“What if the computer was a beautiful object?“Steve Jobshas screened for critics, with some hailing it an achievement that goes above and beyond the legacy of the man behind the title. With the film opening in theaters October 9th, Sony Pictures has released a thirdtrailer, which shows off some previously unseen footage, giving new insight into what will surely be one of this year’s biggestOscar contenders. The biopic, which showsSteve Jobsthroughout his career as a tech genius, has been selected as the Centerpiece feature of the 53rd annual New York Film Festival on Saturday, October 3.
Set backstage in the minutes before three iconic product launches spanning Steve Jobs' career, beginning with theMacintoshin 1984, and ending with the unveiling of the iMac in 1998, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter. Steve Jobs is directed by Academy Award winnerDanny Boyleand written by Academy Award winnerAaron Sorkin, working from Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography of the Apple founder. The producers are Mark Gordon, Guymon Casady of Film 360, Scott Rudin, Boyle, and Academy Award winner Christian Colson.
Michael Fassbenderplays Steve Jobs, the pioneering founder of Apple, with Academy Award-winning actressKate Winsletstarring as Joanna Hoffman, former marketing chief of Macintosh. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple, is played bySeth Rogen, andJeff Danielsstars as former Apple CEO John Sculley. The film also starsKatherine Waterstonas Chrisann Brennan, Jobs' ex-girlfriend, andMichael Stuhlbargas Andy Hertzfeld, one of the original members of the Apple Macintosh development team.
Steve Jobs has been getting plenty of buzz after debuting at the Telluride Film Festival, with one of the film’s biggest champions being Apple co-founderSteve Wozniak, portrayed bySeth Rogenin the film.Steve Wozniakpraised the filmmakers for gettingSteve Jobs' story right. You may recall thatSteve Wozniakpreviously criticized the 2013 biopicJobs, saying the filmmakers got certain elements of the story “totally wrong.” Here’s what he had to say about directorDanny Boyle’s efforts.
“I saw a rough cut and I felt like I was actually watching Steve Jobs and the others (including Seth Rogen’s dead-on portrayal of Wozniak), not actors playing them, I give full credit to (director) Danny Boyle and (screenwriter) Aaron Sorkin for getting it so right.”
It remains to be seen whether or not fans will embrace this biopic or not, but we’ll find out after it hits theaters October 9. Based on the critically-acclaimed reception coming out of Telluride, Steve Jobs could emerge as an early Best Picture contender, but we still have a long ways to go before the Oscar nominations are unveiled. Are you getting excited forSteve Jobs? Do you think it will take home several of the major Oscar awards? Check out this latest trailer, and let us know what you think. We also have the new poster. And remember, ‘The path to greatness doesn’t come easy!’
