| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Ryan Phillippe |
Milo Hoffman
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| Tim Robbins |
Gary Winston
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| Rachael Leigh Cook |
Lisa Calighan
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| Claire Forlani |
Alice Poulson/Rebecca Paul
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| Douglas McFerran |
Bob Shrot
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| Richard Roundtree |
Lyle Barton
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| Tygh Runyan |
Larry Banks
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| Yee Jee Tso |
Teddy Chin
|
| Nate Dushku |
Brian Bissel
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| Ned Bellamy |
Phil Grimes
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| Tyler Labine |
Redmond
|
| Scott Bellis |
Randy
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| David Lovgren |
Danny
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| Zahf Paroo |
Desi (as Zahf Hajee)
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| Jonathon Young |
Stinky
|
| Rick Worthy |
Shrot's Assistant
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| Nathaniel DeVeaux |
Lawyer (as Nathaniel Deveaux)
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| Ian Robison |
Lawyer
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| Linda Ko |
Gary's Secretary
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| Ed Beechner |
Ken Cosgrove
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| Bobby Stewart |
Building 20 Guard
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| Eric Breker |
Building 20 Guard
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| Colin Cunningham |
Building 20 Guard
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| JR Bourne |
Building 21 Guard (as J.R. Bourne)
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| Eric Keenleyside |
Coffee Guard
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| Dayna Devon |
TV Interviewer
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| Ron Halder |
Houseman
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| Sarah Deakins |
DOJ Receptionist
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| Daniel McKellar |
Co-Worker
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| Howard Storey |
Rent-A-Guard
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| Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff |
Clarissa Winston
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| Ingelise Nherlan |
Yoga Woman
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| Peter New |
Skinhead
|
| Blaine Perrin |
Skinhead
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| Colin Foo |
Grocer
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| Helena Yea |
Grocer's Wife
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| Kevin Hayes |
News Anchor
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| Claire Riley |
Reporter
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| Patti Vietta |
Reporter
|
| Rob Court |
Reporter
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Sci-Fi; Thriller |
| Director |
Peter Howitt (II); Peter Howitt |
| Producer |
Keith Addis; David Nicksay; Nick Wechsler; Howard Franklin |
| Writer |
Howard Franklin |
| Studio |
MGM / UA |
|
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
108 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
|
| Plot |
| The term suspension of disbelief was invented for the idea that Ryan Phillippe could be a computer genius. As Milo, a slacker brainiac recruited by smilingly ominous software giant Gary Winston (Tim Robbins) to help build a global communications system, Phillippe still looks like a million bucks. He is also still doing the clenched, pouty grown-up voice that he always uses to show that he means business in this acting stuff (he's nothing if not earnest), and a pair of designer glasses completes the transformation. He's well matched in Antitrust by Claire Forlani, who, in turn, spends time pursing her lips and squinting her dewy eyes as Milo's troubled girlfriend, an artist who proves to be a liability when Milo discovers that Winston is killing off clever competitors like a dot-com führer. Robbins, looking like David Letterman, seems willing to either take his role dead seriously or goof around a bit, but director Peter Howitt doesn't know how to play any of it (the actor was better used as a grinning madman in another flawed paranoid thriller, the underseen Arlington Road). Without any underlying menace or enough satirical bite to keep it interesting, the whole thing slips by passively in a mindless matinee kind of way until the over-the-top finale. Production designer Catherine Hardwicke has had some big, glossy fun creating Winston's campus and ornate private kingdom, and there's the cheapest of kicks in seeing Robbins's Bill Gates taken down publicly, but the film is definitely junior league. --Steve Wiecking |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
16 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Owner |
David Cowley |
|
| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single side, Dual layer |
| UPC |
027616861436 |
| Chapters |
16 |
| Release Date |
2001 |
| Subtitles |
Spanish; French |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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