General Magic

General Magic

Inside every pocket is a little piece of magic

2019•1h 32m•7.3/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(41)

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.

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Production

Spellbound Productions II

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Megan Smith

Self

Tony Fadell

Self

Marc Porat

Self

Andy Hertzfeld

Andy Hertzfeld

Self

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Self (archive footage)

Joanna Hoffman

Self

John Sculley

Self

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