Happened upon an old spy movie called Sneakers from 1992

[durrrty libby]

NSA / eaves dropping on Americans. Kind of scary what the special box can do. Anyone ever watch it?


I only saw the last hour, but it looked pretty good and there sure were some big names in it.

Ben Kingsley, Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, James Earl Jones

Made me wonder if our govt gets all its big ideas from movies.

[Taxloss]

1. Oddly enough, there was another thread about this yesterday.

It's a great film. Amazing cast, great plot arc.

[MountainLaurel]

2. A great movie

Be sure to watch the first half as well.

[Rosco T.]

3. 'Setec Astronomy'

remember it.

[durrrty libby]

7. 'Setec Astronomy' haha

Too many secrets.....

[Recursion]

4. Sneakers? Heck yeah!

You must not have been a geek in the early '90s if you missed that.

Great early popularization of the importance of cryptography, which is still a pet peeve of mine that the subject isn't more popular.

[DelawareValleyDem]

5. Yep seen it several times

The scene where Redford and Kingsley meet for the first time in years is one of my all time favorites.

[zippy890]

6. good movie - also check 'Enemy of the State'

1998 film with Will Smith & Gene Hackman
NSA is the featured corrupt agency,

[DearAbby]

8. Yes, I have it in my video library

Good movie, and also as suggested upper in thread, the film, Enemy of the state. Both enlightening.

[chaplainM]

9. My favorite scene (no spoiler)

...is the "high-tech method" the burglar used for getting the door open.

[jmowreader]

10. I hate the "blind date" scene

Come on. Couldn't she have just started talking about taking him on a trip abroad instead of that corny-ass "You know what word I'd love to hear you say? Passport." line she actually used?

(For those of you who have not had the opportunity to see this movie...Robert Redford's organization was trying to get The 40 Year Old Virgin, who had access to the super secret secured area they were trying to get into, to say the phrase "My voice is my passport; identify me" one word at a time so they could piece it together and use the tape to get past the voice-activated lock. Uhh...guys, if you've got a place that's THAT super secret and secure, there's going to be a huge motherfucker with a gun sitting at the door checking badges.)

[BlooInBloo]

11. Excellent movie! Very fun!

Even older, I think, is "No Way Out". Even Kevin-Costner-haters can't help but dig that movie.

Good times - good times!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. No Way Out has the best twist ending EVER. A B Minus kind of movie, with

an A ++++ ending that makes it a classic to me.

I like Costner but he's kind of a stiff, as an actor. Works okay in some movies, in others, not so much.

[BlooInBloo]

14. It one of my top-5 spy-thrillers of all time.

[Sal Minella]

13. .....

Ben Kingsley, Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, James Earl Jones

and, if I remember correctly, David Straithairn as the blind guy driving the van.....

[durrrty libby]

17. “David Straithairn as the blind guy driving the van.....”

Ok yeah..I knew that guy looked familiar. He played Edward R Murrow in Good night and Good luck.

[Sal Minella]

21. Right. He was also a very sexy neighbor in "Passionfish" and

a psychopathic pimp in "L.A. Confidential" and has always done an excellent job as an actor in a bazillion movies, and I was so pleased to see him cast in "Murrow." http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000657/

[karlrschneider]

15. I generally have zero recollection of a movie after a day or 2

but do recall that I did see it although I remember nothing at all -about- it except that River Phoenix was in it. How weird is that?...

[etherealtruth]

20. All I recall is that Ben kingsley was in it ...

... like you, I know I saw it.

[Yavin4]

16. I Have Been Trying to Find the Soundtrack for Sneakers

but no luck.

[Greeby]

18. Loved the last scene with the news report (SPOILER, I guess)

Which announces that the RNC is mysteriously bankrupt :evilgrin:

[Alamom]

19. Great movie. I rented it not too long ago for a friend who had not

seen it.