Steve Jobs Page #9

SCULLEY:

He didn’t mean anything by it.

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STEVE:

Keep your hundred bucks, I’m

sticking with the first verse.

SCULLEY:

Good.

STEVE:

What the hell did he (mean by

that?)

SCULLEY:

(over)

Nothing.

(beat)

I’m proud of you.

He doesn’t get weepy but that always means a lot to STEVE.

STEVE:

Thank you, boss.

MARKKULA (O.S.)

It’s my pleasure to introduce my

friend and the CEO of Apple, John

Sculley.

STEVE:

John?

SCULLEY:

(turning back)

Yeah.

STEVE:

Lisa made a painting on the Mac.

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BLACK:

--and “The Times They Are a-Changin’” crashes in.

But this isn’t Bob Dylan’s version--it’s a woman singing and

instead of an acoustic guitar it’s a slightly fuller and

slightly more up-tempo arrangement. It’s not a Vietnam-era

protest song but a more contemporary and literal statement.

We listen to the beginning of the song with the screen in

black before we-

FADE IN:

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24 PETER JENNINGS - ABC NEWS 24

As the song continues-PETER

JENNINGS:

We turn to “Money Matters” andBarry Peterson.

BARRY PETERSON:

The Macintosh, Apple’s near-

mythological home computer, hasgotten off to a rocky start in itsbattle with industry-titan IBM.

With sales originally projected tobe a million in the first quarter,

Apple has sold only 35,000 of theuser-friendly machines in the monthsince it’s been available to

consumers.

25 DAN RATHER - CBS NEWS 25

DAN RATHER:

Apple Computers closed two of itsfactories today in the wake ofdisappointing sales for what was tobe its new flagship computer, theMacintosh.

26 LOCAL NEWS - A COMPUTER EXPO 26

LOCAL NEWS REPORTER

Industry experts sight the lack ofavailable software for the Mac as a

reason for its failure to catch on

with the public.

BILL TAHILL (INDUSTRY EXPERT)

The insistence by Steve Jobs thatit have what’s called end to end

control, which is a way of sayingthat it’s not compatible with most

outside software or hardware, is

the Shakespearian flaw in a machinethat had potential.

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27 WALL STREET WEEK - PANEL DISCUSSION 27

TECH EXPERT:

You know how many Macs were sold

last month? Five hundred.

28 PETER JENNINGS - ABC NEWS 28

PETER JENNINGS:

Apple announced today that it will

close down another one of its

factories, this one in Dallas. For

more on that we go to Barry

Peterson and “Money Matters.”

29 DAN RATHER - CBS NEWS 29

DAN RATHER:

In a move that surprised some but

not all on Wall Street and in the

high tech corridors of Northern

California, the board of directors

of Apple Computer voted today to

fire its cofounder, Steve Jobs.

30 EXT. OPERA HOUSE/SAN FRANCISCO - DAY 30

“The Times They Are a-Changin’” continues-

TITLE:

1988

San Francisco Opera House

The Opera House holds twice as many people as the Flint

Auditorium did and the crowd to get in this morning seems

three times as large as for the Mac launch. There are local

news vans parked in front, photographers and press with

credentials around their necks and of course the giant crowd

waiting to get into the lobby, which is already jammed.

Huge banners hung from flagpoles tell us we’re here for the

launch of NeXT and it’s first product--The Cube.

(V.O.)

COME WRITERS AND CRITICS

WHO PROPHESIZE WITH YOUR PEN

AND KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE

THE CHANCE WON’T COME AGAIN

(MORE)

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(V.O.) (CONT'D)

AND DON’T SPEAK TOO SOON

FOR THE WHEEL’S STILL IN SPIN

AND THERE’S NO TELLIN’ WHO

THAT IT’S NAMIN’

FOR THE LOSER NOW WILL BE LATER TO

WIN:

FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’

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31 INT. AUDITORIUM - DAY 31

STEVE’s alone on stage in a pool of light. His hair’s a

little shorter now and his haircuts cost a few hundred bucks.

But the real difference is a lighthearted air--an easy sense

of humor.

On a beautifully lit table sits a black cube shrouded in a

black cloth and next to it sits a vase of flowers. Slides

change on the screen in back of Steve to accompany what he’s

saying.

STEVE:

Three thousand colleges and

universities in the United States

alone. Over 45 thousand

departments, over 600 thousand

faculty members, over 12 million

students. Stanford’s annual

budget’s 750 million dollars and

growing. The University of Michigan-

over a billion dollars and

growing. Ohio State, Cal, Colorado,

UCLA, Georgia Tech--these are

Fortune 500 companies disguised as

George?

STEVE’s calling out to GEORGE COATES, the creative director

of the presentation.

GEORGE:

(calling)

Yeah!

STEVE:

The focus seems kind of sharp.

GEORGE:

On the slide?

STEVE:

The floor, the pin spot.

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GEORGE:

I think we want sharp focus.

STEVE:

It looks like I’m Steve the

Magnificent.

GEORGE:

You can’t see it from your angle.

STEVE:

I’ve seen it from every seat in the

building and from too many of them

does it look like I’m about to

produce a silk scarf. Don’t take it

personally, I’m just not a fan of

the circus aesthetic.

GEORGE:

(calling out)

Alright, let’s hold here.

(to STEVE)

We’re gonna have to go up and refocus

the instruments.

STEVE:

(pointing up)

Just one--the 30’s fine.

JOANNA’s walked on stage and is, of course, four years older.

JOANNA:

While we’re holding there are well-

wishers in the VIP room.

They start heading off stage-

STEVE:

I like the circus, I love the

circus, but why does it still look

like that?

JOANNA:

And Woz is here.

STEVE:

Those performers are unbelievable.

They have mastered incredibly hard

albeit not very useful skills--I

don’t know what the hell goes on in

the Ukraine--and it should be

presented in a more--I’m gonna

revolutionize the circus.

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JOANNA:

Why are you in a good mood?

STEVE:

I’m always in a good mood.

JOANNA:

John Sculley’s here too.

STEVE doesn’t like hearing that and he takes his frustration

out on the door as he pushes it open and they walk into-

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JOANNA:

It’s nice that he’s here.

STEVE:

No more blue tents with yellow

stars, no more costumes and

transvestite make-up--a black

stage, white light, and I’ll be

perfectly honest I’m back and forth

on clowns, you know why?

JOANNA:

And Andy Hertzfeld. You have to see

them, they want to pay their

respects.

STEVE:

Not one of them has ever made me

laugh.

JOANNA:

You have to see them anyway.

STEVE:

I was talking about clowns, you

unassimilated commie.

JOANNA:

Look-

STEVE:

If they really wished me well

they’d keep it to themselves.

JOANNA:

Can I tell you something?

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STEVE:

I don’t think they do wish me well

but I’m alright with that. I’m over

Apple. I got over the Mac and Woz

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