A man named Thomas Anderson (otherwise called Neo), carries on with a normal life during the year 1999 . A software geek by day and a PC hacker around evening time, he sits alone at home by his screen, hanging tight for a sign, a sign – from what or whom he doesn’t have the foggiest idea – until one evening, a secretive lady named Trinity searches him out and acquaints him with that unremarkable person he has been sitting tight for: Morpheus. A savior of sorts, Morpheus gives Neo reality with regards to his reality by revealing insight into the dim insider facts that have disturbed him for such a long time
The Matrix
R
Duration: 2h 16min
Release Date: 31 March 1999
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
Director: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
IMDb: 8.7
Box Office Collection
Budget: $63,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA: $27,788,331 Apr 4, 1999
Gross USA: $171,479,930
Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $466,625,730
Awards:
| Academy Awards, USA 2000 |
| Best Film Editing Zach Staenberg Best Sound John T. Reitz Gregg Rudloff David E. Campbell David Lee Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing Dane A. Davis Best Effects, Visual Effects John Gaeta Janek Sirrs Steve Courtley Jon Thum |
| BAFTA Awards 2000 |
| est Sound David Lee John T. Reitz Gregg Rudloff David E. Campbell Dane A. Davis Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects John Gaeta Steve Courtley Janek Sirrs Jon Thum |
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2000 |
| Best Science Fiction Film Best Director Lilly Wachowski Lana Wachowski |
| American Cinema Editors, USA 2000 |
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Zach Staenberg |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards 1999 |
| Best Film Editing Zach Staenberg Best Sound Best Visual Effects |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 |
| Favorite Actor – Action/Science Fiction Keanu Reeves Favorite Supporting Actor – Action/Science-Fiction Laurence Fishburne |
| BMI Film & TV Awards 1999 |
| BMI Film Music Award |
| Don Davis |
| Bogey Awards, Germany 1999 |
| Bogey Award in Gold |
| Cinema Audio Society, USA 2000 |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film John T. Reitz (re-recording mixer) Gregg Rudloff (re-recording mixer) David E. Campbell (re-recording mixer) David Lee (production mixer) |
| Csapnivalo Awards 2000 |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Carrie-Anne Moss Best Actor in a Leading Role Keanu Reeves Tied with Hugh Grant for Notting Hill (1999). Best Visual Effects |
| DVD Exclusive Awards 2003 |
| Artistic Achievement Award |
| Golden Trailer Awards 1999 |
| Best of Show Best Art and Commerce Best Action Best Edit |
| Jupiter Award 1999 |
| Best International Film Lilly Wachowski Lana Wachowski Best International Director Lilly Wachowski Lana Wachowski |
| Key Art Awards 2000 |
| Best of Show – Audiovisual For the trailer. |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2000 |
| Best Visual Effects John Gaeta |
| Mainichi Film Concours 2000 |
| Best Foreign Language Film Lilly Wachowski Lana Wachowski |
Casts
| Keanu Reeves | Neo |
| Laurence Fishburne | Morpheus |
| Carrie-Anne Moss | Trinity |
| Hugo Weaving | Agent Smith |
| Gloria Foster | Oracle |
| Joe Pantoliano | Cypher |
| Marcus Chong | Tank |
| Julian Arahanga | Apoc |
| Matt Doran | Mouse |
| Belinda McClory | Switch |
Writing Credits
| Lilly Wachowski | (written by) (as The Wachowski Brothers) & |
| Lana Wachowski | (written by) (as The Wachowski Brothers) |
