Steve Jobs Page #18

STEVE:

Even if that were true it doesn’t

sound diabolical to me.

STEVE nods to the STAGE MANAGER-

STAGE MANAGER:

(into headset)

House to half.

We HEAR the audience CHEER.

We also HEAR a synthesizer introduction to a piece of music

that will crash in in just a moment-

JOANNA:

I’m your closest confidant, your

best friend, your thing--what do

you call it--work wife. This whole

time, the last three years-

STAGE MANAGER:

(into headset)

House out. Stand-by VO 1.

JOANNA:

--when did you change your mind and

start building the Steve Jobs

Revenge Machine?

STEVE:

(pause)

You remember Skylab? It was an

unmanned satellite NASA sent up in

the early ‘70s on an eight year

data gathering mission.

(MORE)

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STEVE (CONT'D)

The thing is, when they sent it up

they didn’t know yet how they were

gonna get it back but they felt

like they were close enough that in

the eight years it was gonna be up

there they’d figure it out. They

didn’t. So after eight years it

lost its orbit and came crashing

down in a thousand-mile swath

across the Indian Ocean. Little to

the left, little to the right and

somebody coulda gotten hurt.

(beat)

I really wanted to build a computer

for colleges. The technology just

didn’t catch up as fast as I needed

it to. And you know we’re outta

money. But then Apple stopped

innovating and I saw something

better. Joanna, I know schools

aren’t gonna buy a $13,000

dictionary with good speakers, you

know I know that. But Apple will

‘cause Avie Tevanian is gonna build

exactly the OS they need. And

they’re gonna have to buy me too.

For half a billion dollars in stock

and end-to-end control on every

product.

STEVE gives a nod to the STAGE MANAGER-

STAGE MANAGER:

Go VO 1.

A WOMAN with a script open on a music stand speaks into a

microphone-

WOMAN:

(into mic)

Ladies and gentlemen, please

welcome-

HARD CUT TO:

BLACK:

--and the synthesizer intro becomes “For Unto Us a Child is

Born,” the beautiful choral piece from Handel’s “Messiah,”

only it’s a contemporary version being sung semi-acappella by

The Roches.

With “For Unto Us a Child is Born” as the score we go through

a series of scenes.

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76 ABC NEWS - PETER JENNINGS 76

PETER JENNINGS:

More than a year after it was firstunveiled to industry insiders, theNeXT Computer is now available inretail stores. For more we go toABC News Senior TechnologyCorrespondent Martin Rath.

The song continues...

77 WALL STREET WEEK - PANEL 77

ANALYST:

And meanwhile Apple is continuingto lose market share with no new

innovations in the pipeline exceptthe Newton, which is a pet projectof CEO John Sculley.

78 CNBC - PANEL 78

PANELIST:

So much for the black cube. NeXT

just sold its factory to Canon andlaid off half its employees.

79 CBS - DAN RATHER 79

DAN RATHER:

The former tech giant, Apple, andfor more on that-80

WALL STREET WEEK - PANEL 80

ANALYST:

With an operating system that can’tcompete with Windows and no newinnovations in the pipeline exceptNewton, a product no one seemsexcited about except John Sculley-

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81 MONEY MATTERS - PANEL 81

ANALYST:

Apple stock’s fallen from $70 a

share when Steve Jobs was the

heartbeat of the company to $14today and no one thinks the Newtonis gonna turn it around.

The song continues...

82 ABC NEWS - MARTIN RATH 82

MARTIN RATH:

Gil Amelio, formerly of NationalSemiconductor was installed as the

new CEO of Apple today and he’s

inherited a sinking ship.

83 CNBC - PANEL 83

PANELIST:

Gil Amelio’s gonna discover that

Copland’s a bust. When that happenshe’ll have to mollify Wall Street

and publicly promise to find analternative.

84 MONEY MATTERS 84

MARTIN RATH:

Under the direction of Steve Jobs,

NeXT’s chief software designer,

Avie Tevanian, has developed anobject-oriented, UNIX-likeoperating system that’s caught the

attention of big players in SiliconValley-85

CNBC - PANEL 85

PANELIST:

Is the prodigal son returning?

PANELIST #2

Bet on it.

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86 WALL STREET WEEK - PANEL 86

ANALYST:

He’s coming back.

87 CBS NEWS - DAN RATHER 87

DAN RATHER:

With a buzz reserved for rock

stars, Steve Jobs-

88 ABC NEWS - PETER JENNINGS 88

PETER JENNINGS:

Steve Jobs-

89 CNBC - ANCHOR 89

ANCHOR:

Buy Apple stock. Buy it now. Sell

the kids, buy the stock.

90 WALL STREET WEEK - PANEL 90

PANELIST:

Steve Jobs is returning to Apple.

91 CBS NEWS - DAN RATHER 91

DAN RATHER:

Take the “interim” off his title,

Steve Jobs is now the CEO of the

company he founded in his garage

and fans of Apple are counting the

days until his first new product.

“For Unto Us a Child is Born” continues as we-

CUT TO:

92 EXT. SYMPHONY HALL - MORNING 92

A giant crowd waits outside to be let in. The place is

festooned with banners with the now-famous “Think Different”

campaign.

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93 INT. SYMPHONY HALL - SAME TIME 93

In the audience we see some familiar faces among the dozens

of APPLE STAFFERS working the rehearsal. JOANNA, WOZ, ANDY

HERTZFELD and the reporter JOEL PFORZHEIMER is there too.

Everyone is 10 years older than the last time we saw them.

STEVE (O.S.)

This thing has 100MB Ethernet as

standard, and why? Because we’re

seeing these high speed networks in

homes now. Ten percent of the homes

in Silicon Valley now have Class

Five wiring in them.

TITLE:

1998

Davies Symphony Hall

STEVE’s on stage in front of a giant screen showing changing

slides that reflect whatever he’s mentioning at the moment.

He’s dressed in dark jeans, a white shirt buttoned up to the

neck and a black sport jacket. On a small table, which is in

the dark at the moment, sits a computer under a dark silk

sheet.

STEVE’s loose and having a good time with the hundred or so

employees in the audience who are revved up for the big

morning.

STEVE (CONT’D)

A fast modem and also a 4MB IrDA

built in. You wanna beam your

digital photographs from your

digital camera? It’s built in to

every product.

(to his employees)

Check it out--no notes, no note

cards--ready?

(back to it and faster now

to play with the

employees in the house)

We’re going to the new generation

of IO--12Mb USB, two ports--we’re

leaving the old Apple IO behind.

Stereo Surround Sound built in to

every product, a great keyboard and

the coolest mouse you’ve ever seen.

This time we used real mice.

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JOANNA:

(calling to the stage)

We’re opening the house in 10

minutes, Steven, you want to stop

horsing around?

STEVE:

Bless my eyes, that’s Steve Wozniak

sitting out there.

The APPLE employees give him a cheer and WOZ gives a sheepish

wave.

STEVE (CONT’D)

Give yourselves a treat and ask Woz

if he happens to have the correct

time.

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