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Sneakers (1992) (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by IcedRaktajino@startrek.website to c/movies@piefed.social
 

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 22 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

This is by far the best hacking movie ever made.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed and War Games is a very close second.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Same screenwriters, amazingly.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 5 points 12 hours 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 3 points 13 hours ago

No question.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours 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 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 4 points 12 hours ago

Be a beacon

[–] IAmLamp@fedia.io 2 points 12 hours ago

Brute force hacking

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

Loved that movie when I was a kid