On August 30th, Amazon.com released "The Pirates of Silicon Valley," starring Anthony Michael Hall and Noah Wyle. The made-for-TV-movie first aired on TNT in 1999.

Since 1999, the film has gained a cult following. Despite several factual errors in the film and a dark protral of himself, even Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, was a fan of the film.

At the 1999 Macworld conference, shortly after the premiere of this TV movie, the audience was stunned to learn that the introductory comments were made not by Steve Jobs, but by Noah Wyle, reprising his role in this film. The real Steve Jobs then emerged and traded jokes with Wyle.

Here's a review of the film from Amazon.com:

The revolution came when we weren't looking. It happened in a garage. In a dorm room. In countless hours of effort, imagining and intrigue. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates were changing the way the world works, lives and communicates.

The event-packed saga of the quirky visionaries who jump-started the future unfolds with exhilarating, cutting-edge style in Pirates of Silicon Valley. Noah Wyle (ER) portrays Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall (The Dead Zone) portrays Gates in this chronicle of the fierce and often humorous battle to rule the fledgling personal computer empire.

"The story is almost Shakespearean... it's a tale of lust, greed, ambition, love and hate," writer/director Martyn Burke reflects. And it's a success story unlike any other.

The DVD version of The Pirates of Silicon Valley is currently only availbile for residents in the US and Canada.

One last note, the original TNT web site for this 1999 film is still online if you would like to check it out.