Hackers
MGM/UA (1995)
Thriller
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027616716927
IMDB   6.1
1 hr 47 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   PG-13
Lorraine Bracco Margo
Marc Anthony Agent Ray
Jesse Bradford Joey
Angelina Jolie Kate Libby
Matthew Lillard Emmanuel Goldstein
Renoly Santiago Ramon
Fisher Stevens Eugene Belford
Alberta Watson Lauren Murphy
Laurence Mason Paul Cook
Darren Lee Razor
Peter Y. Kim Blade
Ethan Browne Curtis
Michael Gaston Agent Bob
Penn Jillette Hal
Jonny Lee Miller Dade Murphy
Director
Iain Softley
Producer Ralph Winter
Iain Softley
Writer Rafael Moreu
Cinematography Andrzej Sekula
Musician Simon Boswell
Carl Cox
Liam Howlett


Hackers starts with a young boy that is one of the greatest hackers alive, he is banned from using computers by the US government. However he falls in line with a group of kids that are also hackers. In a deperate struggle to fit in with his new found friends and yet maintain his identity as a new person & not the old hacker that he used to be proves difficult. He falls in love with a girl who is also a hacker and daughter of a successful author. The clash of class ensues until they are later intertwined in a mess in which a powerful IT programmer for a large business frames them for a virus that is being installed on their computers by him. After involving the tough "anti-hacker" regime of the US government the kids are forced to prove their innocence by using their skills as hackers.
Edition Details
Distributor MGM Home Entertainment
Release Date 8/25/1998
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Interactive Menus Eight-page Trivia Booklet Theatrical Trailer