'jOBS' biopic to close Sundance Film Festival in January
In an announcement on Monday, the Sundance Film Festival revealed that the jOBS biopic starring Ashton Kutcher will premier on the last day of the event which runs from Jan. 17 to 27, and will take the honor of being the event's closing film.
Iconic Steve Jobs photo (left) and a publicity shot from the upcoming jOBS biopic (right) via The Hollywood Reporter
First spotted by The Verge, the Sundance release noted jOBS will be a "Closing night film," and will chronicle the defining 30 years of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.
The cast, including Kutcher in the role of Jobs, was spotted filming at the late tech guru's Los Altos home where the first Apple computer was built. Playing opposite Kutcher will be Ahna O'Reilly as Jobs' ex-girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan, while Josh Gad will take on the role of Steve Wozniak. Other cast members include Matthew Modine as former Apple CEO John Sculley and an unknown actor who as Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Iconic Steve Jobs photo (left) and a publicity shot from the upcoming jOBS biopic (right) via The Hollywood Reporter
First spotted by The Verge, the Sundance release noted jOBS will be a "Closing night film," and will chronicle the defining 30 years of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.
The cast, including Kutcher in the role of Jobs, was spotted filming at the late tech guru's Los Altos home where the first Apple computer was built. Playing opposite Kutcher will be Ahna O'Reilly as Jobs' ex-girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan, while Josh Gad will take on the role of Steve Wozniak. Other cast members include Matthew Modine as former Apple CEO John Sculley and an unknown actor who as Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Comments
Originally Posted by ort
...or if it wasn't call jOBS.
At least it's not "jOb$".
What is the purpose of "jOBS"? What does it mean?
Originally Posted by MacVicta
What is the purpose of "jOBS"? What does it mean?
Lowercase letter preceding the rest of the name. Like iPhone, iPod, iMac…
Yes, it's literally that stupid.
Shouldn't it be jObs then? I'm reserving judgement on this film until I see it, it could be good, it could be shocking. I'm not sure about the direction Mr Sorkin is taking with the official movie.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Lowercase letter preceding the rest of the name. Like iPhone, iPod, iMac…
Yes, it's literally that stupid.
They should've called it The Crazy One.
Originally Posted by MacVicta
They should've called it The Crazy One.
I like that title. Then they could have gotten their stupid out of they way by having a bite taken out of the O.
They should have called it That Other 70s Show.
The title of this movie is so stupid, it's embarrassing to just think about.
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Originally Posted by jd_in_sb
I wonder why Jobs has a "Think" poster in the background. That has been IBM's motto since 1914.
Exactly. Jobs was after IBM at the time. But note that the THINK has been Appled by printing it with rainbow colors. The IBM motto was always printed in black and white.
He's saying he will out do IBM, with style.
Note also that the movie set has the THINK poster distorted, stretched horizontally, so the font is the wrong proportion. Jobs would be having fits if he saw that. It looks awful. That, plus the short time spent creating it, tells me that the movie is likely to have been rushed. It may be worth watching, but we can already see it lacks attention to detail, which is not encouraging.
Originally Posted by jd_in_sb
I wonder why Jobs has a "Think" poster in the background. That has been IBM's motto since 1914.
He was already thinking different back then.
Originally Posted by Alonso Perez
Note also that the movie set has the THINK poster distorted, stretched horizontally, so the font is the wrong proportion. Jobs would be having fits if he saw that. It looks awful.
That could simply be the camera.
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Originally Posted by Alonso Perez
Exactly. Jobs was after IBM at the time. But note that the THINK has been Appled by printing it with rainbow colors. The IBM motto was always printed in black and white.
He's saying he will out do IBM, with style.
Note also that the movie set has the THINK poster distorted, stretched horizontally, so the font is the wrong proportion. Jobs would be having fits if he saw that. It looks awful. That, plus the short time spent creating it, tells me that the movie is likely to have been rushed. It may be worth watching, but we can already see it lacks attention to detail, which is not encouraging.
#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; }The poster is longer horizontally in the original Jobs pic, so it must be the camera angle. Here is the real thing:
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Originally Posted by waldobushman
Does it mean anything that this movie is the closer at Sundance? Might be a positive sign. But, I can't believe Kelso will be a good choice.
The closer at Fantastic Fest was Red Dawn, a film vastly inferior to the other films that were screened. They're not always creative decisions.
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton
I would take this film more seriously if Mr. Demi Moore/Kelso wasn't the star.
It is Mr. Demi Moore. There is only one Kelso on TV and his first name is Bob!
Just this.