Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) on Netflix
In 1971, teenage Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak flee a Berkeley campus riot. Jobs and Wozniak develop Apple in a garage, and Bill Gates learns of the MITS Altair at Harvard.
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Plot summary
On the U.C. Berkeley campus in 1971, teenagers Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are caught in a riot between students and police and flee. Wozniak narrates the story, saying that Jobs always saw things differently from everyone else. In the early 1970s, Bill Gates is at Harvard with classmate Steve Ballmer and his high school friend Paul Allen; Ballmer narrates Gates's side. When Gates discovers the MITS Altair built by Ed Roberts, he drops out of Harvard and begins early work with MITS alongside Allen. Jobs and Wozniak join the Homebrew Computer Club and build Apple Computer in the garage at the Jobs family home, with help from Daniel and Elizabeth. Investor Mike Markkula puts money into the company, which allows it to expand.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- A piano piece heard in the film was missing from the DVD's music, sparking a search that lasted a few years until it was identified as "Soliloquy" by English composer Tony Hymas, published in a 1980 collection.
- The real Steve Wozniak was so impressed by Joey Slotnick's interpretation of him that he flew to Los Angeles just to have lunch with Slotnick.
- The cast reportedly split into rival PC and Mac factions during filming, and director Burke said he began the film as a PC user and finished it as a Mac convert.
