Hackers

Hackers (1995)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1995-09-14

Country

United States

Production

United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Suftley

Genre

Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$7 563 728

Website

https://www.mgm.com/#/our-titles/800/Hackers

Director

Iain Softley

Actors

Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Matthew Lillard, Jesse Bradford, Renoly Santiago, Laurence Mason, Fisher Stevens, Lorraine Bracco, Wendell Pierce, Michael Gaston
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Scenario

Rafael Moreu

Producer

Ralph Winter, Michael Peyser, Iain Softley

Operator

Andrzej Sekula

Composer

Simon Boswell

Artist

Audition

Dianne Crittenden

Editing

Martin Walsh, Chris Blunden
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• All the viruses launched in the final "battle" of hackers also have historical origins. Among them are Cookie Monster and Elk Cloner.
• The virus launched by the main character, Dade Murphy, which caused the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange, is a reference to a real event in 1988 when the famous Morris worm shut down the ARPANET network.
• In one episode, the FBI agent quotes "The Hacker Manifesto," which is a real statement by a hacker using the pseudonym The Mentor, published on June 6, 1986, in the semi-legal hacker magazine Phrack. The manifesto heard in the film is not the original text; it was taken from a later issue of the hacker magazine 2600.
• Ironically, the film's official website was hacked by unknown hackers, and the original version of the site was lost.
• The supercomputer 'Gibson' is likely a reference to William Gibson, the 'father' of cyberpunk.
• Emmanuel Goldstein is the real nickname of the editor-in-chief of the semi-legal magazine '2600'.
• Emmanuel Goldstein's surname is taken from George Orwell's work '1984'. A reference to this novel also appears in Phantom Phreak's dream, where agent Richard Jill says, 'I’m watching you'.
• Three soundtracks were released for the film. The first album featured music heard in the film, while the two subsequent ones were remixes of music written 'based on' the film.
• Paul Cook's hacker nickname, 'Lord Nikon', is a reference to the camera manufacturer Nikon. The name is fitting for the character, as he has a phenomenal (or photographic) memory.
• The surname of Emmanuel Goldstein is taken from George Orwell's novel '1984'. A reference to this novel is also present in Phantom Phreak's dream, where Agent Richard Jill says, "I’m watching you."