Sneakers (1992)

Taglines:

To trust can be murder. See more »

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for brief sexual references See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian | Chinese

Release Date:

9 September 1992 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Héroes por azar See more »

Filming Locations:

2nd Street Tunnel between Hill and Figueroa, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Gross:

$51,433,000 (USA)

Production Co:

Universal Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

126 min  | Canada: 118 min (Ontario)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Trivia

While picking through Dr. Brandes' trash, Mother holds up a folded box of "Cap'n Crunch". In the 1970s, "Cap'n Crunch" came with a small whistle in the box. A "phone phreaker" called "Captain Crunch" (John Draper) discovered that this whistle could be used to get free phone calls (one of many components in the practice of "phone phreaking", which digital phone switching-systems has made almost totally obsolete). There is another reference to Draper during the Scrabble game (the word "CRUNCH" is visible upside down before it gets turned into SCRUNCHY). Also, Cosmo tells Martin that, while in prison, he helped some Mafia men to make some "free telephone calls." Whistler is patterned after Joe Engressia, a blind telephone expert born with perfect pitch who was one of the original phone phreakers. See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Crease, explaining the "Man trap" security access booth, can clearly be seen saying, "Otherwise you'll be trapped in a steel-reinforced booth...," but is heard saying, "Otherwise you'll be caught..." See more »

Quotes

Cosmo: Posit: People think a bank might be financially shaky.
Martin Bishop: Consequence: People start to withdraw their money.
Cosmo: Result: Pretty soon it is financially shaky.
Martin Bishop: Conclusion: You can make banks fail.
Cosmo: Bzzt. I've already done that. Maybe you've heard about a few? Think bigger.
Martin Bishop: Stock market?
Cosmo: Yes.
Martin Bishop: Currency market?
Cosmo: Yes.
Martin Bishop: Commodities market?
[...]
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Crazy Credits

The next several cast credits are seen only in normal spelling, but they
each come and go letter by letter, as though each was being unscrambled from
the one before. See more »

Connections

Featured in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Dinner for Schmucks/Charlie St. Cloud/Get Low (#2.27)" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35"
Written and Performed by Bob Dylan
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing See more »