General Magic
Streaming video - 2018
The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up called ‘General Magic’, which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the “next big thing”. General Magic shipped the first handheld personal communicator (or “smartphone”) in 1994. This film combines rare archival footage with powerful honesty from the “Magicians” today, reflecting on the most influential Silicon Valley company no one has ever heard of. Featuring legendary members of the original Macintosh team, along with the creators of the iPod, iPhone, Android, and eBay, this is the story of one of history’s most talented tech teams, who after a great failure, went on to change the lives of billions. Best Do...cumentary Feature winner at the **Napa Valley Film Festival**. **Palm Springs International Film Festival** nominee, John Schlesinger Award. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. *"...provides a compelling history of a company that created a groundbreaking product that was unfortunately ahead of its time." - Frank Scheck, **The Hollywood Reporter***
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Gravitas
2018.
2019. - Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record. - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).