Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)

Directed by

Martyn Burke

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 605 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This drama follows the rise of personal computing through the rivalries of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. It shows how their competing visions shaped the technology industry.

competitivefast-paceddramaticintellectualambitioustensewittysharp

What happens

Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 American biographical drama television film written and directed by Martyn Burke and starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates. Spanning the years 1971–1997 and based on Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine's 1984 book Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer, it explores the impact that the rivalry between Jobs (Apple Computer) and Gates (Microsoft) had on the development of the personal computer. The film premiered on TNT on June 20, 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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