Here's Aaron Sorkin's Pitch For a Pixar Movie

Steve Jobs is not doing very well at the box office (which is a shame, because it's very good), but aside from a strong script and some stellar performances from Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet, one good thing did come from the movie: a story from writer Aaron Sorkin about the time the real Steve Jobs asked him to pitch a Pixar movie back in the '90s.

Digital Spy asked Sorkin about what his pitch was like, and Sorkin answered with a typically Sorkin-esque tale that sounds kind of messed up for a Pixar animated feature:

"What I said rather glibly to Steve [Jobs] when he asked me to write a Pixar movie was, 'I don't think I'm able to make an inanimate object talk'. He said, 'Once you make it talk, it's no longer inanimate, now is it Aaron?' ...

"And it all stems from this old joke about a screenwriter who is experiencing terrible writers' block, and it's been going on for a year and he hasn't been able to write anything.

"One day he comes down to his kitchen and right there on the table is a screenplay, and it's got his name on it. He reads the screenplay, and it's fantastic, and he takes it to the studio, and they really like it, and straight away say, 'We're going to make this movie! Here's your cheque!'

"The next morning, the writer goes down to his kitchen and there's another screenplay with his name on it. He reads it and it's also fantastic, so he takes it to the studio, and the same thing happens.

"So finally, the next night, the writer decides to tip toe downstairs in the middle of the night to see what is going on.

"Sure enough, there's a little leprechaun in his house, typing away, and the writer says, 'I don't know how to thank you! You've saved my life! You've revived my career! I'm celebrated! I can pay my mortgage! I'm so happy - is there anything I can do to repay you?'

"And the leprechaun says, 'Well, it would be great if you could share screenwriting credit with me...' So the writer says, 'Go f**k yourself.'

"So my Pixar idea is that instead of it being a leprechaun, it's all the objects in his office. What if all the objects in his office are trying to help him out?"

So why haven't we seen a movie about a bunch of office supplies providing their support to a struggling writer? There's just one little problem:

"But I don't have a second or a third act. I hear they're important in movies!"

Now we know what a Pixar film (or at least the first act of one) would look like from the man who wrote The Social Network, A Few Good Men, The Newsroom, and The West Wing. Sorkin's Steve Jobs, directed by Danny Boyle, is in theaters now.