For me the most profound moment in Sneakers is when they are infiltrating a building with high tech security and encounter a bog standard mechanical combination lock and that completely blocks them.
Professor Leonard Adleman (the A in RSA) was my teacher; he was the technical consultant for the film and you can see his hand written notes in the scene where Janek is giving his lecture.
I'll never forget "SETEC ASTRONOMY". Sneakers was instrumental in nurturing my interest in IT and computer science. I was 13 when it came out, and I became a computer geek ever since, and that inspiration for IT and network security even made me develop a smartcard-based PC access control & logging system for my bachelor's degree project, and deploying first-generation stateful packet filtering firewalls during my first job. Thank you Sneakers for laying the foundation of my geekdom..
Forgotten? That movie was HUGE when it dropped. I don't think anyone who was alive and paying attention to Hollywood in the 90's has forgotten this flick.
Haaa! I'm the wild card. I had only heard the title of this movie a couple of times. I'm not an avid movie goer. I've always been broke. But I am a huge sci fi consumer and have been for the last 40 years, so it's strange that I haven't run across it in the last 30 years. It's got a cast of HUGE actors that would have drawn my attention. I don't remember seeing it in video rentals, garage sales, or public libraries (which are great for movie watching on a budget). I don't remember talking to anyone who recommended it. I'll check the library for it tomorrow, but I doubt it's there. I don't subscribe to streaming services, so that's out.
An average 6 week run in theaters and aired on HBO and CINEMAX.Guaranteed Rental at Blockbuster Video. JFK and THE DOORS and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and DANCES WITH WOLVES were huge, SNEAKERS was semi-Huge
Well I remember reading the tittle somewhere, looked it up in Google and might have glossed over the cover in the video rental store back in the day, but it's a movie I've never watched and never heard anyone even talk about it, so maybe it was popular on release but certainly was quickly forgotten. Will watch it now.
@@Wolffanghurricane I mean true, but I think what he meant was, we the people generally think organized crime is far far more capable, and Machiavellian than it actually is, relying purely on secrets, and innuendo, and almost adding a level of mysticism and supernatural power to it, when even the "Illuminati" were nothing more than a cartel of rich, affluent people willing to use their wealth and thus influence to their ideological ends. They cloak themselves in mysticism and ritual, but it's all a smoke screen of themselves trying to appear more divine than they actually ever were.
Forgotten ? Perish the thought. I watched it in the theatres when it came out in Junior School. It, with Jurassic Park, is one of the reasons why I studied the sciences in University. It remains one of my favourite movies, and one of the first modern cyberpunk movies made. Glad you mentioned 'Cryptonomicon' , its one of the great classics of the genre.
This movie is beloved by computer nerds everywhere. Part of it is because while it does take some dramatic liberties, it's probably the most accurate portrayal of systems hacking and penetration testing. Plus it's constantly entertaining.
*Tommy* Flowers (edited after being corrected), a seriously clever telephone systems engineer built the computer to his own design, even financing the construction himself when the government refused. Turing used it, After not being refunded for the money he spent He attempted to get a loan to build similar machines after the war but no bank would believe such a device was possible, since he was bound by the official secrets act to not discuss what his work had already achieved. Modifications were made, possibly due to requests made by Turing, but Turing was a theorist, not an engineer. Some of the machines, which he was never paid for ended up at GCHQ, some went to the US, but the government thought they had no commercial application, unlike their creater, leading to the UK being left decades behind yet again, as had happened with Babbage. I taught a lecture on this in a module at my last university. I admire what Turing acheived, but think Tommy should get the recognition he deserves.
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. (Tommy Flowers 22-12-1905 - 28-10-1998)
I googled the name but the result was Tommy Flowers. It appears from his history that he was a chief architect of modern computing. I'm sorry he didn't receive the recognition he deserved.
Sneakers managed to make sitting in front of a computer a cinematic experience. It came out before the internet was a big thing, when technology was still special and more physical. It’s also really funny!
I'd forgotten the cast that was in this film. Still it's amazing how many huge films in their time are practically forgotten by this generation. Especially Redford's films.
The "guy in every other Hollywood movie" is David Strathairn, and i think you should give him some credit. He is an incredible character actor, and what i would truly consider as underrated. He was in many great movies and he always left a mark on the movies he was in. Sneakers, The River Wild, Good night and good luck, Dolores, L.A. Confidential to name a few.
His name did appear on screen during that segment of this video, but yeah, anyone just listening (including those with vision impairment) wasn't gonna see that. And yeah. He's an incredible talent.
While there's a fair amount of Hollywood-style inaccuracies, it's generally one of the most accurate movies in terms of contemporary hacking. Which is to say it occasionally looks legit. Similar to Mr Robot in that way...which is IMO the most accurate representation of what modern cybercrime looks like...at least in terms of media.
Forgotten my ass, as soon as the I saw the title and thumbnail my brain said “Sneakers?!” Nice to see it was right, that film has so many good lines in it.
And we can see the damned landers from Earth with telescopes right now. The Lunar landings were not faked and there is proof. Yeesh. I mean I watched them, my mom got me up at oh-dark-thirty to watch the very last one, so yeah miss me with that Moon Landing Hoax; it is the most provably false conspiracy theory ever. And most conspiracy theories are bunk perpetuated by insecure people who want to have an illusion of control in a world where they don’t have said control but are too insecure to admit life is a lot random ass stuff happening. Conspiracy theories are just copium for insecure middle class white people.
I *LOVE* this movie. It is definitely not forgotten for me. My tabletop roleplaying game group of friends saw it together. We were playing Cyberpunk at the time and this movie really, really hit us as a straight up TTRPG adventure.
I loved that movie. I've seen it like 3x. Its charm is due to the relationship between Redford and Kingsley or more accurately, their shared desire to make a better world. I loved those scenes where they followed a logical progression of a premise to a natural conclusion. In large part because of this movie, I always know the ineptitude and irrationality of power hungry human beings from ever having complete success. History is a testament of it.
This movie is great in so many ways! The cast is absolutely epic. The script is interesting. The on screen chemistry is next level. It’s shot just tight enough at all the right moments.
One of my very favorite films. Edit: the funniest thing about James Earl Jones being in this film is that he played a nearly identical character in _The Hunt for Red October_ :D
Sneakers was originally envisioned as the sequel to 'War Games', with Matthew Brodderick in the lead. Stephen Tobolowsky was set to star as 'Al' in 'Home Improvement', but he passed to make this instead. In his autobiography, Robert Redford said that his daughters first reaction was that 'it was nice to finally see him in something where he's not just standing around smiling'.
This movie sometimes feels like "The Matrix before The Matrix" to me if that makes sense (when I'm not using that description for Dark City.) And it does feel forgotten in the wake of other films of the time. I try and rewatch it every few years or so.
You said, "Mary McDonnell" and my brain started going through its IMDB records and when I got to the BSG page, you summed her career up in three words, "President Laura Roslin". And then the voice of Vader represents the NSA and you didn't mention that.
"Real Hollywood movies with real Hollywood stars!" - Hear, hear! I for one have never forgotten it! Redford, Poitier, Kingsley in one movie! And then the light-hearted narrative style, the irony, the music, even the title: It fits all together. One of my favorite movies off all time. And it had a real message, too. Hollywood has forgotten a lot since then.
You drew the comparison between Redford and Brad Pitt. Now I'm thinking about Burn After Reading. "Osbourne Cox? I thought you might be worried... about the security... of your shit."
I watched it in theater, not knowing what I was going to watch, and I was so pleasantly surprised and enjoyed this movie so much that I think it'd be one of my favorite movie, along with Matrix, Blade Runner, and Interstellar.
I saw this in theaters and was like "Whoa, you can DO this?!" No offense to HACKERS but it hijacked the path that WARGAMES and SNEAKERS paved for it. And now even HACKERS is even remembered for its 90s nostalgia instead of cultural impact. The only problem is that the ending doesn't work anymore because we know too much about how the Intelligence Community does things.
So... as an IT researcher, I'm kinda still waiting for the other shoe to drop. What was (is) the secret of quantum computing that Sneakers spilled? I know what quantum computing is, so I was motivated to watch this all the way through. But I guess we'll never know. Oh, it's cryptography cracking, you say? Yeah but no, it ain't. That's one of it's theoretical applications, but a secret it is not.
This has been a favorite of mine since I first saw it back in 1998. I had a few extra bucks and bought the VHS from a wal mart sale bin. Knowing who the majority of the cast was the reason I bought it. It has been one of my favorite movies since that day and was YEARS ahead of its time and it still absolutely holds up today. I’ve bought the film on every medium: VHS, DVD, and now blu ray. A must have for everyone’s collection in my opinion.
Great video Damien. I always liked Sneakers, but didn’t think about how weirdly overpowered the cast was. Great that it didn’t fall into the trap of other hacker films like Catfish where they ‘hack harder’ by typing faster 😂. Good point about Quantum computing possibly undoing all of our encryption.
This remains my all-time favorite hacking movie since back in the day. Granted, I appreciate it much more now having a better understanding of quantum computing. Granted, Traveling Salesman (2012) is another interesting film on quantum computing.
I'm glad we have such benevolent companies. And we all know that someone at McDonald's turned in Luigi Mangione and it wasn't the NSA using Israeli technology for Rapid facial recognition that caught him. Glad that is settled.
So you think it’s ok to shoot someone in the street if they are the head of a bad health insurance company? You wouldn’t turn in a wanted killer because you didn’t like the person they killed? I don’t think McDonalds told the person to hand him in. It’s the America health care system that’s at fault here.
Thanks for reminding me of this prescient movie. Whether I knew it or not it has always been buried in the far nether-reaches of my consciousness, providing the paradigm for my responses to 2020's events.
Thank you for covering this movie. It’s one of my all time favs as a kid. I was heavy into music but loved computers and I loved what it was preaching. I really wish of all the films why can’t this and explorers get a reboot or a sequel/reboot
Older guy here: Sneakers famous line: "It's about who controls the information," is still quoted by myself and friends. Definitely, not forgotten by us.
Sneakers has been one of my fav movies since it came out! And the soundtrack by James Horner and featuring Branford Marsalis is still one of my favoites!
I love Dan Aykroyd's character who is the real genuis. It reminded me of his character in Spies Like Us. The funny thing about the character is he parallels what has been happening recently where what was once considered paranoid or conspiracy theory has eventually become true and he knew all along. I always thought he knew more than Crease about everything and Crease was a CIA 22 year veteran. Mother would always drop tidbits of info that the rest of the team just wasn't ready for and they kind of mocked him, but he was right.
he's a youtube influencer what do you expect, case in point they actually seem to think it's plausible that security agencies have the interests of their own populations in mind. as if the answer isn't immediately and demonstrably obvious.
Thankfully, I have this film on DVD. I've seen it many times. It is one of my all time favorites. Unfortunately when I mention it to people in conversation, everyone hasn't seen it. I love every scene in this. If you like this movie, then I highly recommend the documentaries, America: Freedom to Fascism, The Corporation, Confessions of a Economic Hitman, The New Age Infiltration of the Truth Movement, The Secret of Oz, and Zeitgeist Addendum. Thank you.
Great Movie... and yes sometimes I think back to the "Device" that breaks all codes as possibly being a reference to "Quantum"... it was a perfect cast!
In my country as a tribute to Sidney Poitier, they diffused this movie along with others he featured in. I remember stumbling upon it and noticed how smart it was.
Keynes's theory of 'uncertainty' and Heraclitus's 'you cannot put your foot in the same river twice' theory of external flux. Each generation has a choice, but we should never forget that there is no certainty in the quantum universe; we observe at a/in a moment. The cat is both dead and alive until the box is opened. Keynes said the government's goal is to provide the tools for all to have a 'good life'.
TL;DR: quantum computing would be so insanely fast that it could crack any and all forms of encryption in literal seconds, meaning all corporate, military and government secrets that aren't kept in an actual physical vault would be up for grabs.
I thought then and now that movie was awesome and opened a door for interesting thought and conversation to thoughtful people. Everybody should see Sneakers, they wont be disappointed.
This film came out when I was studying CompSci at Georgia Tech. I've never forgotten about this film about the era when the Soviet Union was failing and computers were taking over.
“The 1 hindered dollar computer” is a movie that told the people way too much and this had to be buried for people to forget where we had come too in terms of technology
For me the most profound moment in Sneakers is when they are infiltrating a building with high tech security and encounter a bog standard mechanical combination lock and that completely blocks them.
yeah, there was no LPL back then
If I recall correctly, they get past it by kicking the door.
@ That’s right. Good ol’ brute force attack.
@@gedbyrne8482 As Isaac Arthur says from his army days "If brute force isnt working...your using not enough of it"🤣🤣
thats what makes lockpicking lawyer so scary
he would probably just slap it open
Professor Leonard Adleman (the A in RSA) was my teacher; he was the technical consultant for the film and you can see his hand written notes in the scene where Janek is giving his lecture.
I'll never forget "SETEC ASTRONOMY". Sneakers was instrumental in nurturing my interest in IT and computer science. I was 13 when it came out, and I became a computer geek ever since, and that inspiration for IT and network security even made me develop a smartcard-based PC access control & logging system for my bachelor's degree project, and deploying first-generation stateful packet filtering firewalls during my first job. Thank you Sneakers for laying the foundation of my geekdom..
Forgotten? That movie was HUGE when it dropped. I don't think anyone who was alive and paying attention to Hollywood in the 90's has forgotten this flick.
Haaa! I'm the wild card. I had only heard the title of this movie a couple of times. I'm not an avid movie goer. I've always been broke. But I am a huge sci fi consumer and have been for the last 40 years, so it's strange that I haven't run across it in the last 30 years. It's got a cast of HUGE actors that would have drawn my attention. I don't remember seeing it in video rentals, garage sales, or public libraries (which are great for movie watching on a budget). I don't remember talking to anyone who recommended it. I'll check the library for it tomorrow, but I doubt it's there. I don't subscribe to streaming services, so that's out.
@@stevesmith7839 another one here. Vague recollection of title. Never knew what it was about. Gonna watch now tho
An average 6 week run in theaters and aired on HBO and CINEMAX.Guaranteed Rental at Blockbuster Video. JFK and THE DOORS and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and DANCES WITH WOLVES were huge, SNEAKERS was semi-Huge
Yes, but virtually forgotten by the other 99% of people who aren't like you! Read the title....
Well I remember reading the tittle somewhere, looked it up in Google and might have glossed over the cover in the video rental store back in the day, but it's a movie I've never watched and never heard anyone even talk about it, so maybe it was popular on release but certainly was quickly forgotten. Will watch it now.
'Sneakers' has always been one of my favorite movies of all time. I've watched it more times than i can count, and i never get bored of watching it.
Same. Fantastic cast. If I'm flipping channels and it's on I'm done flipping
Me too...
Same here, seen it many times. I recently bought it on Amazon so I can play it on my phone at work like an audiobook.
“You know, I could have been in the NSA, but they found out my parents were married.”
Such a good film! I’ve enjoyed it many times over the years and now shown it to my son.
“Organized crime?”
“Don’t kid yourself. It’s not that organized.”
Cattle mutilations are up.
Cocaine Importation Agency begs to differ
Completely organized
@@Wolffanghurricane I mean true, but I think what he meant was, we the people generally think organized crime is far far more capable, and Machiavellian than it actually is, relying purely on secrets, and innuendo, and almost adding a level of mysticism and supernatural power to it, when even the "Illuminati" were nothing more than a cartel of rich, affluent people willing to use their wealth and thus influence to their ideological ends. They cloak themselves in mysticism and ritual, but it's all a smoke screen of themselves trying to appear more divine than they actually ever were.
"My voice is my passport". One of my favorite movies!
Please verify me.
@scwotz 😂😂😂
“Marty, I can’t kill my friend…you, kill my friend.”
Yeah, once you’re trying to kill me, we ain’t friends anymore.
@@TheEyeRoller I've always loved how the word "passport" sounds
Dang they made us say that in jail for the phone calls lol just my voice is my password instead
Forgotten ? Perish the thought. I watched it in the theatres when it came out in Junior School. It, with Jurassic Park, is one of the reasons why I studied the sciences in University. It remains one of my favourite movies, and one of the first modern cyberpunk movies made.
Glad you mentioned 'Cryptonomicon' , its one of the great classics of the genre.
Me Too, I remember it WELL
God very very strange there is little information about it !
Could not have said it better, myself.
This movie is beloved by computer nerds everywhere. Part of it is because while it does take some dramatic liberties, it's probably the most accurate portrayal of systems hacking and penetration testing. Plus it's constantly entertaining.
I too saw it in the theater....I think I was also in jr hi
*Tommy* Flowers (edited after being corrected), a seriously clever telephone systems engineer built the computer to his own design, even financing the construction himself when the government refused. Turing used it, After not being refunded for the money he spent He attempted to get a loan to build similar machines after the war but no bank would believe such a device was possible, since he was bound by the official secrets act to not discuss what his work had already achieved. Modifications were made, possibly due to requests made by Turing, but Turing was a theorist, not an engineer.
Some of the machines, which he was never paid for ended up at GCHQ, some went to the US, but the government thought they had no commercial application, unlike their creater, leading to the UK being left decades behind yet again, as had happened with Babbage.
I taught a lecture on this in a module at my last university. I admire what Turing acheived, but think Tommy should get the recognition he deserves.
"some went to the U.S...
You can probably write an entire degree on this little ditto..
What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. (Tommy Flowers 22-12-1905 - 28-10-1998)
I googled the name but the result was Tommy Flowers. It appears from his history that he was a chief architect of modern computing. I'm sorry he didn't receive the recognition he deserved.
@@gerardojg Tommy, yes, sorry. I don't know why I kept thinking it was Ernie. I did while I was writing my lecture too.
@@careypridgeonyou left Ernie in at the end.
This has been a favorite of mine for over 30 years. There aren't many hacker films at this level.
The Unabomber may have been insane, however his manifesto was spot on based.
Indeed
Sneakers managed to make sitting in front of a computer a cinematic experience. It came out before the internet was a big thing, when technology was still special and more physical. It’s also really funny!
You must not have been raised in the Silicon Valley, where, as a kid, technology was everywhere, in schools, online travel agencies, job openings etc.
@ uh, no, I wasn’t.
I'd forgotten the cast that was in this film. Still it's amazing how many huge films in their time are practically forgotten by this generation. Especially Redford's films.
It's really the best ensemble cast ever assembled. I can't think of a movie that has more generational heavy hitters in it
The "guy in every other Hollywood movie" is David Strathairn, and i think you should give him some credit. He is an incredible character actor, and what i would truly consider as underrated. He was in many great movies and he always left a mark on the movies he was in. Sneakers, The River Wild, Good night and good luck, Dolores, L.A. Confidential to name a few.
His role in The Expanse series is also awesome.
His name did appear on screen during that segment of this video, but yeah, anyone just listening (including those with vision impairment) wasn't gonna see that.
And yeah. He's an incredible talent.
As a 42-year-old computer nerd, this has been and will always be one of my favorite movies!
"I see cattle mutilations are up" How can anyone forget Sneakers??
Always loved this film, will need to dust off the DVD. Great script, great plot, great acting with a real message about the future of data.
Quantum Intelligence changes the entire 'script' 💫😮💫
It was on UA-cam free
@@pgtmr2713 Not in my region.
@@simonatterbury Get a VPN
Watched the movie (with a friend) in the day--on video, with a friend. That "too many secrets" thing really stuck with me.
Sitting on your Cray is such a power move.
I thought that too.
Like “this old thing…?”
Seymour Cray sure built some cool furniture. 🙂
If you know, you know. Most don't.
one of my favorite movies. there are only so many hacker movies and this is one of the best
While there's a fair amount of Hollywood-style inaccuracies, it's generally one of the most accurate movies in terms of contemporary hacking. Which is to say it occasionally looks legit. Similar to Mr Robot in that way...which is IMO the most accurate representation of what modern cybercrime looks like...at least in terms of media.
Forgotten my ass, as soon as the I saw the title and thumbnail my brain said “Sneakers?!” Nice to see it was right, that film has so many good lines in it.
And we can see the damned landers from Earth with telescopes right now. The Lunar landings were not faked and there is proof. Yeesh. I mean I watched them, my mom got me up at oh-dark-thirty to watch the very last one, so yeah miss me with that Moon Landing Hoax; it is the most provably false conspiracy theory ever.
And most conspiracy theories are bunk perpetuated by insecure people who want to have an illusion of control in a world where they don’t have said control but are too insecure to admit life is a lot random ass stuff happening. Conspiracy theories are just copium for insecure middle class white people.
One of the few movies I can watch with my parents. A true classic.
I watched this again last week after not having watched in 20ish years, and it still holds up sooooo well
It's possible you might be the first channel to do a full episode on Sneakers! I loved it ever since I saw it on Video.
I *LOVE* this movie. It is definitely not forgotten for me. My tabletop roleplaying game group of friends saw it together. We were playing Cyberpunk at the time and this movie really, really hit us as a straight up TTRPG adventure.
I loved that movie. I've seen it like 3x. Its charm is due to the relationship between Redford and Kingsley or more accurately, their shared desire to make a better world. I loved those scenes where they followed a logical progression of a premise to a natural conclusion. In large part because of this movie, I always know the ineptitude and irrationality of power hungry human beings from ever having complete success. History is a testament of it.
I find humor in the "logical progression" scene in Sneakers because it reminds me of the one in Holy Grail that ends in, "a duck."
"Hey Abby, c'mon now, the FBI would give him twins."
One of my favourite cosy movies.
This movie is great in so many ways! The cast is absolutely epic. The script is interesting. The on screen chemistry is next level. It’s shot just tight enough at all the right moments.
This has been one of my favorite underrated gems since the ancient days of VHS.
One of my very favorite films.
Edit: the funniest thing about James Earl Jones being in this film is that he played a nearly identical character in _The Hunt for Red October_ :D
It's not "forgotten", not by me, anyway. Still one of my favorite movies of all time. And a really great cast.
I've watched this movie dozens of times. Love it.
Been a huge fan since it came out, and love introducing new people to it. Just watched it again a few months ago. Thanks for spreading the word!
Sneakers was originally envisioned as the sequel to 'War Games', with Matthew Brodderick in the lead.
Stephen Tobolowsky was set to star as 'Al' in 'Home Improvement', but he passed to make this instead.
In his autobiography, Robert Redford said that his daughters first reaction was that 'it was nice to finally see him in something where he's not just standing around smiling'.
Fantastic facts, hilarious.
Both of them featured some of the most realistic hacking in fiction.
This movie sometimes feels like "The Matrix before The Matrix" to me if that makes sense (when I'm not using that description for Dark City.) And it does feel forgotten in the wake of other films of the time. I try and rewatch it every few years or so.
You said, "Mary McDonnell" and my brain started going through its IMDB records and when I got to the BSG page, you summed her career up in three words, "President Laura Roslin".
And then the voice of Vader represents the NSA and you didn't mention that.
She was also First Lady Whitmore
The "Voice of Vader" has a name and it's James Earl Jones. (RIP)
@wzpu3283 Duh.
@@wzpu3283 Pendantic much?
Mrs. Darko
I just watched Three Days of The Condor, and I could have seen Redford's character on Sneakers as Turner, still hiding after all of those years.
"Real Hollywood movies with real Hollywood stars!" - Hear, hear! I for one have never forgotten it! Redford, Poitier, Kingsley in one movie! And then the light-hearted narrative style, the irony, the music, even the title: It fits all together. One of my favorite movies off all time. And it had a real message, too. Hollywood has forgotten a lot since then.
I think we are seeing the corporate greed part of Hollyweird running the writing room and not just the best ideas!
@@MR-co2ti Well, that's the more blunt reasoning, yes.
6:10 - Cray XMP in the background!
Excellent, timely thoughts on a classic film. Thank you!
Never heard of this movie, I'll check it out!
Excellent film
You drew the comparison between Redford and Brad Pitt. Now I'm thinking about Burn After Reading. "Osbourne Cox? I thought you might be worried... about the security... of your shit."
I watched it in theater, not knowing what I was going to watch, and I was so pleasantly surprised and enjoyed this movie so much that I think it'd be one of my favorite movie, along with Matrix, Blade Runner, and Interstellar.
I saw this in theaters and was like "Whoa, you can DO this?!"
No offense to HACKERS but it hijacked the path that WARGAMES and SNEAKERS paved for it. And now even HACKERS is even remembered for its 90s nostalgia instead of cultural impact. The only problem is that the ending doesn't work anymore because we know too much about how the Intelligence Community does things.
Excellent analysis, and a great movie.
0:50 NEVER FORGOTTEN! What a stunningly made film!
Someone needs to show this movie to Neil Breen.
So... as an IT researcher, I'm kinda still waiting for the other shoe to drop. What was (is) the secret of quantum computing that Sneakers spilled? I know what quantum computing is, so I was motivated to watch this all the way through. But I guess we'll never know. Oh, it's cryptography cracking, you say? Yeah but no, it ain't. That's one of it's theoretical applications, but a secret it is not.
thx the tribute. this is one of my most favorite movies… a true gem. i will rewatch it during the holidays now. :) thx
This has been a favorite of mine since I first saw it back in 1998. I had a few extra bucks and bought the VHS from a wal mart sale bin. Knowing who the majority of the cast was the reason I bought it. It has been one of my favorite movies since that day and was YEARS ahead of its time and it still absolutely holds up today. I’ve bought the film on every medium: VHS, DVD, and now blu ray. A must have for everyone’s collection in my opinion.
A really interesting disassembly of the logic and game theory around Sneakers.
Not forgotten. One of my favourites still.
Great video Damien. I always liked Sneakers, but didn’t think about how weirdly overpowered the cast was. Great that it didn’t fall into the trap of other hacker films like Catfish where they ‘hack harder’ by typing faster 😂. Good point about Quantum computing possibly undoing all of our encryption.
none of this David Strathairn slander! he is actually kindof underrated
This remains my all-time favorite hacking movie since back in the day. Granted, I appreciate it much more now having a better understanding of quantum computing.
Granted, Traveling Salesman (2012) is another interesting film on quantum computing.
I love this movie!
I've seen it a dozen times already.
My favorite line is:
"I cannot kill my friend." (turns to henchman) "Kill my friend."
13:39 “When you control the mail, you control information” - Newman
I'm glad we have such benevolent companies. And we all know that someone at McDonald's turned in Luigi Mangione and it wasn't the NSA using Israeli technology for Rapid facial recognition that caught him. Glad that is settled.
That's what they want you to think. 😂
So you think it’s ok to shoot someone in the street if they are the head of a bad health insurance company? You wouldn’t turn in a wanted killer because you didn’t like the person they killed? I don’t think McDonalds told the person to hand him in. It’s the America health care system that’s at fault here.
Ah, so glad I clicked on this video, I feel my horizons expanding. Thank you for the break down, good sir.
Thanks for reminding me of this prescient movie. Whether I knew it or not it has always been buried in the far nether-reaches of my consciousness, providing the paradigm for my responses to 2020's events.
Thank you for covering this movie. It’s one of my all time favs as a kid. I was heavy into music but loved computers and I loved what it was preaching. I really wish of all the films why can’t this and explorers get a reboot or a sequel/reboot
Older guy here: Sneakers famous line: "It's about who controls the information," is still quoted by myself and friends. Definitely, not forgotten by us.
Nope I absolutely remember "Sneakers"
Sneakers has been one of my fav movies since it came out! And the soundtrack by James Horner and featuring Branford Marsalis is still one of my favoites!
Don't think I've seen this so will come back to your video after I've watched it. Sounds very interesting.
A 90s film with an 80s vibe. Balances a serious tone with a lighthearted appeal and some good laughs. I loved it since day 1
aykroyd wasnt acting
His character was the glue in every scene for me
This is a GREAT movie.
I loved that movie. I still have the DVD.
Criminally underrated movie with a stellar cast.
Yo bro, thank you for the video. Well, done.
I love Dan Aykroyd's character who is the real genuis. It reminded me of his character in Spies Like Us.
The funny thing about the character is he parallels what has been happening recently where what was once considered paranoid or conspiracy theory has eventually become true and he knew all along. I always thought he knew more than Crease about everything and Crease was a CIA 22 year veteran. Mother would always drop tidbits of info that the rest of the team just wasn't ready for and they kind of mocked him, but he was right.
great video. you provide really good context for those of us who didnt grow up back then
"Conspiracy theory": If there is in fact a conspiracy then it's not a theory.
he's a youtube influencer what do you expect, case in point they actually seem to think it's plausible that security agencies have the interests of their own populations in mind. as if the answer isn't immediately and demonstrably obvious.
Strange days from the 90s was a sleeper hit....
This is one of my all time favorite movies. Never forgotten!
Thankfully, I have this film on DVD. I've seen it many times. It is one of my all time favorites. Unfortunately when I mention it to people in conversation, everyone hasn't seen it. I love every scene in this. If you like this movie, then I highly recommend the documentaries, America: Freedom to Fascism, The Corporation, Confessions of a Economic Hitman, The New Age Infiltration of the Truth Movement, The Secret of Oz, and Zeitgeist Addendum. Thank you.
This is one of those movies I will watch again and again. It's entertaining and suspenseful and thoughtful all at the same time.
Never forget that the dude who invented PGP was imprisoned for creating an encryption algorithm the US government couldn't hack.
Sneakers was a great movie. It had an all-star cast too.
"Maurice Bishop" was the pseudonym David Atlee Phillips used for himself when meeting with Lee Harvey Oswald.
Whenever anyone asks me what i want, i always say "peace on Earth, and good will towards men".
And a trip to Tahiti!
Great Movie... and yes sometimes I think back to the "Device" that breaks all codes as possibly being a reference to "Quantum"... it was a perfect cast!
In my country as a tribute to Sidney Poitier, they diffused this movie along with others he featured in. I remember stumbling upon it and noticed how smart it was.
Man it’s been about 30 years since I’ve seen this film… but i remember now how much I loved it as a kid.
"Wait a minute... you can have anything you want, and you're asking for my phone number?"
This is such a good movie. So many fun scenes, intriguing scenes, to exciting scenes. Great
Great movie!!! Absolute VHS vibes for me. Thank you for reminding me of it. It deserves a new watch
I liked the thought you have put into this
The movie is a true classic.And I think you're exactly right why it isn't more highly circulated
Keynes's theory of 'uncertainty' and Heraclitus's 'you cannot put your foot in the same river twice' theory of external flux. Each generation has a choice, but we should never forget that there is no certainty in the quantum universe; we observe at a/in a moment. The cat is both dead and alive until the box is opened. Keynes said the government's goal is to provide the tools for all to have a 'good life'.
Still love this movie to this day. Hidden gem.
The first time I heard about quantum computers was with William Gibson's Sprawl saga in the 80's
TL;DR: quantum computing would be so insanely fast that it could crack any and all forms of encryption in literal seconds, meaning all corporate, military and government secrets that aren't kept in an actual physical vault would be up for grabs.
This is a great movie! I remember going to the theatre to watch it.
Legit the only reference to cryptonomicon I've ever heard, love that book
I thought then and now that movie was awesome and opened a door for interesting thought and conversation to thoughtful people. Everybody should see Sneakers, they wont be disappointed.
This film came out when I was studying CompSci at Georgia Tech. I've never forgotten about this film about the era when the Soviet Union was failing and computers were taking over.
One of my top 10 favorite movies! So under rated.
“The 1 hindered dollar computer” is a movie that told the people way too much and this had to be buried for people to forget where we had come too in terms of technology
I saw this in theaters with my Dad!!! OMG I remember the bridge part with the blind guy!