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Title: Takedown (2000)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Skeet Ulrich | ... | Kevin Mitnick | |
| Russell Wong | ... | Tsutomu Shimomura | |
| Angela Featherstone | ... | Julia | |
| Donal Logue | ... | Alex Lowe | |
| Christopher McDonald | ... | Mitch Gibson (as Chris McDonald) | |
| Master P | ... | Brad | |
| Tom Berenger | ... | McCoy Rollins | |
| Jeremy Sisto | ... | Lance 'Icebreaker' Petersen | |
| Amanda Peet | ... | Karen | |
| Ethan Suplee | ... | Dan Bradley | |
| Dorit Sauer | ... | Shelley | |
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Mark Joy | ... | Committee Chairman |
| Scott Cooper | ... | Jake Cronin | |
| Ned Bellamy | ... | Tom Fiori | |
| Sara Melson | ... | Rachel | |
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Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cybertrophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that... Written by Jaromir Król
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computer | hacker | computer hacker | computer virus | based on book |Taglines:
The world has a right to know.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language and some sexual content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Performed & Written by Red Star Belgrade
Published by Mouthful Music /BMI)
Courtesy of Checkered Post Records
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Editors of 2600 magazine (a hacker publication) learned of this film early in its development and were at the time campaigning for Kevin Mitnick's release from prison. They filmed the documentary "Freedom Downtime" as they tried to correct many glaring errors and personal attacks on Mitnick's character in the film, protesting outside Miramax offices in New York amongst other things. See more »Goofs
Alex Lowe states that 56 bit encryption allows for roughly 72 trillion combinations. He is off by 3 orders of magnitude. 56 bit encryption allows for roughly 72 quadrillion combinations. See more »Soundtracks
Writer, Poet, SlutPerformed & Written by Red Star Belgrade
Published by Mouthful Music /BMI)
Courtesy of Checkered Post Records
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 March 2000 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Track Down See more »Filming Locations:
Wilmington, North Carolina, USACompany Credits
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Takedown is the story of Kevin Mitnick and Tsutomu Shimamura's effort to bring him down.
Whatever the accuracies of the story (and considering the egos involved, I guess we'll never know), this is a pretty riveting tale of an underground hacker playing and defeating the system. Which is all you could ever ask for in a movie. :-)
Johnny Depp lookalike Skeet Ulrich, Russell Wong, Donal Logue, Cara Buono, Amanda Peet and Angela Featherstone make this low budget movie worth while.
Whether or not the real Kevin Mitnick is a nice fellow or what he did was totally legal doesn't detract much from this ripping yarn. The production values are ok (but what would you expect from a guy who spends most of his time sitting behind a monitor in a small room?), however, the concept makes it more than worth while. Especially the "social engineering" segments are cool. Not to be missed if you're at all interested in movies about sub-cultures and the guerilla mentality.