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General Magic

"Inside every pocket is a little piece of magic"

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2019 · 1h 32m
Documentary
Starring Andy Hertzfeld · Steve Jobs · John Sculley
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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.

Theatrical
May 9, 2019
Directors
Sarah Kerruish, Matthew Maude
Producers
Michael Stern, Matthew Maude
Studio
Spellbound Productions II
Keywords
technology it-expert silicon valley interview rise and fall cell phone business start-up phone computer programming social history communicating via phone smart phone expert opinion new technology technological evolution history and legacy smartphone digital technology historical documentary
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Andy Hertzfeld
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Steve Jobs
Self (archive footage)
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John Sculley
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