The Matrix (1999)

THE MATRIX (1999)

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WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

DESCRIPTION:

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 controls us. Whoa.
Mind-warp stunts. Techno-slamin' visuals. Mega-kick action. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the fight 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.

RATING: R

STARRING:

Keanu Reeves: Neo
Laurence Fishburne: Morpheus
Carrie-Anne Moss: Trinity
Hugo Weaving: Agent Smith
Joe Pantoliano: Cypher

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1999

SCREENWRITER: The Wachowski Brothers (Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski)

DIRECTOR: The Wachowski Brothers (Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski)

RUNNING TIME: 136 minutes

STUDIO: Warner Brothers

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(4 nominations and 4 wins)

Best Editing - Zach Staenberg
(winner)

Best Sound - John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, David Lee
(winner)

Best Sound Effects Editing - Dane A. Davis
(winner)

Best Visual Effects - John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum
(winner)

GOLDEN GIGGLES
(1 nomination and 0 wins)

Classic Inductee (Drama/Sci-Fi) (2008)
(nominated)

GOLDEN GLOBES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

The role of Neo was first offered to Ewan McGregor who turned the role down. At the behest of the studio Brad Pitt and Val Kilmer were then offered the role and they to turned it down. Later Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp were considered, but the role ended up going to Keanu Reeves.
Similarly the role of Morpheus was originally offered to Will Smith who also turned it down, he later said in an interview that he was not a smart enough actor to take the role, and it ended up going to Laurence Fishburne. Intrestingly enough his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith appears in the film's sequels.
Some of the rooftop sets were reused or reworked from the film Dark City to save costs. In the opening scene the rooftop that Trinity runs across is the exact same rooftop that John Murdock ran across in Dark City.

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