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PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY

Noah Wyle, Anthony Michael Hall

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Rated: Unrated; Genre: Drama; With: Anthony Michael Hall and Noah Wyle

By Daniel Fierman

Daniel Fierman

Daniel Fierman is a staff writer for EW

This trashy TNT original about Apple and Microsoft traffics almost exclusively in grossly broad personal sketches. Despite his real-life ruthless tactics and lizard-like persona, Bill Gates (Hall) emerges here as a surprisingly sympathetic figure, while Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (Wyle) is painted as a visionary hustler and petty tyrant. It's compelling, in a frothy sort of way, but focusing on the personalities rather than the now-mythic company back stories was a mistake -- the reverse would have been geek nirvana. REEL GOODIES (0:54) Gates goofily apes Saturday Night Fever in a roller rink to impress babes. THE LAST DETAIL Though nominated five times, Pirates got keelhauled at the 1999 Emmy awards. C+

Posted Oct 15, 1999

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