The Matrix
1999 · 136 MIN · IMDB 8.7 · 2,137,576 VOTES · DIR. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,304 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:49 - Is everything in place? - You weren't supposed to relieve me
00:08:43 You get caught using that...
00:12:12 You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson.
00:16:43 I can't do this.
00:22:26 ,,, looking for you
00:27:08 You know something.
00:31:37 What if you were unable to wake from that dream?
00:39:43 ...training simulations...
00:43:39 No.
00:47:12 - Zion? - If the war was over tomorrow...
00:52:52 Know you are.
00:57:51 Inside the Matrix...
01:02:10 Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here.
01:05:50 Maybe what I think Tastee Wheat tasted like actually tasted like...
01:09:55 She would say she knows enough.
01:14:28 Balls to bones.
01:19:04 Was it the same cat?
01:26:07 Where are they?
01:29:37 Not like this.
01:33:13 Look out that window.
01:36:20 That's what it looks like, but it's not.
01:40:00 ...this zoo...
01:52:02 ...what you needed to hear.
02:00:59 Oh, no.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,304
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:00:49
Final line02:00:59
Production Record
DirectorLana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
LanguageEnglish
Budget$63,000,000
Revenue$463,517,383
IMDb votes2,137,576
Factoids
Production
The film's bullet-time look became one of the defining visual effects styles of the late 1990s.
production notes
Theme
The story blends cyberpunk action with questions about identity, control, and perceived reality.
editorial