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‎Cracking the Code: Sneakers at 30

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Re: ‎Cracking the Code: Sneakers at 30

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Post by cscheid »

nullc wrote: post #8

Anyone have a really old copy of Sneakers (like on laserdisc)? I noticed in the background of the bluray transfer https://files.catbox.moe/nnywzq.jpg there is this asiacrypt poster and I wondered if it was composited in later transfers over something else, as I think the conference would have been too late for the movie production. I think sneakers still holds the record for the best number theory jargon in movie his…

1) Then Donald Logue got famous, and I'd be the idiot yelling "that's Gunter Janek!" at every episode of Grounded for Life.

2) I can't look at that screenshot and not hear "I leave message here on service but you do not call"

3) RSA's Adleman was the science advisor for the movie, so I'd guess he snuck in the Asiacrypt poster from the beginning

Re: ‎Cracking the Code: Sneakers at 30

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Post by crmd »

I distinctly remember Sneakers DVD having a fabulous director’s commentary track, where they talk about writing and filming the movie shot-by-shot, however it doesn’t seem to be available in my Apple TV purchase. Does anyone know if it’s possible to hear the commentary track with any streaming service?

Re: ‎Cracking the Code: Sneakers at 30

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Post by droidist2 »

cscheid wrote: post #11
nullc wrote: post #8

Anyone have a really old copy of Sneakers (like on laserdisc)? I noticed in the background of the bluray transfer https://files.catbox.moe/nnywzq.jpg there is this asiacrypt poster and I wondered if it was composited in later transfers over something else, as I think the conference would have been too late for the movie production. I think sneakers still holds the record for the best number theory jargon in movie his…

1) Then Donald Logue got famous, and I'd be the idiot yelling "that's Gunter Janek!" at every episode of Grounded for Life. 2) I can't look at that screenshot and not hear "I leave message here on service but you do not call" 3) RSA's Adleman was the science advisor for the movie, so I'd guess he snuck in the Asiacrypt poster from the beginning

Donal Logue also played Kevin Mitnick's friend in Takedown.

https://i.redd.it/s884e47lejv41.png

(Also in that scene, a cameo by the real Tsutomu Shimomura)

Re: ‎Cracking the Code: Sneakers at 30

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Post by caseysoftware »

Sneakers is one of the most fun and often under appreciated geek movies out there. Hackers got some points for including the Hacker Manifesto but was over the top to the point of comical. Sneakers captured the mindset, the vibe, and some of the mechanics.. a bunch of slightly odd guys driven by curiosity and skepticism.

The fact that they got Redford, Poitier, Aykroyd, and many other greats made it shine.

Edit: And from the article, just learned that the screenplay was written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes who also wrote War Games.

Re: ‎Cracking the Code: Sneakers at 30

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Post by binarymax »

classichasclass wrote: post #10
zitterbewegung wrote: post #9

Sneakers is just a training movie on how a red team should do a pentest.

It's the social engineering that makes it timeless, but the A-list acting makes it watchable. (Plus Stephen Tobolowsky's ad-libs.)

Indeed! The best of which is Redford trying to get in the office cumbersomely holding a cake and balloons while Phoenix comes in to frazzle the guard.
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