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Swordfish
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Swordfish is a 2001 American and Australian heist and action film directed by Dominic Sena. The screenplay was written by Skip Woods, with production handled by Joel Silver. The cast includes John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, and Don Cheadle. The film was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and Silver Pictures, with Paul Cameron serving as director of photography. Christopher Young composed the music, and Stephen E. Rivkin edited the film.
The narrative is set in Los Angeles, with filming taking place in Monaco and Long Beach. The original language is English. Swordfish has a runtime of 99 minutes. It was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format. The film’s tagline is "Log on. Hack in. Go anywhere. Steal everything."
Swordfish received a rating of 6.5 on IMDb based on 203,641 votes, and a vote average of 6.264 from 2,940 votes on TMDb. The production had a budget of 102,000,000 and generated revenue of 147,080,413.
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6.3Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.
Cast
- John Travolta as Gabriel
- Hugh Jackman as Stanley
- Halle Berry as Ginger
- Don Cheadle as Roberts
- Vinnie Jones as Marco
- Sam Shepard as Senator Reisman
Themes
- hacker
- hostage
- secret agent
- terrorism
- bank robbery
- ex-con
- wire
- misdirection
- aftercreditsstinger
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Dominic Sena
- Written by
- Skip Woods
- Produced by
- Joel Silver Jonathan D. Krane
- Starring
- John Travolta Hugh Jackman Halle Berry Don Cheadle Vinnie Jones Sam Shepard
- Cinematography
- Paul Cameron
- Edited by
- Stephen E. Rivkin
- Music by
- Christopher Young Paul Oakenfold
- Production companies
- Village Roadshow Pictures NPV Entertainment Silver Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- June 8, 2001 ( 2001-06-08 )
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $102 million
- Box office
- $147.1 million
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Official website
WarnerBros.com | Swordfish | Movies
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Encyclopedic overview
Swordfish is a 2001 American action thriller film directed by Dominic Sena, written by Skip Woods, produced by Joel Silver, and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones, and Sam Shepard.
Stanley Jobson is an ex-con and computer hacker who is recruited into a bank robbery conspiracy.
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