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This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick.This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick.This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick.
Christopher McDonald
- Mitch Gibson
- (as Chris McDonald)
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Did you know
- TriviaEditors of 2600 magazine (a hacker publication) learned of this film early in its development and were at the time campaigning for Kevin Mitnick's release from prison. They filmed the documentary "Freedom Downtime" as they tried to correct many glaring errors and personal attacks on Mitnick's character in the film, protesting outside Miramax offices in New York amongst other things.
- Quotes
Kevin Mitnick: Why am I here and you are not?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Freedom Downtime (2001)
- SoundtracksThere's A Shadow
Performed by The Silos & Richard S. Butler
Written by Walter Salas-Humara, Scott Z. Burns, Richard S. Butler
Published by Lagartijo Music (BMI), Scott Z. Burns Music (BMI), Hookmeister Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Walter Salas-Humara
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Great, low budget film
Takedown is the story of Kevin Mitnick and Tsutomu Shimamura's effort to bring him down.
Whatever the accuracies of the story (and considering the egos involved, I guess we'll never know), this is a pretty riveting tale of an underground hacker playing and defeating the system. Which is all you could ever ask for in a movie. :-)
Johnny Depp lookalike Skeet Ulrich, Russell Wong, Donal Logue, Cara Buono, Amanda Peet and Angela Featherstone make this low budget movie worth while.
Whether or not the real Kevin Mitnick is a nice fellow or what he did was totally legal doesn't detract much from this ripping yarn. The production values are ok (but what would you expect from a guy who spends most of his time sitting behind a monitor in a small room?), however, the concept makes it more than worth while. Especially the "social engineering" segments are cool. Not to be missed if you're at all interested in movies about sub-cultures and the guerilla mentality.
Whatever the accuracies of the story (and considering the egos involved, I guess we'll never know), this is a pretty riveting tale of an underground hacker playing and defeating the system. Which is all you could ever ask for in a movie. :-)
Johnny Depp lookalike Skeet Ulrich, Russell Wong, Donal Logue, Cara Buono, Amanda Peet and Angela Featherstone make this low budget movie worth while.
Whether or not the real Kevin Mitnick is a nice fellow or what he did was totally legal doesn't detract much from this ripping yarn. The production values are ok (but what would you expect from a guy who spends most of his time sitting behind a monitor in a small room?), however, the concept makes it more than worth while. Especially the "social engineering" segments are cool. Not to be missed if you're at all interested in movies about sub-cultures and the guerilla mentality.
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- Alex-372
- Nov 14, 2002
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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