoma City: Oklahoma City Museum of Art
ON, Cobourg: The Loft
ON, Toronto: Carlton Cinema
OR, Corvallis: Darkside Cinema 4
OR, Eugene: Bijou Metro
OR, Portland: Living Room 6
PA, East Stroudsburg: Pocono Community Theatre 3
PA, Harrisburg: Midtown Cinema 3
PA, Philadelphia: Ritz at the Bourse
SC, Hilton Head Island: Coligny Theatre
TX, Dallas: Texas Theatre
TX, Houston: Sundance Cinemas Houston
UT, Salt Lake City: Tower Theatre
WA, Seattle: Northwest Film Forum
WA, Seattle: Sundance Cinemas Seattle
WA, Vancouver: Kiggins
WI, Madison: Sundance Cinemas Madison
WI, Milwaukee: Downer Theatre – See more at: http://www.magpictures.com/stevejobsthemaninthemachine/#sthash.TCJdiWwQ.dpuf
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Looks like a good movie, but the creator and his PR firm stole the idea for their tag line from me. I’ve had a site Bold, Brash and Brilliant and am writing a book, partially about Steve Jobs, with the BBB alliteration for over two years and it’s copyrighted. http://www.boldbrashandbrilliant.com Now they use Bold, Brilliant and Brutal for their movie. What are the chances of this? I wrote Mr Gibney and he blamed it on the PR firm.
Copyright No. 1-934314871
Man in the Machine is also already in the iTunes Store for rent,
Mr. Gibney’s “broader perspective” statement expresses, despite all the efforts to create this picture, a core failure of understanding Jobs, why he was how he was, and why it made Apple work.
The movie plays out like a hit piece that is all over the place. It’s complete lack of any focus other than Jobs wuz bad is odd. But then I saw who the director was and it all made sense. Alex Gibney is a Morgan Spurlock level hack, who’s career is nothing but the political statement of an infantile mind. His format is simple to see. He picks easy targets to vilify, in this case a controversial man who’s passed away, and then bases all his arguments on the work others have done and complaints others have made.
Going clear is garbage that hilariously would not have existed without the Scientology episode of South Park. His Enron piece bland and one sided again, not that I am a fan of Enron and what they did but there was a lot of complexity to that whole mess that he didn’t care to focus on.