Summaries

The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up named 'General Magic', which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the first handheld personal communicator (or "smartphone").

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 first handheld personal communicator (or "smartphone"). The 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.—SHOWTIME

Details

Keywords
  • 1990s
  • android
  • failure
  • iphone
  • ebay
Genres
  • Documentary
Release date Jul 11, 2019
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-PG
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations USA
Production companies Spellbound Productions

Box office

Gross US & Canada $20046
Opening weekend US & Canada $2267
Gross worldwide $20046

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 33m
Color Color
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