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General Magic

40 votes

A tale of how the great vision and epic failure of General Magic, the "greatest dead company in Silicon Valley", changed the lives of billions.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2019-05-09

Runtime: 92 mins

Director: Sarah Kerruish, Matt Maude

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: General Magic

Production Companies: Spellbound Productions II

Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

Cast

Megan Smith

Tony Fadell

Marc Porat

Andy Hertzfeld

Self (archive footage)

Steve Jobs

Self

Joanna Hoffman

Self

John Sculley

Reviews

veronicamiles

Even though I don't work in technology, I found General Magic to be an incredibly moving story about failure and wanting to change the world. I walked away feeling very inspired and wanting to watch the film again. The 90s nostalgia was so fun and it was amazing to see these enthusiastic smart young people who went on to literally change all of our lives. Besides the topic, it was a really well made documentary as well. You'll be hooked by the first minute.

2019-07-23

zerolimit

One of the best Docu i have seen in a long time. If you are a computer geek or not this is just amazing to see how it all began.

2019-07-12

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