The official website, www.whatisthematrix.com, features a revolving showcase of comic book writers.
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The actors initially thought combat training would take a few weeks. They eventually trained for more than five months (October 1997-March 1998), primarily because the actors and the Wachowskis wanted to limit the use of stunt doubles in the picture; the directors wanted the audience to see that the actual actors were performing the stunts.
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The Wachowski brothers got their start at Marvel Comics, where they wrote dialogue for Clive Barker's HELLRAISER.
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Theatrical release date: April 2, 1999.
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THE MATRIX won three Academy Awards: Achievement in Film Editing, Sound, and Visual Effects (beating out STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE). In each category, the winners quoted a line from the film.
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Each actor had their own kung fu master on the set.
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Neo is an anagram for "One."
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The Wachowskis named Neo’s alter ego Thomas, for the biblical Doubting Thomas.
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SIMULACRA AND SIMULATION, Jean Baudrillard’s theoretical text concerning culture, reality, and simulation, is the title of the book Neo uses to keep his contraband.
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Carrie-Anne Moss sprained her ankle during the filming of the federal lobby scene but told no one at the time, even though she was unable to walk the next day.
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Moss appeared in the 1993 television show MATRIX, about a hit man working for the underworld.
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A musical theater piece by the Live Bait Theater group in Chicago (the Wachowski brothers’ hometown) called NEO: A MATRIX MUSICAL ran in May 2000.
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Producer Joel Silver called THE MATRIX "the first film of the new millennium."
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Talking about the making of the film, Fishburne compared the brothers Wachowski to the Brothers Grimm in their ability to tell fairy tales.
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Weapons expert Rock Galotti taught the cast how to realistically hold and shoot all the weapons in the film.Platinum Boxed Collector's Set includes 8 Original Lobby Cards and Limited Edition "Senitype" Image with 35mm Film Frame
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DVD Features:
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Region 1
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Snap Case
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2-Disk Set
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Disc One - THE MATRIX:
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Notes: Additional DVD-ROM features include Three Original Essays: "From Script to Screen" - A Retrospective on Comic-Book Based Films, "Everybody Loves Kung-Fu Fighting!" - A Retrospective on Martial Arts, "Infinity and Beyond!" - A Retrospective on Science-Fiction Films. Related Articles: "A Hacker's Haunting Vision of Beauty" - New York Times, "If the Cityscape is only a Dream" - New York Times, "Metaphysics" - Time Magazine, "Maximizing THE MATRIX" - Newsweek Magazine
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