The Matrix

19991999
RR
2h 16min

Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

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When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Directors
- Lana Wachowski
- Lilly Wachowski
Writers
- Lilly Wachowski
- Lana Wachowski
Stars

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Top rated movie #16

Won 4 Oscars
- 42 wins & 51 nominations total

Keanu Reeves and Gloria Foster in The Matrix (1999)

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

Joe Pantoliano in The Matrix (1999)

The Matrix (1999)

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

Keanu Reeves in The Matrix (1999)

Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving in The Matrix (1999)

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

Keanu Reeves as Thomas

Keanu Reeves as Thomas

Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to stopping Neo and the entire human rebellion. —redcommander27

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Taglines
- Free your mind
Genres
- Action
- Sci-Fi
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for sci-fi violence and brief language
Parents guide

Trivia
The opening action scene took six months of training and four days to shoot.

Goofs
The name of the software company Neo works at is spelled "METACORTEX" on the outside of the building, but a sign inside the building has it spelled "META CORTECHS". Featurettes suggest that the name was changed to avoid an expensive legal issue; evidently one of the signs was missed.

Quotes
Agent Smith: I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.

Crazy credits
At the end of all the credits, the URL for the (now defunct) website of the film is given, www.whatisthematrix.com, along with a password, 'steak'. There's a 'secret' link on the page that requests a password.

Alternate versions
Because 'The Matrix' was filmed in Australia the Region 4 (Australia) DVD release includes a more comprehensive Australian based list of credits.

Connections
Edited into The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005)

Soundtracks
Dissolved Girl
Written by Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall (as Grantley Marshall), Andrew Vowles (as Andrew Vowles),
Sara J., and Matt Schwartz
Performed by Massive Attack
Courtesy of Virgin Records LTD.
By Arrangement with Virgin Records America, Inc.

Top review

9/10

...it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.

I remember taking a class in social psychology many years ago. The Joy Luck Club figured prominently in the course. I like the idea of combining movies and theory.

I am now studying metaphysics, and any study of reality begins with René Descartes, the father of modern philosophy. Descartes began his intellectual odyssey with this question: How do we know that there is a reality outside our own minds? We each know that we have experiences, and we can be sure of these experiences; therefore, each of us can be sure that we exist. But how do we know that the internal experiences we have corresponds to objects outside our minds?

This is the whole theme of The Matrix. Watching this film is like studying metaphysics.

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Budget
- $63,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $171,479,930
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,788,331
- Apr 4, 1999
Gross worldwide
- $466,364,845

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Runtime
- 2h 16min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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