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

Connections

The Matrix

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Edited into

    • The Matrix: Path of Neo (Video Game 2005)

      Clips were used as cutscenes.
    • The Arrivals (Video 2008)

      Scenes included
    • Race for Space (Video 2010)

      Sample(s).
    • Yoostar 2: In the Movies (Video Game 2011)

      Clips used for Yoostar karaoke.
    • "The Paul Behragam Talk Show" Balto 3 R&T Part 3 (TV Episode 2015)

      A quick clip of the bullet time sequence was shown briefly and edited on.

Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Mod Squad/Doug's 1st Movie/A Walk on the Moon/Edtv/Among Giants (TV Episode 1999)

      Clips appear in the teaser for the next episode.
    • "HBO First Look" The Making of 'The Matrix' (TV Episode 1999)

      clips
    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Matrix/10 Things I Hate About You/Cookie's Fortune/The Out-of-Towners/The Dreamlife of Angels (TV Episode 1999)

      Reviewed.
    • Making 'The Matrix' (TV Short 1999)

    • What Is Bullet-Time? (Video 1999)

Features

    • "The Prisoner" Arrival (TV Episode 1967)

      This is the programme the old ladies are watching in the apartment Neo runs through during the final chase sequence.
    • Night of the Lepus (1972)

      In the Oracle's waiting room, a scene of giant bunnies is on the TV, this is from the movie "Night of the Lepus"

Followed by

    • The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part I (Video 2003)

    • The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris (Video 2003)

    • The Animatrix: The Second Renaissance Part II (Video 2003)

    • The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

    • Enter the Matrix (Video Game 2003)

Referenced in

    • "The Movie Show" Episode dated 29 June 1997 (TV Episode 1997)

      Mentioned in Movie News.
    • Terror Firmer (1998)

      Larry Benjamin mentions the bullet effects from this movie
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Life/Hideous Kinky/EXistenZ/Goodbye Lover/Friends & Lovers (TV Episode 1999)

      Referenced during the "eXistenZ" review.
    • Dogma (1999)

      There is a poster for the film on the side of a bus.
    • Boob (Video 1999)

      poster seen

References

    • Un chien andalou (Short 1929)

    • The Wizard of Oz (1939)

      A character refers to this movie in dialogue.
    • High Noon (1952)

      According to the Wachowskis, the subway fight scene between Agent Smith and Neo is a direct reference to High Noon's gunfight scene.
    • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

      Dialogue
    • Vertigo (1958)

      The part of the opening scene where Trinity is chased by one of the cops on the rooftop seems to mirror the famous rooftop chase opening from Hitchcock's Vertigo.

Spin-off

    • The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris (Video 2003)

    • The Animatrix (Video 2003)

    • Enter the Matrix (Video Game 2003)

    • The Matrix: Path of Neo (Video Game 2005)

      the game is based on the movie

Spoofed in

    • King of Comedy (1999)

      First action scene with Karen Mok is a cross spoof between The Matrix and John Woo's The Killer
    • Inspector Gadget (1999)

    • The Tricky Master (1999)

    • Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)

      Antonie throws knives at Deuce and he leans backward dodging them in slow motion like Neo did in the Matrix
    • The Qui-Gon Show (Short 1999)

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