Pirates of Silicon Valley

Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 made-for-television film that was written and directed by , and broadcast on (TNT). The story is a dramatization of the early rivalry between Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, leading up to the bailout of the near-bankrupt Apple by Microsoft in August 1997.Revisiting 'Pirates of Silicon Valley', the original Steve Jobs movie by Richard Trenholm, CNET. 2015-10-17.
==Cast==
===Apple Computer===
* as Steve Jobs
* as Steve Wozniak
* as Dan Kottke
* as Chrisann Brennan (renamed to "Arlene" in the movie)
* as Mike Markkula
* as John Sculley
* as 
===Microsoft===
* as Bill Gates
* as 
* as 
===Xerox===
* as (unnamed in the movie)
==Reception==
Pirates of Silicon Valley is rated 89% fresh by and received an audience score of 92%.Pirates of Silicon Valley, Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed 2022-05-21. The movie was nominated for five . Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak considers it to be the best dramatization about Steve Jobs.Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says the best Steve Jobs film is this 1999 made-for-TV movie by Jethro Nededog, Business Insider. 2015-05-28. Jobs himself invited actor to participate in a prank in which Wyle impersonated Jobs to deliver the beginning of the keynote address at Macworld Expo in New York in July 1999.Macworld NY 1999, All about Steve Jobs. 1999-07-21.
==Videos==
Pirates of Silicon Valley - Apple Computer at the Homebrew Computer Club
Pirates of Silicon Valley - Insanely Great
Pirates of Silicon Valley - Xerox NYC rejects PARC's GUI and mouse
==References==
==See also==
*Jobs (film), a 2013 dramatization.
*Steve Jobs (film), a 2015 dramatization.
==External links==
*Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) at the Internet Movie Database
* at Wikipedia
Category:1999 introductions