The Matrix [videorecording] / Village Roadshow Productions ; Groucho II Film Partnership ; Silver Pictures ; produced by Joel Silver ; written and directed by the Wachowski brothers.

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

[DVD].

Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Pictures : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c1999, 2001.

1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Neo (Reeves)-mild-mannered software author by day, feared hacker by night-is recruited into a cell of cyber-rebels, led by Morpheus (Fishburne) and the warrior Trinity (Moss). They have made a fundamental discovery about the world: It does not exist. It is only a seedy utopia where humanity is preserved, protected, and endlessly recycled by a mega-computer. Cypher (Pantoliano) turns traitorous for access to comforts unmatched by the drab post-apocalyptic real world, while Agent Smith (Weaving) dismisses humans as "a plague"--for which non-organic life is "the cure."

MPAA rating: R, sci-fi violence and brief language.

DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen presentation (aspect ratio 2.35:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.; dual-layer format.

Keanu Reeves (Neo), Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith), Gloria Foster (Oracle), Joe Pantoliano (Cypher).

Cinematographer, Bill Pope; visual effects, John Gaeta; production designer, Owen Paterson; editor, Zach Staenberg; music, Don Davis ; kung fu choreographer, Yuen Wo Ping.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Artificial intelligence -- Drama.

Dystopias -- Drama.

Feature films.

Science fiction films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Wachowski, Lilly, 1967-

Wachowski, Lana, 1965-

Silver, Joel.

Reeves, Keanu.

Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-

Moss, Carrie-Anne, 1970-

Weaving, Hugo, 1960-

Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001.

Pantoliano, Joe.

Warner Bros. Pictures (1969-)

Village Roadshow Pictures.

Groucho II Film Partnership.

Silver Pictures.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.

Special features: Cast and crew [text feature] ; The dream world: Commentary [track] by Carrie-Anne Moss, visual effects supervisor editor John Gaeta and editor Zach Staenberg ; Making "The Matrix" [making-of documentary], (25 min.) ; What is Bullet Time? [special effects documentary (red pill on the menu)] (6 min.) ; Music-only track with commentary by composer Don Davis ; Follow the white rabbit [option to play movie with viewable hidden special effects footage] ; DVD-ROM features include Matrix events ; The one ; Alternate realities ; Programmed realities ; Original theatrical web site ; links to various sites [requires Windows 95 or better, DVD-ROM drive].

Academy Award, 2000: Best editing; Best effects, sound effects editing; Best effects, visual effects; Best sound.

Trinity in a jam -- Impossible pursuit -- Follow instructions -- The question -- "They're coming for you." -- Unable to speak -- Getting the bug out -- Morpheus' proposal -- Down the rabbit hole -- Slimy rebirth -- Nebuchadnezzar's crew -- The real world -- The search is over -- Training begins -- Morpheus/Neo matchup -- First jump -- The gatekeepers -- Running silent and deep -- Dealing for bliss -- Off to see the oracle -- There is no spoon -- Choices ... and a cookie -- Glitch in the matrix -- One left behind -- Heroes unplugged -- Cypher's burnout -- Matters of belief -- Virus to be cured -- Lobby shooting spree -- Dodge this -- Gotcha -- Rooftop rescue -- Subway showdown -- "My name is Neo." -- Sentinels attack -- "He is the one." -- Final connections -- End credits.

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