'Jobs' movie poster shows Kutcher as technicolor vision of Apple founder
Two weeks after the theatrical trailer debuted for the Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, the promotional poster for the movie has also been released, showing the former 70's show star rendered as a colorful version of the Apple co-founder.
With tag lines encouraging viewers to "Turn on your mind," the "Jobs" promo poster shows Kutcher as the iPod-era version of the late Apple CEO, and the color palette isn't too far from what one might have expected from an iPod commercial for that period. Above the credit information for the film, another tag line reads "Some see what's possible, others change what's possible."
That promotional copy seems to catch the essence of Kutcher's portrayal of Jobs, as Kutcher's promotional work and the trailer for the film center on Jobs as a driven tech visionary with a nearly messianic bent. Steve Wozniak, who founded the company with Jobs in the late 70s, has described the footage released to date as "so far from anything that really happened" that Jobs would have been "offended and embarrassed" by the portrayal.
Josh Gad takes on the role of Wozniak in the film. Speaking at this year's Macworld conference, Gad and Kutcher said the film had been done in a spirit of love, admiration, and respect.
Kutcher's Jobs will take to screens around the United States on August 16, though the film was originally set to open in theaters this past April. The film is one of two Jobs biopics slated to come out in the near future. "The Social Network" scribe Aaron Sorkin is also working on a Jobs movie, though a release date for that film is as yet unknown.
With tag lines encouraging viewers to "Turn on your mind," the "Jobs" promo poster shows Kutcher as the iPod-era version of the late Apple CEO, and the color palette isn't too far from what one might have expected from an iPod commercial for that period. Above the credit information for the film, another tag line reads "Some see what's possible, others change what's possible."
That promotional copy seems to catch the essence of Kutcher's portrayal of Jobs, as Kutcher's promotional work and the trailer for the film center on Jobs as a driven tech visionary with a nearly messianic bent. Steve Wozniak, who founded the company with Jobs in the late 70s, has described the footage released to date as "so far from anything that really happened" that Jobs would have been "offended and embarrassed" by the portrayal.
Josh Gad takes on the role of Wozniak in the film. Speaking at this year's Macworld conference, Gad and Kutcher said the film had been done in a spirit of love, admiration, and respect.
Kutcher's Jobs will take to screens around the United States on August 16, though the film was originally set to open in theaters this past April. The film is one of two Jobs biopics slated to come out in the near future. "The Social Network" scribe Aaron Sorkin is also working on a Jobs movie, though a release date for that film is as yet unknown.
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Tiddybit: the C word in Dutch is kut, and I don't like Cher. So, that's one thing, and the only one, I like about this crap.
Some people have been hating on this from the beginning (Ashton Kutcher, blah blah blah), but not me!
I think that this poster looks pretty good, it's definitely going to stand out. It has a sort of LSD vibe to it, and that's a good thing.
I also think that the most recent trailer looked pretty good, and I believe that this movie is going to do pretty good when it's released.
As for what Woz thinks about it, I really don't care about what Woz thinks. He has made so many strange and weird statements these past years, so I've long ago ignored what Woz has to say about any subject.
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton
"Ashton Kutcher Jobs"? Whatever happened to "jOBS"?
It's just "JOBS" now. It was changed from "jOBS" a while back. And that's a good thing, because I always though that "jOBS" was a dumb title.
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Originally Posted by MacVicta
Too early for me.
Concur. I'll wait for the Aaron Sorkin scripted one. Plus can't stand Kutcher
Fixed it.
Love the poster and trailer.
I hope Ashton did a good Jobs...
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Originally Posted by Superbass
Uh, "Technicolor" was a process of adding colour to films up until around 1955. Think Wizard of Oz. That poster has absolutely nothing to do with Technicolor.
Of course, you're being too literal. "Technicolor" is often used to refer to multiple bright colors.
Think of the play, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat".
Or someone saying, "Man, I dropped some acid last night and everything was in Technolor!"
Not to mention current news: "Wow, did you see the new Technicolor iPhone prototypes?!"
Okay, the last one was a stretch.