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Sneakers (1992)
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Complex but lighthearted thriller about computers and cryptography, government and espionage, secrets and deception and betrayal. Director:Phil Alden Robinson |
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Jo Marr | ... |
College-Aged Cosmo
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Carl Arbogast
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Centurion S&L Night Guard
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Bank Teller
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Hanyee | ... |
Bank Secretary
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| Timothy Busfield | ... |
Dick Gordon
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Eddie Jones | ... |
Buddy Wallace
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Homeless Man
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Liz
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Jun Asai | ... |
Piano Prodigy
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Storyline
Martin Bishop is the head of a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. When he is blackmailed by Government agents into stealing a top secret black box, the team find themselves embroiled in a game of danger and intrigue. After they recover the box, they discover that it has the capability to decode all existing encryption systems around the world, and that the agents who hired them didn't work for the Government after all... Written by Graeme Roy <gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk>
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We could tell you what it's about. But then, of course, we'd have to kill you. See more »Parents Guide:
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USARelease Date:
(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 »Box Office
Gross:
$51,433,000 (USA)Company Credits
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becoming (A) LAWRENCE LASKER / WALTER F. PARKES (PRODUCTION). See more »
Written by Don Covay
Performed by Aretha Franklin
Courtesy of Atlantic Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products See more »
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Trivia
The movie deals with the impact of a factoring breakthrough on encryption, an obvious reference to the RSA algorithm, the most popular public-key encryption algorithm in use today. 'Prof. Len Adleman', one of the co-inventors of the RSA algorithm, provided some technical guidance on the film in exchange for giving his wife a chance to meet lead actor Robert Redford. See more »Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When chasing Marty at PlayTronics, Buddy reloads after his last "warning" shot into the ceiling (cornering Marty). When Marty comes down from the ceiling, Buddy reloads for a second time without taking a shot. The shell ejects, but sounds like an empty (used) shell as it hits the floor. (Reports vary somewhat on this last point, but in any case, he pumps twice without shooting between.) See more »Quotes
Donald Crease: There isn't a government on this planet that wouldn't kill us all for that thing.See more »
Crazy Credits
Next A FEW ASTRAL CLERKS REPEL NEWARK is transformed in the same manner,becoming (A) LAWRENCE LASKER / WALTER F. PARKES (PRODUCTION). See more »
Soundtracks
"Chain Of Fools"Written by Don Covay
Performed by Aretha Franklin
Courtesy of Atlantic Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products See more »
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