Steve Jobs Page #6

90 days, twenty thousand a month

after that, so maybe you could

gimme a break, Ms. Hoffman.

They look at each a moment before STEVE exits out into-

10 INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS 10

On the other side of the wall is a full auditorium--2,600

people--and the energy is like a rock concert about to start.

Staff and well-wishers (everybody’s young) line the hallway.

WOZ is waiting and STEVE motions to walk with him-

STEVE:

Woz.

WOZ:

Hey.

STEVE:

There’s nothing in that vending

machine that won’t kill you.

10

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37.

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WOZ:

I was just browsing.

STEVE:

Let’s take a walk. I haven’t been

outside since Friday.

WOZ:

It’s pretty cold out there.

Nah.

STEVE:

WOZ:

I don’t think I ask for a lot.

They head out the doors and onto-A11

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I agree.

STEVE:

WOZ:

So all I’m looking for-STEVE

I know and I could say I’m gonna doit and then just not do it but Idon’t wanna lie to you.

WOZ:

Right, and I appreciate that, butyou could also say you’re gonna do

it and then do it, couldn’t you?

STEVE:

I think the best thing would be forme to say I’m not gonna do it and

then not do it, you good with that?

WOZ:

Can I tell you something?

STEVE:

I have nothing but free time right

now.

WOZ:

After the meeting in Maui the AppleII team was upset and angry anddown and you know why?

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STEVE:

Because the Apple II wasn’t

mentioned even once.

WOZ:

The Apple II wasn’t mentioned even-yes,

that’s, you have it, that’s

right.

STEVE:

It wasn’t an oversight.

WOZ:

They know that, they know it

wasn’t. Look, I don’t want to make

a big deal out of this-

STEVE:

That’s entirely within your power.

WOZ:

The Apple II-

STEVE:

The Apple II is what was, my

friend.

WOZ:

The Apple II is what pays the bills

around here and has for seven years

and when you disrespect these

people you are doing something

wrong. It’s bad business but it’s

also, you know, it’s just, it’s

you know-

STEVE:

Get there.

WOZ:

--wrong.

STEVE:

Okay, first, if we’re gonna talk

about this, this, in the last

remaining minutes before the launch

which by itself is blowing my

f***in’ mind--if we’re gonna talk

about this could you not frame

yourself as a friend of the working

man, most of whom I made into

millionaires? ‘

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STEVE (CONT'D)

Cause you’re not talking about

them, you’re talking about you.

WOZ:

I’ve never, Steve, I’ve never cared

about--I take issue with that. I’ve

never cared about credit and you

know it. I’m talking about them and

I gave away stock options to people

whose names you can’t remember.

STEVE:

They need to make me remember their

names.

WOZ:

If you embarrass these people

you’re gonna see a brain drain at

this company, my brother. Markkula

took you off the Lisa, not them and

not me, so (don’t take it out on--)

STEVE:

Markkula took me off the Lisa

because of his strong religious

objection to making it good.

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It’s the garage. It’s completely tricked out with all the

crude but cool-looking things a group of young geniuses would

have while inventing a new computer. The only light is coming

from a couple of tensor lamps on a workbench.

A younger STEVE and WOZ are standing in front of a huge

diagram showing several parts of the Apple II from different

angles.

WOZ:

What are you talking about?

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12 EXT. LAWN - SAME TIME 12

STEVE:

Now I gave you everything you

wanted on the Apple II.

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STEVE (CONT'D)

You don’t ask for a lot? There

wasn’t a single fight you lost.

WOZ:

Do you concede that the slots (are

the reason for the success of)-

STEVE:

(over)

We can’t possibly still be talking

about the slots, man, it’s been

seven years and-

WOZ:

I have a point. The eight slots on

(the Apple II are what)-

STEVE:

(over)

You’re still doing it, you’re

talking about the slots, there’s

something wrong (with you).

WOZ:

(over)

The slots-

STEVE:

This argument started in the

garage!

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13 INT. GARAGE - NIGHT 13

WOZ:

Why would you only want two slots?

STEVE:

A printer and a modem.

WOZ:

With eight slots you can--this is a

huge deal that we were able to put

in eight slots.

STEVE:

I appreciate the engineering but

it’s not what we’re doing.

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14 EXT. LAWN - SAME TIME 14

WOZ:

And thank God I won that argument

‘cause-

STEVE:

Woz-

WOZ:

--the open system is what people

love about the machine and it’s why

it sold and still sells.

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15 INT. GARAGE - NIGHT 15

STEVE:

An open system, we’re not doing an

open system.

WOZ:

Of course we are. That’s what

people want and the breakthrough on

the Apple II is-

STEVE:

People don’t know what they want

until you show it to them. Edison

didn’t do market research on the

light bulb versus the candle.

WOZ:

I think it went without saying that

people would rather flip a switch

than, you know, burn whale oil. Let

me explain this world to you.

Serious users-

STEVE:

Which world are you explaining?

WOZ:

My world.

STEVE:

You live on the Planet Wozniak.

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15

WOZ:

Serious users want to customize and

modify, they want to jack it up,

they want hardware engineers like me

to expand its capabilities, okay?

Keyboards for music, better sound

boards, better display boards-

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16 EXT. LAWN - SAME TIME 16

WOZ:

And it’s why there are 3000 people

here today.

QUICK CUT TO:

17 INT. GARAGE - SAME TIME 17

WOZ:

--improved memory cards, they want

ports!

STEVE:

They don’t get a vote. When Dylan

wrote “Shelter From the Storm” he

didn’t ask people to contribute to

the lyrics. Plays don’t stop so the

playwright can ask the audience

what scene they’d like to see next.

A painter-

WOZ:

Hobbyists-

STEVE:

We are on the verge of a tectonic-

hobbyists?!--a printer and a modem,

two slots.

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18 EXT. LAWN - SAME TIME 18

WOZ:

The slots are what allowed the

Apple II to run, for just one

example, VisiCalc, which my guess

single-handedly sold between two

and three-hundred thousand

machines.

STEVE:

The Apple II team has my affection

but I’m not loving up a seven year

old product at the Mac launch.

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19 INT. GARAGE - SAME TIME 19

WOZ:

Computers aren’t paintings.

STEVE:

F*** you. I’m gonna say f*** you

every time you say that until you

either die or stop. Try it.

WOZ:

Steve-

STEVE:

Say it.

WOZ:

Computers aren’t (paintings).

STEVE:

(over)

F*** you. Yes they are and what I

want is a closed system. End to end

control. Completely incompatible

with anything.

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