Steve Jobs Page #2

Synopsis: With public anticipation running high, Apple Inc. co-founders Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) and Steve "Woz" Wozniak get ready to unveil the first Macintosh in 1984. Jobs must also deal with personal issues related to ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan and their young daughter Lisa. Eventually fired, Jobs launches NeXT Inc. and prepares to release a new computer model in 1988. Ten years later, Jobs is back at Apple Inc. and about to revolutionize the industry once again with the iMac.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 109 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
2015
122 min
$12,403,169
Website
5,406 Views


STEVE JOBS - Shooting Script 03/19/15 7.

1 CONTINUED:
1

JOANNA:

He needs to talk to you.

ANDREA CUNNINGHAM, the 26-year-old publicist, calls back-

ANDREA:

Yeah.

STEVE:

(to ANDREA)

The exit signs have to be off or

we’re not gonna get a full

blackout.

ANDREA:

We’ve spoken to the building

manager and the fire marshal.

STEVE:

And?

ANDREA:

There’s absolutely no way they’re

letting us turn the exit signs off.

STEVE:

I’ll pay whatever the fine is.

ANDREA:

The fine is they’re gonna come in

and tell everyone to leave.

STEVE:

You explained to the fire marshal

that we’re in here changing the

world?

ANDREA:

I did, but unless we can also

change the properties of fire he

doesn’t care.

JOANNA:

Steve-

STEVE:

If a fire causes a stampede to the

unmarked exits it will have been

well worth it for those who

survive. For those who don’t, less

so but still pretty good.

STEVE JOBS - Shooting Script 03/19/15 8.

1 CONTINUED:
1

ANDREA:

Listen-

STEVE:

(still to ANDREA)

I need it to go to black, real

black, get rid of the exit signs

and don’t let me know how you did

it.

(to ANDY)

Fix the voice demo.

STEVE leaves the stage, followed by JOANNA and heads-

2 INT. BACKSTAGE - CONTINUOUS 2

JOANNA:

You need special tools to open the

Mac?

STEVE:

You knew it was a closed system.

JOANNA:

I didn’t know literally, Jesus.

JOANNA opens a door marked “STEVE JOBS” and gives STEVE a

push into-

3 INT. STEVE’S DRESSING ROOM - CONTINUOUS 3

The room’s been set aside as a place for Steve to chill, be

alone and prepare during rehearsals and before the big

presentation.

There’s a Mac (the original Mac) on a small table.

There’s also a large, unopened carton that was recently

delivered.

JOANNA:

And if you keep alienating people

for no reason there’s gonna be no

one left for it to say hello to.

STEVE:

It’s not for no reason. We blow

this and IBM will own the next 50

years like a Batman villain.

Remember the phone company?

(MORE)

STEVE JOBS - Shooting Script 03/19/15 9.

3 CONTINUED:
3

STEVE (CONT'D)

That’s what Bell was called, the

phone company. IBM will be the

computer company and in 10 years

they’ll be the information company

and that’s very bad for the human

race so we don’t have time to be

polite or realistic ‘cause if we

are, this company’s next product

launch will be held in front of 26

people and a stringer from the

Alameda County Shopper’s Guide.

JOANNA:

We--listen--we haven’t advertised

the voice software. We could pull

it out of the demo and no one would

be disappointed. Do you want to try

being reasonable just, you know, to

see what it feels like?

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Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, producer, and playwright. His works include the Broadway plays A Few Good Men and The Farnsworth Invention; the television series Sports Night, The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and The Newsroom; and the films A Few Good Men, The American President, Charlie Wilson's War, The Social Network, Moneyball, and Steve Jobs. more…

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