feature · 19992h 16mUS

The Matrix

Name: The Matrix
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Released: 1999
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 8.3

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

ActionScience Fiction★ 8.3(28,375)

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At a glance

Director: Lana Wachowski
Cinematography: Bill Pope
Editor: Zach Staenberg
Music: Don Davis
Costume: Kym Barrett

Department

Camera

Adrien SeffrinSecond Assistant Cameraprimary
Bill PopeDirector of Photographyprimary
Robert AgganisCamera Operatorprimary
Robert AgganisSteadicam Operatorprimary
David WilliamsonCamera Operator

Department

Grip

Greg KingDolly Gripprimary
Jay MunroKey Gripprimary

Recognition by craft

Sound Design & Foley1w

Recognition

Awards (1 won, 1 total)

Status: WONBAFTABest Sound2000Cited source (opens in new tab): [src]

Stunts

Curated set-pieces · 1

Sequence-level rigging detail — pole-cats, decelerators, picture-car modifications, named coordinators, and the SAG-AFTRA / BSR safety bulletins observed on set. Click through for the full breakdown.

Lobby shootout
3.0 minDetail →
The pre-rooftop assault on the lobby — Neo and Trinity entering with the duffel of weapons, the metal-detector stripping, the marble-pillar gunfight, and the column-sliding back-bend that lands Neo on the lobby floor. Choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping with the Wachowskis specifying every camera position; Stahelski performed Neo's wirework rehearsals at full speed before Reeves stepped into the slow-shutter takes.
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Stunts

2 crew · 2 doubling · 1 company

The stunt department on this production: credited crew, actor-double pairings, and the companies whose members brought them onto the show. Click any name to jump to their full filmography + doubling history.

Department

primary doubleChad StahelskidoubledKeanu Reevesas Neo
The bullet-time fight choreography was rehearsed with Stahelski performing every beat at full speed before Reeves stepped into the slow-shutter takes.
utility doubleOlivia JacksondoubledCarrie-Anne Mossas Trinity