Steve Jobs Page #7

WOZ:

Computers aren’t supposed to have

human flaws. Why would we want to

incept this one with yours?

The two friends look at each other silently...

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STEVE:

(pause)

This shouldn’t ruin our friendship.

WOZ:

Nothing’s gonna ruin our friendship

but if something did it wouldn’t

be the number of slots on a

machine, right?

CUT BACK TO:

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Some stragglers are making their way into the building and

one of them spots the two Steves-

STRAGGLER:

(shouting)

Hey! Steve and Steve!

They give a wave-

STEVE:

The Apple II is yours, I give you

full credit.

WOZ:

Thank you. But they need credit on

this occasion and it’ll take 30

seconds, two minutes tops-

They head back through the doors and into-

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STEVE:

Today is about the Macintosh and

the Mac is mine.

WOZ:

I give you that.

STEVE:

Thank you.

WOZ:

I give you that. Just publicly

acknowledge the Apple II team

because it’s the right thing to do.

(MORE)

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WOZ (CONT'D)

We’ll know soon enough if you’re

Leonardo Da Vinci or just think you

are but in the meantime-

STEVE:

--in the meantime the Apple II’s

done. 7 years. It was a great run.

You should go out in the house and

take your seat.

WOZ:

(pause)

Alright.

WOZ heads back up the hallway and calls over his shoulder-

WOZ (CONT’D)

The Mac is Jeff Raskin’s.

STEVE looks at WOZ...

STEVE:

(pause)

Say it for me.

WOZ:

A computer’s not a (painting).

STEVE:

(over)

F*** you.

WOZ:

(laughing a little)

Alright.

WOZ takes off as ANDREA CUNNINGHAM comes up to STEVE-

ANDREA:

(whispering)

Hey! Joel Pforzheimer’s on the

other side of that door.

They both keep their voices down.

STEVE:

(pause)

GQ?

ANDREA:

(over)

GQ. Steve, he’s asking for some

clarification on Xerox PARC.

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STEVE:

He’s asking about PARC?

ANDREA:

You need to go in there. I want him

to hear it from you (and not

someone else.)

STEVE:

(over)

How does he know about (PARC)?

ANDREA:

(over)

I don’t know but he does. Is there

something I need to know?

STEVE shakes his head “no,” opens the door to a VIP room and

walks into-

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--where the dozen or so people give STEVE a round of

applause.

STEVE:

Thanks guys. We’re gonna start, why

don’t you go take your seats. Joel,

stick around a second?

The VIP’s file out, shaking STEVE’s hand or patting his

shoulder or giving him a hug--”Good luck,” “Knock ‘em dead,”

“Here we go,” etc.

As soon as the room is empty-

JOEL:

I’ve been trying to get an answer

on-

STEVE:

PARC stands for Palo Alto Research

Center--Xerox PARC. In the ‘70s

they came up with something called

“Gooey”--G-U-I--Graphical User

Interface. Instead of typing

commands they used the metaphor of

a desktop and roughly the same idea

as a McDonald’s cash register. You

press a button with a picture of a

cheeseburger.

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JOEL:

And you were shown the technology.

STEVE:

Yes.

JOEL:

And used it in the Macintosh.

STEVE:

You can draw a line from Xerox PARC

to the Mac.

JOEL:

What would you say--Steve, I’m not

saying this but what would you say

to someone who said you stole the

Macintosh from Xerox?

STEVE:

Do you know who invented the piano?

JOEL:

No.

STEVE:

Do you know who wrote “Moonlight

Sonata”?

JOEL:

Beethoven.

STEVE:

That’s what I’d say. I’ll see you

after.

STEVE heads out of the room and back into-

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--where ANDY HERTZFELD and JOANNA are waiting for him.

ANDY:

I need more time.

STEVE:

You can’t have it.

They begin walking toward the door that leads to the stage-

ANDY:

Twenty minutes.

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STEVE:

It’s 8:
58.

ANDY:

We can start late.

STEVE:

Hear me, we’re a computer company,

we can’t start late.

ANDY:

Then I have another idea.

They walk through a door and are-

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They’re behind the giant screen on which the whole

presentation will be projected. Several Macs and their

operators are at tables. We can hear the audience’s energy.

And we can see an ENGINEER with a small crowbar trying to

find a spot to open the back of another Mac while a couple of

other ENGINEERS stand around it with screwdrivers.

STEVE:

What?

ANDY:

It’s deceptive and borderline

unethical.

STEVE:

I’m listening.

ANDY:

It’ll run on the Five-Twelve.

STEVE:

You tested it?

ANDY:

Yeah.

JOANNA:

Wait, you’re gonna demo a 128

computer on a 512?

STEVE:

Nobody’s gonna know.

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JOANNA:

(to ANDY)

And you think that’s borderline

unethical?

ANDY:

Name my other choices please.

JOANNA:

Please--you have to tell me why

it’s so important for it to say

hello.

STEVE:

Hollywood. They made computers

scary things.

(pointing to a Mac)

You see how this reminds you of a

friendly face? That the disk slot

is a goofy grin? It’s warm and it’s

playful and inviting and it needs

to say hello. It needs to say hello

because it can.

We hear a few dozen members of the audience--seated up in the

balcony--start to stamp their feet and clap their hands in

rhythm, rock concert style. The few dozen turn into a few

hundred.

STEVE, JOANNA and ANDY silently take it in...

STEVE (CONT’D)

We’re not committing fraud. The 512

is gonna ship in under a year. Will

you absolve me of your Eastern

European disapproval?

JOANNA:

(pause--resigned)

The computer in 2001 said hello all

the time and it still scared the

sh*t out of-

STEVE:

Absolve me.

JOANNA:

Just for this. And just for now.

The house lights go out and we hear the audience break into

THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE.

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We hear a WOMAN’s voice over the PA system and see her

speaking into a mic backstage-

WOMAN (VO)

Ladies and gentlemen, please

welcome founding board member, Mike

Markkula.

We see the silhouette of MARKKULA walking to the podium and

we’ll be able to hear his opening remarks without paying much

attention to them.

JOANNA:

Alright. Okay. Go make a dent in

the universe, Steven.

STEVE:

See you in a couple of hours.

JOANNA heads off and disappears as MARKKULA’s opening remarks

continue. STEVE waits...

STEVE (CONT’D)

(to ANDY)

The last three run-throughs we’ve

introduced the Mac exactly 41

minutes into the-

ANDY:

Yeah.

STEVE:

The clock on the Mac needs to read

9:
41.

ANDY:

The clock’s gonna read whatever the

time is, it’s a clock.

STEVE takes a moment, nods, and turns to go head to where

he’s supposed to wait backstage.

He sees a welcoming sight--the first one of the day. It’s

JOHN SCULLEY. SCULLEY’s a handsome and easygoing man about 20

years older than Steve. He’s got a bottle of wine and two

glasses. STEVE smiles and walks over to him as the opening

remarks continue in the background.

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