We see:
- Ashton Kutcher ("New Year's Eve") as Steve Jobs, college drop- out, social misfit, brilliant strategist and ruthless businessman. This doesn't gloss over his personal failings or his intractability; it does touch on his lack of personal hygiene...smile...
- Dermot Mulroney ("Jolene") is Mike Markkula, the first venture capitalist to take a chance on Jobs (please see my review of "Something Ventured).
- Josh Gad ("Love and Other Drugs") is Steve Wozniak, one of the original garage gang who shared Jobs' dream. His departure is wrenching.
- Lukas Haas ("Lincoln" and he was the little Amish boy in "Witness") is Daniel Kottke, the long-time friend who did drugs with Jobs during their Reed College days in Portland and went to India with him.
- Matthew Modine ("The Dark Knight Rises") is John Sculley, recruited by Jobs to bring a friendly face into the board room.
- John Getz ("Blood Simple") is Paul, Steve's father, whose garage workroom they used to build their first 500 circuit boards.
- J.K. Simmons ("The Words") one of Hollywood's premier utility players, portrays Arthur Rock, the practical rock blocking the path of our impractical protagonist.
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Here is a trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1522182425/
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Here is a trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1522182425/
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