Neil Hughes
To make Ashton Kutcher's portrayal of Steve Jobs as accurate as possible, the costume designer behind the upcoming "Jobs" movie obtained the exact style of New Balance sneakers and Levi's 501 jeans the Apple co-founder famously wore.
Levi's provided Lisa Jensen with a "mountain of jeans" for the production, she revealed in an interview with FancyDressCostumes.co.uk. In all, she estimated that the film went through about 60 pairs of jeans to accommodate the varying body weights Kutcher had to achieve during filming.
In addition, New Balance manufactured for Kutcher the exact sneakers Jobs wore from old molds. The crew on "Jobs" was also aided by an archivist who pitched in with research.
Jensen also worked with Cassara Brothers Clothiers, based in Palto Alto, Calif., that used to dress the top Apple executives during the early days of the company. Custom suits were tailored for Kutcher and actors Matthew Modine, portraying John Sculley, and J.K. Simmons, playing Arthur Rock.
Historical accuracy has been a key aspect of the film repeated by those promoting it. Kutcher even adopted Jobs's fruit-only diet — a method acting choice that he said nearly put him in the hospital.
"Jobs" will open around the U.S. on Aug. 16. The film is the first of two Jobs biopics slated to come out in the near future, with the other being an untitled film scripted by Aaron Sorkin of "The Social Network" and HBO's "The Newsroom."
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I think you mean John Sculley.
I'll probably be waiting for streaming to see this, simply because I don't go to theatres unless I absolutely have to.
That said, I'm really tired of the preemptive bashing being given to Kutcher. He's obviously been taking this role seriously and it has the potential to re-frame his career. (Travolta/Pulp Fiction for example.)
I don't get the necessity of demeaning a guy for taking a serious stab at some good work.
Wait until its out folks, and let if fly or crash on its merits.
That's a lot of attention to detail for a movie going straight to DVD.
"60 pairs of jeans."
I'm sure that the movie is not made worse or better by having a larger wardrobe than a person who chose to ONLY wear the same thing all the time (unless he was jogging) for the very reason that he didn't want to waste time deciding on what to wear (and also he was brilliant because he knew he was creating an brand by doing so).
This is just the result of "over professionalism." That person in Wardrobe is thinking about an Academy Award for best costume -- even though this is a movie about a man in jeans and a turtleneck. And that person who's job it is to make food additives? Why they are going to damn well find SOMETHING in that food to replace with a modified protein or non-toxic piece of plastic that shaves a penny off the cost to produce -- and they'll do that each and every year.
So I'm imagining a Key Grip watching the wardrobe man and asking him; "You know he only wore one outfit, right?" And then the snippy reply as he puts his hands on his hips in indignation; "I've got one damn job to do, and I'm going to do it, OK?"
[quote name="AppleInsider" url="/t/158425/costume-designer-used-around-60-pairs-of-levis-501-jeans-for-jobs-movie#post_2359908"]To make Ashton Kutcher's portrayal of Steve Jobs as accurate as possible, the costume designer behind the upcoming "Jobs" movie obtained the exact style of New Balance sneakers and Levi's 501 jeans the Apple co-founder famously wore.[/quote] quite a feat. i am in awe.