The Matrix
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Warner Bros.  (1999) 136 mins R

8.6 (304,324 votes) Top 250: #30
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

Perception: Our day-in, day-out world is real.

Reality: That world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us.

Mind-warp stunts, Techno-slammin' visuals, Mega-kick action. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the flight to free humankind in The Matrix, the see-and-see-again cyberthriller written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (Bound). The Story sears, the special effects stake out new moviemaking territory - the movie flat-out rocks....

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Cast and Crew
Keanu Reeves  ......  Neo
Laurence Fishburne  ......  Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss  ......  Trinity
Hugo Weaving  ......  Agent Smith
Gloria Foster  ......  Oracle
Joe Pantoliano  ......  Cypher
Director  .....  Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski
Producer  .....  Joel Silver
Writer  .....  Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: In the building the group returns to after seeing the Oracle, smoke appears around the hardline before it's cut by the agents (or by one of their minions). Also, the amount of smoke is considerably more than wires that size could produce unless they were already on fire. (more)

Trivia:
In the Oracle's waiting room, the television is showing white rabbits (which, at the beginning of the film, Neo was instructed to follow) from Night of the Lepus (1972). (more)

Filming Locations:
AON Tower, Kent Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
[phone rings]
Cypher: Yeah.
Trinity: Is everything in place?
Cypher: You weren't supposed to relieve me.
Trinity: I know, but I felt like taking a shift.
Cypher: You like him, don't you? You like watching him.
Trinity: Don't be ridiculous.
Cypher: We're gonna kill him. You understand that?
Trinity: Morpheus believes he is the one.
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Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 36 nominations (more)