'Pirates Of Silicon Valley' To Air On TNT: Steve Jobs And Bill Gates Telepic Runs Again

While all of Hollywood is reflecting on Steve Jobs' passing, TNT will air two broadcasts of the 1999 made-for-TV movie about the start of two of the most important tech companies of all time.

"Pirates of Silicon Valley" narrates the competitive beginnings of tech tycoons-to-be, Jobs and Bill Gates. Noah Wyle stars as the Apple visionary and Anthony Michael Hall as the PC genius.

The telepic - which to those who are unfamiliar, sounds like a dated "Social Network" - was written and directed by Martyn Burke and began, similar to the contemporary tech flick, as a best-selling book, "Fire in the Valley."

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[J Osteen]

04:32 PM on 10/06/2011

I just read Kevin Smith's comparison of Jobs to JFK.



I guess Smith is riding a donut high or something.





Come on !

[AlexNYC]

04:37 PM on 10/06/2011

Some media outlet compared Jobs to Einstein. There's more than a sugar rush going on there.

[J Osteen]

04:53 PM on 10/06/2011

I do NOT mean to lessen the greatness of Jobs' accomplishments, but I think people are straining here.

[IndyGuy]

05:38 PM on 10/06/2011

A more appropriate comparison should be to Ford or Edison.

[J Osteen]

06:16 PM on 10/06/2011

Perhaps - but the ones being asked are Hollyweird "visionaries" like Asston Moore and the guy that was in a few stoner movies playing a mute.

[Max Shaw]

02:46 PM on 10/06/2011

if they make a movie about a young Steve Jobs [which they will] they should have Breckin Meyer play him. Looks exactly like him.

[GaryNOVA]

02:10 PM on 10/06/2011

I don't know. I always though Noah Wyle to be a decent actor but I never considered him all that innovative.

[SpeakupNation]

02:44 PM on 10/06/2011

But I've always loved Steve Jobs' work on ER...