Hackers (1995)

Hackers are blamed for making a virus that will capsize five oil tankers.

Director:

Iain Softley

Writer:

Rafael Moreu

Stars:

Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jonny Lee Miller	...	Dade
Angelina Jolie	...	Kate
Jesse Bradford	...	Joey
Matthew Lillard	...	Cereal
Laurence Mason	...	Nikon
Renoly Santiago	...	Phreak
Fisher Stevens	...	The Plague
Alberta Watson	...	Lauren Murphy
Darren Lee	...	Razor
Peter Y. Kim	...	Blade
Ethan Browne	...	Curtis
Lorraine Bracco	...	Margo
Wendell Pierce	...	Agent Dick Gill
Michael Gaston	...	Agent Bob
Marc Anthony	...	Agent Ray

Storyline

Dade Murphy was a hacker even as a kid in Seattle. He got arrested for the computer virus that he planted and was banned from using any computer until the age of 18.Then he moves to New York to meet a group of hackers. He also falls in love with Kate Libby.

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Plot Keywords:

computer virus | computer | cyberpunk | hacker | fight the system | 

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Taglines:

their only crime was curiosity

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian Japanese Russian

Release Date:

15 September 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hakeri

Filming Locations:

Battery Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$7,564,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

United Artists, Suftley

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Nikon is walking through Ellingson Mineral's office looking for people's passwords as they type them in, during the cut away sequence showing a person typing, the letters K-E-R-M-I-T are pressed. Kermit is a well-known file transfer protocol computers used to exchange files. The 'backronym' created to avoid legal issues with The Muppets is "KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY lines".

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Goofs

In the last scene, Dade and Kate take some clothes off while making out in the swimming-pool, yet their clothes are nowhere to be seen when they zoom out in the next shot.

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Quotes

Cereal Killer: Snoop on to them...
Nikon: As they snoop on to us.

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Connections

Features The Twilight Zone (1985)

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Soundtracks

Phoebus Apollo
(uncredited)
Written by Carl Cox
Performed by Carl Cox
Courtesy of MMR Publishing and Ultimatum Records Ltd.

User Reviews

Fun and Entertaining

First off I would just like to say that anyone who reads into this movie too much(ie try to take the validity of each and every aspect of the movie) will hate the film. Coming from a programmer and a computer enthusiast, the movie was great despite all the false statements, fake guis and totally bs methods of cracking. Quite frankly if you are one of my fellow computer geeks don't expect anything close to the real deal, it would never make a good movie for the public. I think that the true movie here is behind the whole "hacking" front. It is the development of characters the build up of a plot and an exciting climax and satisfying denouement. In closing, don't expect a command line prompt or a true UNIX client on any of the systems because it just doesn't happen in movies. Instead watch the movie because its exciting, fun and a great throwback to the early 90's.