Sneakers
Sneakers is a 1992 American caper thriller film directed by Phil Alden Robinson from a screenplay co-written with Walter Parkes and Lawrence Lasker. It stars Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier and David Strathairn. In the film, Martin (Redford) and his group of security specialists are hired to steal a black box but soon realize the job has nefarious and far-reaching consequences.
Plot
In 1969, student hackers and long-time friends Martin Brice and Cosmo use their skills to reallocate money from causes they consider evil to noble but underfunded causes designed to help the world. When Martin steps out to get food, the police arrive and arrest Cosmo, forcing Martin into hiding.
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| author | Lawrence Lasker Phil Alden Robinson Walter F. Parkes |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Phil Alden Robinson |
| editor | Tom Rolf |
| events | computing |
| genre | comedy crime thriller |
| keywords | amnesty international black box brand build buy cia crime syndicate date fbi fbi agent greenpeace hack hacker hide learn murder news report nsa nsa agent old friend penetration test phreak phreaking republican national committee test the white house true identity united negro college fund winnebago winnebago industries |
| musicBy | James Horner |
| producer | Lawrence Lasker Walter Parkes |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | San Francisco |
| theme | comedy thriller crime comedy heist security and surveillance |