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- Theatrical - Wide 1999-03-31
- Cast Keanu Reeves Laurence Fishburne Carrie-Anne Moss Hugo Weaving Joe Pantoliano
- Directed by Lana Wachowski Lilly Wachowski
- Written by Lana Wachowski Lilly Wachowski
Box Office Gross:
$463,517,383
Running Time:
136 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Village Roadshow Pictures, Groucho II Film Partnership, Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Genres:
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Synopsis
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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