TNT To Re-Air ‘Pirates Of Silicon Valley’

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• It’s been a long while since I’ve seen the movie, but didn’t it depict him in a fairly negative light?

  Comment by Kevin — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 10:57am PDT  Reply to this post

  • I just watched this last week, and it did pretty much depict him as a guy who stole ideas, bullied his employees, and wasn’t willing to take responsibility for his first daughter. I know that’s just one part of the story, but maybe that’s why I didn’t feel as bad as everyone else when I heard the news yesterday.

    Comment by Anon — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 11:26am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Remember though, this film came out right after Microsoft bought a large percentage of Apple stock. Before iPod, iPad, and even the iMac, Steve Jobs was well known but nothing like how influential he became in the 2000′s. I have always really enjoyed this movie as it shows how important Business acumen is even with cutting edge technology.

      Comment by Clarke — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 2:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • He was not influential in the 90′s? You must be kidding all of us. He and Woz created the PC industry starting from ’78, Jobs was influential even back in the 80′s especially when the first Mac came out. I bet you are relatively young or don’t know much about the PC industry at all.

        Comment by Stanley — Sunday October 9, 2011 @ 12:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

• A great, very respectful move. (For non-Apple obsessives, Jobs’ gave the film a very public wink by having Wyle, in full mock-turtleneck regalia, give a fake open to the following keynote.)

  More than that, though, the film is simply very good, fun and interesting, and was a real high-water mark for TNT’s late 90s run at high end telemovies. Proud to own it on DVD, and I hope someone sees fit to do a Blu-ray reissue. I’d have no problem double-dipping.

  Comment by Justin Sevakis — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 11:18am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Ha, respectful? It’s a tribute? Did you actually watch the movie? It did not depict Jobs in a positive light.

    Comment by Justin Poppiti — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 2:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Just because it’s a very warts-and-all story doesn’t mean it was either unfair or didn’t give him his due. (And yes, I own the DVD. And I thought Jobs came off better than Bill Gates did!)

      Comment by Justin Sevakis — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 5:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • Bill was not like that in real life. The only thing that resembles to Bill was the glasses …

        Comment by Stanley — Sunday October 9, 2011 @ 1:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Is this tonight? Starting at what time? Details!

  Comment by Date and Time! — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 11:18am PDT  Reply to this post

  • It’s airing at 8:00 pm EST with a repeat showing at 10:00 pm EST, so my guess is it will air at the same times on the west coast.

    Comment by 728huey — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 6:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The movie although depicting some negatives about Steve Jobs still shows him in the end being considered a major force in Silicon Valley. Truly creative people are often thought of as tyrants, Walt Disney was often spoken of by his employees as being a “great guy” and then followed up by being a bit of tyrant…it was Walt’s way or no way. Disney employees so respected him they wanted to help him achieve greatness and in doing so achieve greatness themselves. Without the negatives it couldn’t possibly be truthful, look at the Biopic movies of Ray Charles or Johnny Cash without seeing some of their faults how could we possibly believe these movies to have truths…whose life other than Mother Teresa is devoid of negatives?

  Comment by Patricia — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 1:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Jobs liked the movie abd Noah Wylies depiction of him

  Comment by Aeiouy — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 4:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Note to staff: you didn’t say when TNT was airing this film. Is it tonight? This weekend? That info would have been beneficial.

  Comment by Big B — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 4:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I thought Jobs looked human and Gates looked worse. Excellent acting by both leads and an excellent TV movie generally.

  Comment by Mark — Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 5:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

• As a nightshift employee , I missed the TNT broadcast, would like know if there will be any other broadcast on the Week-end,

  Comment by James Shrader — Friday October 7, 2011 @ 1:04pm PDT  Reply to this post