Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

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2015

2h 8m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines the life and legacy of the Apple co-founder, a man of intense personal drive whose passing led to an unprecedented outpouring of grief across the globe.

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Critics Consensus

Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine offers absorbing viewing, even if it doesn't delve deeply into its complex subject.

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Joe O'Connell

Austin Chronicle

08/29/2016

An overlong but insightful documentary.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

05/28/2016

A welcome (and, frankly, a bit overdue) corrective to the Jobs hagiography.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

09/14/2015

Despite the movie's journalistic substance, the pleasure-free banality of its style gets in the way of a view of Jobs himself, whose work is as much aesthetic as it is industrial.

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

08/22/2021

2.5/5

If there is a man in the machine, it is most likely Gibney.

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Matt Warren

Battleship Pretension

01/14/2021

Is Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine interesting? Yes. Is it particularly cinematic? No. Would I recommend paying money to watch it in theaters? I would not.

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Mae Abdulbaki

Movies with Mae

05/02/2019

4/5

An honest film about the life of Jobs. Using archive footage and interviewing the people who were closest to him, the film removes the rose-colored glasses to bring us the real man behind the technology that we are so very fond of today.

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Munkhchimeg T

07/29/2024

Thank you to everyone who made this movie. I really like Steve Jobs and thanks to have opportunity to watch his life and stories. He is absolutely human machine

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Geke g

07/29/2024

How human-being born-clever like him. Like i cant imagine this modern world without products that developed. This movie also filmed like him

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Gnr E

07/28/2024

Steve jobs really a great man!

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Christian S

@Cstein99 02/20/2024

Well done! This was an excellent historical piece.

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03/11/2019

No interviews with happy co-workers/employees, current family, friends, etc. This was a takedown. Just a couple of disgruntled individuals, albeit they did seem fortunate to have worked at Apple and have known Steve.

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06/21/2018

Amazing documentary. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The end seemed was conclusive and well-thought of.

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines the life and legacy of the Apple co-founder, a man of intense personal drive whose passing led to an unprecedented outpouring of grief across the globe.

Director: Alex Gibney
Producer: Alex Gibney, Viva Van Loock
Screenwriter: Alex Gibney
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: CNN Films, Jigsaw Productions
Rating: R (Some Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 4, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 16, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $494.5K
Runtime: 2h 8m

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