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Sneakers (1992) (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by IcedRaktajino@startrek.website to c/movies@piefed.social
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With Robert Redford's passing all over the news, figured I'd share my favorite movie of his (he's got so many, but this one remains my favorite).

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is by far the best hacking movie ever made.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Agreed and War Games is a very close second.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same screenwriters, amazingly.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

OMG, Ididn’t know that. That is great!

I guarantee someone made a conscious decision to hire him for Sneakers.

Wargames was the Hacker Movie until Sneakers.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

No question.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you haven’t watched the movie but might, don’t watch this spoiler

One of my favorite scenes in any movie

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Absolutely! I still laugh at that even knowing what's coming.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Be a beacon

[–] IAmLamp@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Brute force hacking

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Loved that movie when I was a kid