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Movie: Hackers (1995)

• Director: Iain Softley
• Release Date: 15 September 1995 (USA)
• Run Time: 107 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Crime , Drama , Thriller  
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and brief strong language.

Tagline: their only crime was curiosity  

Trivia: All of the hacker handles proposed by the Joey were actual handles already used by real hackers.
 

Goofs: Continuity: Several scenes show the Met Life building (with “Met Life” in huge letters) behind Grand Central. However, the old stock “sky view” footage right before Dade’s first day of school shows the building with its original “Pan Am” signage, which was taken down ten years before filming.
 

“A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus. Written by Alexander Lum <aj_lum@postoffice.utas.edu.au>”