Hackers (film)

Hackers is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by Iain Softley and starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason, Renoly Santiago, Lorraine Bracco, and Fisher Stevens. The film follows a group of high school hackers and their involvement in an attempted theft. Made in the mid-1990s when the Internet was just starting to become popular among the general public, it reflects the ideals laid out in the Hacker Manifesto quoted in the film: "This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch... We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals... Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity."

Hackers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIain Softley
Written byRafael Moreu
Produced by
  • Michael Peyser
  • Ralph Winter
Starring
CinematographyAndrzej Sekuła
Edited by
  • Chris Blunden
  • Martin Walsh
Music bySimon Boswell
Production
company
United Artists
Distributed byMGM/UA Distribution Co.
Release date
  • September 15, 1995 (1995-09-15) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million
Box office$7.5 million

The film received mixed reviews from critics, and underperformed at the box office upon release, but has gone on to achieve cult classic status.

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