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Pirates of Silicon Valley (DVD)

Noah Wyle (Actor), Anthony Michael Hall (Actor) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 849 ratings
IMDb7.2/10.0
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Genre Drama
Format Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Dolby
Contributor Joey Slotnick, John DiMaggio, John Di Maggio, Gema Zamprogna, Steven Haft, Leanne Moore, Nick Lombardo, Noah Wyle, Anthony Michael Hall, Martyn Burke, Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger, Josh Hopkins, Michael Anthony Hall See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 37 minutes
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The revolution came when we weren't looking. It happened in a garage. In a dorm room. In countless hours of effort, imagining and intrigue. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates were changing the way the world works, lives and communicates. The event-packed saga of the quirky visionaries who jump-started the future unfolds with exhilarating, cutting-edge style in Pirates of Silicon Valley. Noah Wyle (ER) portrays Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall (The Dead Zone) portrays Gates in this chronicle of the fierce and often humorous battle to rule the fledgling personal computer empire. "The story is almost Shakespearean... it's a tale of lust, greed, ambition, love and hate," writer/director Martyn Burke reflects. And it's a success story unlike any other.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.08 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2228654
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Martyn Burke
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Dolby
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 37 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 30, 2005
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Noah Wyle, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Anthony Hall, Joey Slotnick, John DiMaggio
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Steven Haft, Leanne Moore, Nick Lombardo
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Studio Distribution Services
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0009NSCS0
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Martyn Burke
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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HealthNutNews
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible film. Get a copy while while you can.
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024
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It is shocking to me how difficult this film is to find and especially digital copies. I watched it when I came out when I was living in Los Angeles and reporting on Bill Gates and I think they nailed the characters perfectly.

We then watched it again at Steve Wozniak’s house in the bay area in 2001.

Anthony Michael Hall depicts Bill Gates evil character so perfectly. A must watch. Is it a coincidence that all digital copies have nearly disappeared online? You’ll be the judge
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Andrew Furst
5.0 out of 5 stars Insanely great!
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2007
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Hugely enjoyable and quite accurate (by most accounts) telling of the rise and ultimate clash of two modern tech titans, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Canadian Martyn Burke deserves great credit for both writing and directing this gem. While made for television, this is better by far than most made-for-theater Hollywood productions. The 70's and 80's music fits especially well; tremendously appropriate songs and soundtrack for the story. And the use of the famous Apple "1984" commercial, compared with the vision of a huge, televised Bill Gates hovering over a humbled Steve Jobs is absolutely brilliant.

The dual narration is brilliant too, using the Steve Wozniak character to narrate the Apple story, while the Steve Ballmer character narrates the Microsoft side of things. Sure, there are major oversimplifications of many characters, and while a Paul Allen character is an active presence here - we learn virtually nothing about him as a person. But so what? As the commentary on the DVD points out, there's an almost Shakespearean feel to much of this. The focus is on the events surrounding the ultimate clash for PC superiority between Apple and Microsoft, and on Jobs himself, to a lesser extent on Gates. With no attempt to fully flesh out the other players (and none needed, in the particular story that's being told/dramatized). A few weakish scenes are included, but not many; virtually every scene adds a dimension to the plot and to the ultimate conclusion. The pace is very good, very strong. Noah Wyle gives a terrific performance as Steve Jobs; Anthony Michael Hall is also excellent as Bill Gates. And the DVD has a brief but interesting and entertaining introduction by Wyle; be sure to view it.

As to any "inaccuracies", from what I can tell those are very, very minor. Those interested may want to check Steve Wozniak's website, a section (in "letters") discusses his take on this movie. In a nutshell, Woz was not consulted for the movie, and was flattered by the way he was portrayed. He seemed to feel the movie was accurate or portrayed accuracies; he mentions a few things such as they weren't allowed to wear the "Alice in Wonderland" costumes home, but changed out of them before leaving the performance - personally I thought it was a nice touch to have them walking home while still in costume. Also there's some obvious dialog added for humorous or dramatic purposes; for example, in one scene the Gates character tries to connect socially with women by complimenting their "bandwidth" and by attempting to imitate John Travolta's disco moves while on rollerskates - funny, almost believable, but not likely strict reality. Or when both Jobs and Gates quote the Picasso line about "...great artists steal", but Gates (unlike Jobs) doesn't really care which artist said it. Minor stuff like that should be treated as artistic/dramatic license, not absolute reality. It's a movie (or docudrama), not a strict documentary, yet still manages to make a great story while still being essentially true to the reality of the events. (By the way, "Insanely Great" was of course an Apple marketing phrase for the Mac, created by Steve Jobs himself; so I'm not meaning to infringe on any copyright there!).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great retrospective
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2018
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This movie tracks Steve Jobs and Bill Gates separately (with a couple of key joint meetings) from just before they started their careers up to the time Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985. I am of an age when I used a Macintosh in college (was the state of the art computer then) while Jobs was a high-flier at Apple. I am also of an age where when I first started work, Windows was just rolled out to the business I was in. As such, I was intrigued by both men and followed their exploits. As such, I can say that conceptually, this movie is very accurate - there may be some embellishments here or there to make a good movie - yet in general, everything happened.

The Steve Jobs of the iPhone/iPod era at Apple was a more mature, seasoned person. The Bill Gates of today with all his philanthropy has a different image from the Bill Gates of the 1980s. This movie does a great job of capturing how they were 35-40 years ago when they were starting vs. today. It is a wonderful retrospective look into 2 of the sharpest minds in business - with how they got their start - and a reminder both how much fun they had, how focused they were, how intense, how ruthless (at times), and how young and not world-mature yet.

More fun than a documentary
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Kevin Nicholls
4.0 out of 5 stars A delightful little time capsule
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2006
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I enjoyed this movie when it first aired on TNT, and only recently got around to buying it.

As others have said, it's a reasonably accurate portrayal of the beginnings of Apple and Microsoft. Though, Pirates really shows its age today. Keep in mind that when this was made in 1999, there was no iPod or OS X, and the iMac hadn't been available long enough to show any sort of turnaround for Apple.

Also at the time, Microsoft's plagues of security vulnerabilities and missed product deadlines were rarely published in mainstream media. So with all things considered, it's interesting to see this again, with today's perspective.

As far as the DVD goes, it's pretty sparse on extras (a 5 minute clip of Noah W. and a trailer), and perhaps more disappointingly, is displayed in 4:3. I can't complain too much for a made-for-tv movie, but you don't really get tons of value for what this disc costs.
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Manuel Sanmartin
5.0 out of 5 stars La verdadera historia
Reviewed in Spain on September 9, 2022
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Como comenzó la revolución digital. Grandes personas o grandes piratas. Unos dirán una cosa otros otra. Esta película ayuda a hacerse una idea de la realidad
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Darren M
5.0 out of 5 stars This is actually one of my most favorite movies. I think both actors nailed their parts ...
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2017
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This is actually one of my most favorite movies. I think both actors nailed their parts and it is an amusing dramatization of the time I grew up in.
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raumvektor
5.0 out of 5 stars Guter Film mit schlechter Synchro
Reviewed in Germany on November 7, 2013
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Die Silicon Valley Story beschäftigt sich mit den Anfängen von Microsoft und Apple und ganz besonders Steve Jobs, Bill Gates und Steve Wozniak. Ich erinnere mich noch gut an den Tag, als mein erster Heimcomputer auf meinem Schreibtisch stand. Das war Mitte der Achtziger, also gut ein Jahrzehnt, nachdem der Apple II die Branche aufgemischt hat. Der Amiga hatte bereits eine graphische Benutzeroberfläche, aber das grundlegende Betriebssystem war ein DOS, so daß man noch viel mit der Steuerung des Computers über Tastatur zu tun hatte und einen Großteil seiner Zeit am Computer mit BASIC verbrachte. Heute blicke ich ein bischen mit Wehmut auf diese Zeit zurück und lese und schaue alles, was sich mit den Anfängen der Homecomputerzeit beschäftigt und dann ist dieser Film geradezu Pflicht.

Die Silicon Valley Story beschreibt den Aufstieg von Apple von einer Garagenklitsche zu einem der größten Computerkonzerne und beschäftigt sich dabei hauptsächlich mit den schillernden Applegründern. Steve Jobs verwandlung von einem rastlosen, getriebenen Stundenten zu einem Firmenlenker mit diktatorischen Zügen wird genial dargestellt von Noah Wyle, der den Apple-Chef absolut glaubwürdig rüberbringt. Steve Wozniak, dessen technische Genialität und Begeisterungsfähigkeit überhaupt erst den Apple-Computer hervorbrachte wirkt am Ende eher ernüchtert von den Reibereien in der Firma. Wozniak wird sehr sympathisch und glaubwürdig von Joey Slotnick gespielt. In einem anderen Handlungsstrang geht es um den Aufstieg der Firma Microsoft von einer Hinterhofklitsche zum Weltkonzern. Bill Gates wird als Chefnerd sehr gut von Anthony Michael Hall dargestellt.

Auch die Nebenrollen sind hervorragend besetzt, so daß wir die Gelegenheit haben, auch Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer (herrlich exzentrisch) und Ed Roberts kennen zu lernen, deren Namen sicher allen ein Begriff ist, die sich für die Geschichte des Computers interessieren. Der Film selbst ist eigentlich ein Fernsehfilm. Das geringere Budget merkt man dem Film auch an, wenn man ihn mit “The Social Network” vergleicht, aber die Produzenten haben ohne Zweifel das beste draus gemacht. Die Machart des Films ist ein bischen verspielt und naiv, aber das fängt den Geist der damaligen Zeit eigentlich sehr gut ein und Humor kommt auch nicht zu kurz.

In einer Szene von Die Silicon Valley Story wird eine Vorstandssitzung beim Computerkonzern Xerox gezeigt, die von ihren Ingenieuren die erste Computermaus gezeigt bekommen, die sie gerade entwickelt haben. Die Anzugträger reichen die Maus herum wie eine tote Ratte bis der Konzernchef seine Entwickler bösartig fragt: “Glauben sie allen ernstes, unser Konzern verkauft ein Gerät namens Maus?” Die wurde dann von Apple rausgebracht.

Ein wenig verwirrend wirkt der Film in den ersten Minuten, wo drei Zeitsprünge, von 1984 nach 1997 und dann nach 1971 stattfinden. Dann läuft die Handlung linear weiter, so daß man sich davon nicht verunsichern lassen sollte. Toll ist auch die Hintergrundmusik, die den Geist der damaligen Zeit gut einfängt. Für Leute, die sich für die Thematik interessieren absolute Pflicht, für alle anderen aber auch sehenswert.

Eine Sache noch: Die deutsche Sychronisation von Die Silicon Valley Story ist absolut grottenschlecht und kann den Film regelrecht versauen. Darum am besten in der englischen Originalfassung mit Untertitel anschauen. Demnächst soll ein neuer Film über das Leben von Steve Jobs mit Ashton Kutcher rauskommen. Die ersten Szenen fand ich ziemlich schlecht. Ich kann mir auch nicht vorstellen, wie Noah Wyles Darstellung von Steve Jobs von Ashton Kutcher übertroffen werden soll. Lieber Die Silicon Valley Story anschauen, als auf den neuen Film zu warten.
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Ayame
5.0 out of 5 stars pour tous les amateurs d'ordinateurs!
Reviewed in France on January 2, 2011
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Un film à voir pour tous les amateurs d'ordinateurs. L'histoire pas si extraordinaire que ça, mais totalement vraie de Steve Jobs, inventeur de Apple et de Bill Gates, initiateur de Windows!

Lequel de ces deux jeunes étudiants arrivera à percer dans le domaine? Et pourquoi?... Quelles fourberies se cachent derrière les deux plus grands informaticiens de tous les temps?
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TigerByte
5.0 out of 5 stars Top !!!
Reviewed in Germany on July 31, 2023
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Wer mal die Geschichte hinter "Apple" und "Microsoft" wissen möchte ist hier genau richtig und als BonBon Info aus meinen Recherchen: Die beiden Firmen Gründer waren bei der Erstellung des Drehbuches beteiligt wie auch teilweise bei den Dreharbeiten hinter der Kamera als Regiehelfer anwesend.
Ich meine ich habe auf YT auch mal ein Interview mit den beiden gefunden in dem sie kurz Stellung genommen haben zu dem Film. Denn das langläufig hartnäckige Gerücht das sich die beiden nicht leiden können ist schlichtweg falsch.
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