The Net (1995)

A computer programmer stumbles upon a conspiracy, putting her life and the lives of those around her in great danger.

Director:

Irwin Winkler

Writers:

John Brancato, Michael Ferris

Stars:

Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sandra Bullock	...	Angela Bennett
Jeremy Northam	...	Jack Devlin
Dennis Miller	...	Dr. Alan Champion
Diane Baker	...	Mrs. Bennett
Wendy Gazelle	...	Imposter
Ken Howard	...	Bergstrom
Ray McKinnon	...	Dale
Daniel Schorr	...	WNN Anchor
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Public Defender
Robert Gossett	...	Ben Phillips
Kristina Krofft	...	Nurse #1
Juan Garcia	...	Resort Desk Clerk (as Juan García)
Tony Perez	...	Mexican Doctor
Margo Winkler	...	Mrs. Raines
Gene Kirkwood	...	Stan Whiteman

Storyline

Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years, she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.

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Plot Keywords:

computer | identity | identity theft | computer hacker | chat room | 

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Taglines:

Escape is impossible when you're caught in the net.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, some sexuality and brief strong language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

28 July 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Net

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Convention Center - 1201 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,037,745, 30 July 1995

Gross USA:

$50,727,965

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$110,627,965

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Winkler Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR SDDS (8 channels)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the beach scene, the book Angela has in her hands and throws down is 'Love in the Time of Cholera' by Gabriel García Márquez.

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Goofs

When Angela watches the news about Jeff Gregg in her motel room, she is watching a Sharp brand television. When there is a close up of the TV screen it is a SONY, in the next wide shot the TV is a Sharp again.

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Quotes

Angela: What is this? Oh my God.

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Connections

Followed by The Net 2.0 (2006)

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Soundtracks

Nocturne in B maj. Opus 32, No.1
Written by Frédéric Chopin

User Reviews

Not to be taken internally or seriously...

In the dim, dead, dark days preceding my ownership of a PC, I was rather intrigued with the movie. Very Hitchcockian in its tone, and kind of a David-beats-Goliath theme that every one can relate to (Apple vs. Microsoft, employee vs. boss, ad infinitum). Seven years hence...I realize that many of the governmental entities supposedly "hacked" were, at the time of this movie, utilizing systems built when leisure suits were still the rage--and IBM was lord and master of the computer domain. Granted, hackers can be considered a real and acknowledged threat, but we should take this movie for what it is...Just some passably good entertainment and not too representative of R/T (Real Time for all you Netsurfing newbies). However, the plot remains fundamentally sound, and not too taxing on the mind.

Sandra Bullock gave a reasonably credible performance as programmer/support tech/consultant Angela Bennett. I realize that sex appeal fuels Hollywood, and it IS possible to have beauty and brains. But the story seems to have some fundamental flaws. What are the odds that NO one would know who you really were...It's impossible to think that we really have become the so-called "ghosts in the machine". As long as we have receipts, hard copies,friends and loved ones, we won't be caught in "The Net."

Some good performances by the smooth but irreverent Dennis Miller, and by the suave but deadly Jeremy Northam make for a movie worth watching when there's nothing better on the boob tube...Or if you're a closet geek like yours truly, you call friends and laugh about all the inaccuracies.