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From: Reviews and Criticism of Vietnam War Theatrical and Television Dramas ( Compiled by John K From: Reviews and Criticism of Vietnam War Theatrical and Television Dramas (http://www.lasalle.edu/library/vietnam/FilmIndex/home.htm) compiled by John K. McAskill, La Salle University ([email protected]) P4020 PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY (USA, 6/20/1999) [TV] Credits: director/writer, Martyn Burke. Cast: Noah Wyle, Anthony Michael Hall, Joey Slotnick. Summary: Docudrama/biographical film set in California from the early 1970s thru the 1984. Steve Jobs (Wyle) and Bill Gates (Hall) pioneered an industry that literally transformed the entire world. The passion, luck and genius, greed and ambition of these quirky visionaries is explored in this saga of their decades long battle to rule the personal computer world. There are references to the Vietnam War. Bark, Ed. “Beware of geeks bearing chips: ‘Pirates’ captures their ruthlessness” The record [Bergen, NJ] (Jun 20, 1999), p. Y3. Bianco, Robert, “Computer moguls’ saga misses emotional keys” USA today (Jun 18, 1999), p. E01. Brown, Janelle. “The great Silicon Valley soap opera” Salon.com (Jun 17, 1999) Callaghan, Dennis. “The revolution will be televised” MC technology marketing intelligence 19/6 (Jun 1999), p. 13. Dane, Will. “Pirates of Silicon Valley” Rolling stone n. 816-817 ((Jul 8-22, 1999), p. 161. Garron, Barry. “Pirates of Silicon Valley” Hollywood reporter (Jun 17, 1999), p. ? Gates, Anita. “Television/radio: Just wild and crazy geeks” New York times (Jun 13, 1999), sec. 2, p. 29. Gilbert, Matthew. “Nerds of a feather: ‘Pirates’ has fun with computer rivals Jobs and Gates” Boston globe Gorman, Jim. “Television/radio: Celebrating the ultra-rich computer nerd” New York times (Jun 13, 1999), sec. 2, p. 1. Hamilton, Joan O’C. “Digital dispatch: In the land of plenty, plenty of angst” Business week n. 3643 (Jun 21, 1999), p. 30B. James, Caryn. “TV weekend: A couple of nerds trying to take over the world” New York times (Jun 18, 1999), sec. E, pr. 1, p. 25. Jubera, Drew. “Two boys and their PC toys” Atlanta journal and constitution (Jun 18, 1999), p. ? Katz, Frances. “TNT drains life from ‘Silicon Valley’ soap opera’ Atlanta journal and constitution (Jun 18, 1999), p. ? Kitman, Marvin. “The Marvin Kitman Sunday show: ‘Pirates’ rule the cyberseas” Newsday (Jun 20, 1999), p. D31. Krantz, Michael. “The way they were” Time 153/23 (Jun 14, 1999), p. 222. Leonard, John. “Up for the count” New York 32 (Jun 21, 1999), p. 67+ [2 p.] Lipton, Mike. “Pirates of Silicon Valley” People weekly 51/23 (Jun 21, 1999), p. 27. Lohr, Steve. “When cyberspace was a state of mind” New York times (Jun 20, 1999), sec. 13, p. 4. Mason, M. S. “Two TV movies explore power and revenge” Christian Science monitor (Jun 18, 1999), p. 18. McFadden, Kay. “ ‘Pirates’ falls far short of its potential” Seattle times (Jun 20, 1999), TV, p. 2. Miller, Daryl H. “Television review: ‘Pirates’ skewers Silicon Valley barons” Los Angeles times (Jun 19, 1999), Calendar, p. 8. Mink, Eric. “ ‘Silicon’: chips & 2 dips; Lotsa how, no why in lame retelling of Jobs & Gates story” Daily news [New York, NY] (Jun 18, 1999), p. 148. Richmond, Ray. “Pirates of Silicon Valley” Variety 375 (Jan 14-20, 1999), p. 24. Shales, Tom. “TNT’s ‘Pirates’: The geek tycoons; Tale of computer icons Gates & Jobs a net loss” Washington post (Jun 20, 1999), p. G1. Shoemaker, Anthony. “Cutthroats” Dayton daily dispatch (Jun 20, 1999), p. 1C. Silberman, Steve. “High DRAMA” Wired 7/7 (Jul 1999), p. 159. Snierson, Dan. “Pirates of Silicon Valley” Entertainment weekly n. 468-469 (Jan 22- 29, 1999), p. 48. ___________. “A Q&A with ‘Silicon Valley’ star Anthony Michael Hall: Hall monitor” Entertainment weekly n. 490 (Jun 18, 1999), p. 60. “Steve and Bill never looked so delicious” Computing Canada 25/20 (May 21, 1999), p. 41. Stewart, Susan. “Pirates of Silicon Valley” TV guide 47/25 (Jun 19, 1999), p. 55. Swaine, Michael. “Pirates and history” Dr. Dobbs journal 24/9 (Sep 1999), p. 90. Weintraub, Joanne. “Sly ‘Pirates’ sets sail on high-tech seas” Milwaukee journal sentinel (Jun 20, 1999), p. 3. Williams, Wendy J. “Point, click, make a killing; The story of the terrible two: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs” Boston herald (Jun 12, 1999), p. 6. Winfrey, Lee. “Parallel lives : Gates and Jobs” Philadelphia inquirer TV week (June 20, 1999), p. 3, 40. c2005 J.K.M. Enterprises .
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