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THE MATRIX (1999) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| In the future, a computer hacker named Neo discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than elaborate facade created by a malevolent-cyber-intellegence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" world. He joins like-minded Rebel warriors Morpheus and Trinity in their struggle to overthrow the Matrix in this spectacular action-packed film. |
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| Keanu Reeves (Thomas A. Anderson/Neo), Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinty), Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith), Gloria Foster (Oracle), Joe Pantoliano (Cypher/Mr. Reagan), Marcus Chong (Tank), Julian Arahanga (Apoc), Matt Doran (Mouse), Belinda McClory (Switch), Ray Anthony Parker (Dozer), Paul Goddard (Agent Brown), Robert Taylor (Agent Jones), David Aston (Rhineheart), Marc Gray (Choi), Ada Nicodemou (DuJour), Bill Young (Lieutenant), Andy Wachowski (Window cleaner, uncredited), Larry Wachowski (Window cleaner, uncredited). |
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WHAT IS THE MATRIX? |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTORS: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.
WRITERS: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.
PRODUCER: Joel Silver.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Carol Hughes and Richard Mirisch.
CO-PRODUCER: Dan Cracchiolo.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Bruce Berman, Andrew Mason, Barrie M. Osborne, Erwin Stoff, Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Don Davis.
DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. |
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QUOTES |
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| Agent Smith: Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is a phone call when you are unable to speak? |
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Lieutenant: I think we can handle one little girl. I sent two units, they're bringing her down now.
Agent Smith: No lieutenant, your men are already dead. |
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FACTS |
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| RELEASE DATE: March 31st, 1999 (USA) |
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| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $27.7 million (USA) |
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Morpheus: Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. |
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| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $171.3 million (USA) |
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| WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: $375.0 million |
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Morpheus: Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. |
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| BUDGET: $63 million (USA) |
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- Actress Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity) played Liz Teel in the TV series "Matrix", which has no relation to this film.
- In the first minutes of the film during the scene in which Trinty is chased by one of the agents and she leaps from one house to the next, an advertisement saying "Guns" can be seen on the second building. The gun pictured in the ad is exactly of the same make and model (Israeli Military Industries' Desert Eagle) as the guns used by all agents during the film.
- In the movie Higher Learning, Laurence Fishburne's first sentance was "Welcome to the real world."
- As Neo runs through the old lady's apartment near the end of hte film, we see an image on TV of a menacing man in a black suit coat. The image is that of one of the Number 2's from the TV show The Prisoner (1967).
- Before filming, the principal actors spent four months with martial arts experts, learning very complicated fight moves.
- When Neo is fleeing from the agents through a marketplace, one of the agents fires at him and misses, exploding a pile of watermelons nearby. This may be an homage to an identical scene in Ghost in the Shell.
- Neo is an anagram for One.
- The glyphs on the computer screens, with the exception of the call traces, consists of reversed letters, numbers, and Japanese katakana characters.
- Academy Award Winner for Best Editing, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound.
- Followed by two sequels, starting with The Matrix Reloaded and continuing with The Matrix Revolutions. |
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Cypher: Good shit, huh? It's good for two things: degreasing engines and killing brain cells. |
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Agent Smith: Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet, you are a plague, and we are the cure. |
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Morpheus: You have to look for a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth. |
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Neo: Why do my eyes hurt?
Morpheus: You've never used them before. |
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Morpheus: There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. |
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Morpheus: Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from this dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world? |
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Agent Smith: Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability. |
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Morpheus: The Matrix is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. |
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Tank: So what do you need? Besides a miracle.
Neo: Guns. Lost of guns. |
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Trinity: Neo...nobody has ever done this before.
Neo: I know. That's why it's going to work. |
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Mouse: To deny our impluses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. |
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Morpheus: You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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| "The Matrix did not bore me, it interested me so much, indeed, that I wanted to be challenged even more." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times |
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"A more technically dazzling synthesis of action choreography and cutting-edge computer graphics has not been seen since James Cameron's T2." -- Rod Dreher, New York Post |
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| "Silly and dense!" -- Jay Carr, Boston Globe |
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"If you haven't had such a reality-blurring experience, run -- don't walk -- to see this film!" -- Matt Diehl, MSN Sidewalk. |
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| "The Matrix is really about filmmaking style rather than context." -- John Anderson, Newsday |
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