Steve Jobs Movie Clip Historically Inaccurate, Says Woz

Yesterday saw the release of a clip from the upcoming movie jOBS, a biopic about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The clip shows Jobs, played by Ashton Kutcher, having a conversation with Steve Wozniak, played by Josh Gad, about how influential an operating system for a personal computer would be. The real Steve Wozniak commented on the clip, saying the situation it portrayed was "totally wrong." He said, "Personalities and where the ideas of computers affecting society did not come from Jobs. They inspired me and were widely spoken at the Homebrew Computer Club. Steve came back from Oregon and came to a club meeting and didn't start talking about this great social impact. His idea was to make a $20 PC board and sell it for $40 to help people at the club build the computer I'd given away. Steve came from selling surplus parts at HalTed he always saw a way to make a quick buck off my designs (this was the 5th time). The lofty talk came much further down the line." Wozniak was quick to add that he isn't making any judgment on the quality of the movie based on a single, 1-minute clip, and that the rest of the movie may or may not be more accurate. He also says he hopes it's entertaining.

Comments

More context provided in the extended clip.

[Sheetrock]

This scene came after the bit where Jobs signed The Beatles, and before he wrote the software that made the special effects in the original Star Wars trilogy possible.

Re:More context provided in the extended clip.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: your signature. Is that a joke or did that line actually come from an old Star Trek episode?

As Benjamin Franklin once said, "yes, that was an actual line from an old Star Trek episode".

Re:More context provided in the extended clip.

[servognome]

The line wasn't uttered on the air, it was printed in Dr. Spock's book on child care

Re:More context provided in the extended clip.

[ischorr]

I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but I'm pretty sure this is grounds for Slashdot account deletion.

Re:More context provided in the extended clip.

[SomePgmr]

I think we can agree that the founding fathers, Jefferson most of all, preferred Star Trek at the time. You'll notice that live long and prosper appears in the Declaration. What's true is that Lincoln, arguably a less cerebral man, was a drooling Lucas fanboi. This explains the lines regarding his use of the force in a time of rebellion in the Emancipation Proclamation.

Re:More context provided in the extended clip.

[durrr]

It was also before he invaded poland.

Re:More context provided in the extended clip.

[Anonymous Coward]

On one hand, Jobs may be an asshole and a corporate thief.

On the other hand, he's being being played by Ashton Kutcher for his own biography.

That's karma for you.

Oops

[Computershack]

Bit of a bitch for the script writer when someone who was actually there at the time who was 50% of the partnership is still alive and can call bullshit. One wonders why they didn't bother asking Woz for information about what happened.

Re:Oops

[PopeRatzo]

One wonders why they didn't bother asking Woz for information about what happened.

I think the quote shows exactly why they didn't bother asking Woz for information about what happened.

It's hard to create a hagiography when the saint's family is around to tell everybody that he pissed in the bathtub.

Re:Oops

[servognome]

You think all the scenes in Lincoln really happened?

He didn't kill vampires?

Re:Oops

[SolitaryMan]

Bit of a bitch for the script writer when someone who was actually there at the time who was 50% of the partnership is still alive and can call bullshit. One wonders why they didn't bother asking Woz for information about what happened.

Because they want to spend $20M on the movie and sell it for $40M.

Re:Oops

[Intropy]

He said all the scenes. Of course that part is accurate.

The jobs prayer

[MrKaos]

• Our steve jobs our asshole brethren
• profit be thy name
• thy kingdom dumb
• they will by done, in consumerism
• as it is in manufacturing
• give you our pay and all our bread
• to deliver us new shiney elation
• as you deliver the drm used against us
• and lead us not into education
• but deliver us new shiney

• • da man

It would be much better

[Vinegar Joe]

If Charlie Sheen had been cast as Jobs.

Re:Apple summed up in one breath!

[Anonymous Coward]

They made a real Jobs movie. It was called American Psycho..

Re:Apple summed up in one breath!

[unitron]

"...and were sourcing their components in the same place as the other electronics hobbiests."

Sneaking them out the back door at HP?