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Kottke (now an Apple II Plus repairer) meanwhile leaves the company after acknowledging that his friend Jobs (who hardly even has any time to talk to him) is not rewarding the Apple I team with any Apple stock. Brennan gives birth to Lisa Brennan whom Jobs denies is his child. Upon learning his high-school girlfriend Chrisann Brennan ( Ahna O'Reilly) is pregnant, Jobs ends their relationship. The Apple II is released at the 1977 West Coast Computer Faire where it is a remarkable success.Īpple's success eventually causes Jobs to distance himself from his friends. Mike Markkula ( Dermot Mulroney), a venture capitalist, notices Jobs and Wozniak's work, and also joins Apple.
He hires Rod Holt ( Ron Eldard) to re-conceptualize the power supply for what will be called the Apple II.
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Terrell's disappointment in the Apple I (in his opinion, being only a motherboard and not a full computer as promised), inspires Jobs to restart with a second model. Jobs also recruits Kottke, fellow engineer Bill Fernandez ( Victor Rasuk), and young neighbour Chris Espinosa ( Eddie Hassell) to the Apple team. Jobs persuades his father Paul to let them set up their new company in the family's garage workshop. Jobs is later approached by store owner Paul Terrell ( Brad William Henke) who shows interest in the Apple I. After a failed sale at his employer company HP, Wozniak reluctantly demonstrates the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club to a bored audience. They name their new company Apple Computer, though there is another company called Apple Records that is owned by The Beatles (Wozniak teases Jobs that this symbolizes his preference for Bob Dylan). Later, Jobs discovers that Wozniak has built a prototype for a " personal home computer" (the Apple I), which he expresses interest in commercialising. The job is such a success that Alcorn presents it to President Nolan Bushnell, but Jobs inequitably distributes the salary for the game development between Wozniak and himself. Jobs is charged by his boss Al Alcorn ( David Denman) to re-develop an arcade video game ( Breakout), which he ends up having Wozniak build in his place. While working for Atari as a video game developer, Jobs develops a partnership with his friend Steve "Woz" Wozniak ( Josh Gad). Two years later, Jobs is back in Los Altos, California, living with his adoptive parents Paul ( John Getz) and Clara ( Lesley Ann Warren).
His philosophical ideas also lead Jobs to the decision not to wear any footwear. Influenced by this book and their experiences with LSD, Jobs and Kottke spend time in India. Jobs meets up with his friend Daniel Kottke ( Lukas Haas), who is excited to see Jobs with a copy of Be Here Now by Baba Ram Dass. Jobs is particularly interested in a calligraphy course. The high tuition forces Jobs to drop out, but Dean Jack Dudman ( James Woods) allows him to sit in on classes. The story flashes back to Reed College in 1974. The film opens in 2001 with a middle-aged Steve Jobs ( Ashton Kutcher) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting.
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