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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social

Made the kids watch Sneakers with me for Fathers' Day last night and man does it hold up. Criminally slept-on film.

jun 16, 2025, 6:25 pm • 4,193 203

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social

I went and read some contemporarenous reviews and they were middling. The movie had a decent box office, but mostly met with both commerical and critical "meh". But I think it's genuinely outstanding.

jun 16, 2025, 6:27 pm • 470 4 • view
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David Reeves aka Photoline @photoline.bsky.social

What an all-star ensemble. After what seems like 2 decades of non-stop zombie and superhero movies, maybe a real nut'n'bolts spy thriller is a tonic.

jun 16, 2025, 6:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nisch Raval @nischraval.bsky.social

I think us movie lovers yearn for the time when movies were actually original, intelligent and focused on the acting and writing. It's a really good movie.

jun 16, 2025, 6:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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Chris @crispy717.bsky.social

I think maybe because Sneakers is a weird name for a movie but I can’t really elaborate

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 3 0 • view
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Seamus Petrie @seamuspetrie.bsky.social

The filmmakers had to add swear words to the movie, out of fear that it’d get a G or PG rating — which, combined with the title “Sneakers,” would have suggested it was a kids movie.

jun 16, 2025, 7:03 pm • 3 0 • view
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maryr✨ @merveille.bsky.social

To be fair, you are a nerd and it is a nerd movie.

jun 16, 2025, 8:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Daniel Roberts🇺🇦 @drobertsimg.bsky.social

MSNBC-tec Astronomy

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 5 0 • view
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becklet13.bsky.social @becklet13.bsky.social

I love the part where they figure out the location from the sound of the bridge spacers.

jun 16, 2025, 8:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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Cool Hand Nuke LaLoosh @smokeoferin.bsky.social

One of my favorites!

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Worddancer21 @worddancer21.bsky.social

Personally think it’s the age of the reviewers at the time, many of whom were still using typewriters

jun 16, 2025, 6:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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Joe Berkowitz @joeberkowitz.bsky.social

“One of the best uses of River Phoenix” is barely a top 5 good thing about it.

jun 16, 2025, 6:56 pm • 7 0 • view
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athaclenas.bsky.social @athaclenas.bsky.social

It's a dang shame. One of my ALL TIME favorite movies and as someone in IT they did a REALLY good job on how social engineering can be used to skirt even the most hardened systems. And it all still, absolutely holds up.

jun 16, 2025, 8:34 pm • 1 0 • view
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A Man Has No Name 🇺🇦 @manhasnoname.bsky.social

I feel the same about Detective School Dropouts.

jun 16, 2025, 10:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Call @davidscall.bsky.social

You are correct.

jun 16, 2025, 6:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social

Wild, if only because literally two weeks ago I also recalled Sneakers and also looked up old reviews and also was surprised by the critical reaction given my fond recollection. Will rewatch!

jun 16, 2025, 6:32 pm • 4 0 • view
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Gen X Vet @bluegenxveteran.bsky.social

Everyone I go over a bridge or attend a cocktail party, I think of David Straithairn.

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 84 0 • view
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Michael Marquis Albright @chicagomstie.bsky.social

"What did it sound like, Bish?"

jun 16, 2025, 7:30 pm • 6 0 • view
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Aaron @tennbengal.bsky.social

Yup. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

jun 16, 2025, 6:46 pm • 4 0 • view
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Dr Tom Hill @tomhjhill.bsky.social

lol same

jun 16, 2025, 6:48 pm • 5 0 • view
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Ann Marie Mc @annmariemc0329.bsky.social

Same.

jun 16, 2025, 8:18 pm • 3 0 • view
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BrennanSea @brennansea.bsky.social

The cast is pretty amazing for such an under the radar film.

jun 16, 2025, 6:28 pm • 15 0 • view
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Erik Johnson @terminalmage.bsky.social

I feel like the reviews were "meh" because social engineering isn't the "sexy" (and utterly unrealistic) kind of hacking that is typically depicted in TV and film.

jun 16, 2025, 7:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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SarcARSEtic Irish Paw Paw @irish-pawpaw.bsky.social

It moved smoothly, loved the door opening scene lol

jun 16, 2025, 11:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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clover0310.bsky.social @clover0310.bsky.social

It's a favorite of mine too! The story and characters are just fantastic.

jun 16, 2025, 6:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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jan hayashi (me) @sailracer808.bsky.social

“I want a Winnebago.”

jun 16, 2025, 6:58 pm • 2 0 • view
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Steven Scott @scottstevrva.bsky.social

Too many secrets. That was the problem with it.

jun 16, 2025, 7:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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grannysally.bsky.social @grannysally.bsky.social

Have loved this movie for a long time— watch it 2-3 times a year! You have good taste!

jun 16, 2025, 7:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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David J Snyder @davidjsnyder.bsky.social

It’s so good.

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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harrisonwalford.bsky.social @harrisonwalford.bsky.social

My favorite part of Father's Day is I get to pick what we watch on tv!

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social

I was a clerk at a ma-and-pa video store when it got its VHS release; it found its dedicated audience in the movie rental market.

jun 17, 2025, 2:45 am • 0 0 • view
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loganpass @loganmshannon.com

I rented it from the video store I worked at knowing nothing about it back in the 90s, watched it, REWOUND THE TAPE and watched it again. It’s in my top ten favorites for sure. I loved the opening credit design, I loved the acting, I loved the cocktail party geese, the sexiness of the word passport.

jun 16, 2025, 6:42 pm • 3 0 • view
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Mark Ka$hman @mkashman.bsky.social

100% agree. The film score alone carries it. 🎼

jun 17, 2025, 6:09 am • 0 0 • view
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WendyD @wdecora.bsky.social

I saw it in the theater back in the day and it remains one of my favorites. TOO MANY SECRETS.

jun 16, 2025, 6:51 pm • 2 0 • view
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NShadow @nshadow.bsky.social

I think letterboxd really is the best metric these days. Sneakers has a 3.5 on there, which is very solid

jun 16, 2025, 6:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social

Completely silly and contrived, and one of my favorite movies. "Fine. A Winnebago" in Darth Vader's voice was a highlight.

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 13 0 • view
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Seamus Petrie @seamuspetrie.bsky.social

James Earl Jones and Sidney Poitier each saying “Tahiti” is beautiful.

jun 16, 2025, 6:47 pm • 9 0 • view
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jeofree @jeofree.bsky.social

"Tahiti is not in Europe!"

jun 16, 2025, 6:49 pm • 4 0 • view
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Seamus Petrie @seamuspetrie.bsky.social

That negotiation scene might be my favorite of the film. The whole movie’s vibe is “trust no one” but they need *someone* to come in at the end & convey an honest guy in authority — someone w/ more gravitas than Redford & Poitier. That could *only* be James Earl Jones (as ersatz Admiral Greer).

jun 16, 2025, 7:01 pm • 8 0 • view
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Aldo Nadi @aldonadi.bsky.social

My usual example of authority casting is: Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood was not good, but they nailed the ending when King Richard the Lionheart shows up and it’s Sean Connery.

jun 16, 2025, 7:26 pm • 3 0 • view
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Seamus Petrie @seamuspetrie.bsky.social

Perfect example. Like a closer in baseball - someone you count on to come in at the end to throw heat. It’s often a bit of stunt casting, b/c you need a movie star to carry the weight. Ed Harris in Snowpiercer, Sigourney Weaver in Cabin in the Woods, etc.

jun 16, 2025, 10:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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Some Say They Do @pipsdontsqueak.bsky.social

Personally will always love Ben Kingsley's delivery on, "You will give me the box, right now. Or I will kill you...right now."

jun 16, 2025, 6:54 pm • 7 0 • view
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Jason 8647 Paul @jasonpaul.bsky.social

Ben Kingsley is universally considered amazing, yet is somehow still underrated.

jun 16, 2025, 7:29 pm • 3 0 • view
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Tech Dad @topbenbos.bsky.social

It's a great movie, especially for anyone in tech.

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kim Moscaritolo @kimmosc.bsky.social

I remember Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars, because he was rarely wrong!

jun 16, 2025, 7:11 pm • 2 0 • view
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Eric @ericstutz.bsky.social

It’s a great film and I miss that genre of drama that is suspenseful and well written but not filled with 100 action scenes. You might like ‘The Game’ too with Michael Douglas. Another smartly crafted plot.

jun 16, 2025, 6:52 pm • 4 0 • view
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TesTes @tesfaded.bsky.social

The Game, Double Jeopardy, heck all those 80’s/90’s films were scripted well.

jun 17, 2025, 3:44 am • 1 0 • view
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audionaught.bsky.social @audionaught.bsky.social

Whenever anyone talks about quantum computers I think about Seatech Astronomy... ugh

jun 16, 2025, 8:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social

The denouement scene is a bit extra, and the comic relief bit at the very end...idk. But generally, yes, an excellent family film.

jun 16, 2025, 6:47 pm • 12 0 • view
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jonmiles.bsky.social @jonmiles.bsky.social

This movie made me obsessed with Bay Area bridges.

jun 16, 2025, 6:50 pm • 11 0 • view
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loongudom.bsky.social @loongudom.bsky.social

Watched it when it came out, watched it since. Good movie.

jun 16, 2025, 9:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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S-Mart @smartshopper.bsky.social

such a treat having James Earl Jones show up, great scene.

jun 16, 2025, 7:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Sarah Smylie @sarahsmylienc.bsky.social

100% agree on Sneakers. Just made my kids watch War Games, which also fits in that category for me. Holds up!

jun 16, 2025, 7:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Gutt Levy @stomachtax.bsky.social

Easily in the top ten of that decade. I evangelize about it constantly

jun 16, 2025, 7:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sam Park @sam520.bsky.social

You are correct, Sir!

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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specksnyder.bsky.social @specksnyder.bsky.social

I 100% agree. A definite fav.

jun 16, 2025, 6:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nancy Docken📎 @mimadocken.bsky.social

I made my grandchildren watch it with me. Our first copy was on VHS. TALK ABOUT PERFECT CASTING!!!! “Practice, practice, practice!” “I just love the word passport.”

jun 16, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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Baron Elon Harkonnen @m3hp3dl.bsky.social

It's probably better than any mission impossible movie. I was recently reminded how extremely silly those movies are. Not that Sneakers isn't at all silly, but the premise is not nearly as convoluted and ridiculous. The basic premise is now very much a possibility with quantum computing and AI.

jun 16, 2025, 7:10 pm • 3 0 • view
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Baron Elon Harkonnen @m3hp3dl.bsky.social

Plus great actors and some really funny moments, good movie 👍

jun 16, 2025, 7:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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mcbeave17.bsky.social @mcbeave17.bsky.social

I enjoyed it when it came out but even then recognized it had "3rd Act problems". The first 2 Acts keep upping the ante, setting up a tension the 3rd Act has no hope of paying off. Great cast and a solid premise, but unfortunately it never gets where it's trying to go.

jun 16, 2025, 7:03 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nixified @nixified1083.bsky.social

I saw it in a theater back in the day, and our audience (no lie) clapped and cheered at the end. "We're the United States government, we don't DO that sort of thing." 😁

jun 16, 2025, 7:33 pm • 1 0 • view
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slowadapter.bsky.social @slowadapter.bsky.social

It is genuinely one of my favorite movies of all time.

jun 16, 2025, 6:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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Molk | The Guidefather 👍🇦🇺📺 @molk.bsky.social

It’s super fun…and what a cast!

jun 16, 2025, 6:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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ruthwe.bsky.social @ruthwe.bsky.social

Slate magazine did a whole series on it I think a while ago.

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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noahlz @noahlz.bsky.social

Saw it first run theaters! Only complaint was that Ben Kingsley was a bit too cliche as a villain.

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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auntiealove.bsky.social @auntiealove.bsky.social

It is. Sydney Poitier is epic !

jun 16, 2025, 6:55 pm • 2 0 • view
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hrad.bsky.social @hrad.bsky.social

This is your best take

jun 16, 2025, 6:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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Doug Garrison @dhgarrison.bsky.social

Also Horner’s soprano sax-driven score is understatedly phenomenal

jun 16, 2025, 7:13 pm • 2 0 • view
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mikeherbick.bsky.social @ogmikeherbick.bsky.social

I agree! I mixed the soundtrack.

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 8 0 • view
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🇺🇸🇲🇽 The Babe with the Power @babewiththepower.bsky.social

I mean, it's James Horner!

jun 16, 2025, 8:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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🫘 SpudsMcCrazy 🇳🇿🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇮🇪 @spudsmccrazy.bsky.social

Oh man! That's a classic! I love that film

jun 16, 2025, 6:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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charlesblumenthal.com @charlesblumenthal.com

So good

jun 16, 2025, 8:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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🇨🇦 crucialwax 🔵 @crucialwax.com

Um, but he sat on Cray supercomputer like it was a freakin’ park bench! I gasped out loud in the theatre. The disrespect.

jun 16, 2025, 8:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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SoloSojourner @solosojourner.bsky.social

In the box office ‘Sneakers’ was up against ‘Unforgiven’, ‘Husbands and Wives’ and ‘Single White Female’. With that said, it was fun, but maybe too light for a story about surveillance, blackmail, and global power, with some serious logic gaps. It’s definitely aged into ‘cult’ status.

jun 16, 2025, 6:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Michael Davis @miklextic.bsky.social

Same

jun 16, 2025, 7:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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RD @dyvik.bsky.social

Have always loved this film. Music is outstanding too.

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Anne Stott @theannestott.bsky.social

One of my favorite “fun movie that doesn’t insult your intelligence” movies. A genre I created. I watch it once a year or so. Always a pleasure.

jun 16, 2025, 6:28 pm • 3 0 • view
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Torr 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social

I wish "Sneakers" was streaming somewhere for "free"...

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Torr 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social

80% of critics' reviews were positive: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sneakers

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Baban Kathy @lcmama.bsky.social

Love Sneakers. My kind and patient daughter would indulge me and watch one of the LOTR extended version movies for my Mother’s Day gift. Your choice is much shorter.

jun 16, 2025, 7:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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Fury Pops @popsfury.bsky.social

When trying new keyboards I always consider whether someone can determine my password by the clicking sounds.

jun 16, 2025, 6:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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CB @christopherburns.bsky.social

A rock-solid indication of a great movie is when one of these pops up. Settle in, you will not regret it.

A beige, 90's vintage acoustic modem. A touch-tone telephone handset sits on an old-fashioned comms cradle.
jun 16, 2025, 7:03 pm • 4 0 • view
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Neil but not pumpkin spiced @burghpunk.bsky.social

Sneakers and Spy Game are two of Redford’s best films and he has a pretty tremendous catalog.

jun 16, 2025, 6:38 pm • 2 0 • view
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Matt T @powersoffour.bsky.social

Have you seen the press kit? It's *amazing*. Archive.org has an emulated version of it: archive.org/details/Snea... That movie is incredible top to bottom, and I have used Whistler's audio-to-map journey in classes as a demonstration of storytelling and (even) manifold remapping of variables.

jun 16, 2025, 6:32 pm • 22 2 • view
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Tim Bevilacqua @bevilacqua-t.bsky.social

Neat

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jun 16, 2025, 11:17 pm • 4 0 • view
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Audrey @bluedymoos.bsky.social

One of my all-time favorites and I'm not a person who usually enjoys suspense.

jun 16, 2025, 8:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Maximum Mary @maximummary.bsky.social

As someone who had middling thoughts on it when it came out, part of the reaction was that the actors were just the wrong ages and vibe for who they (especially the younger versions) would have been. It made the whole thing seem off. Young Redford as a phreak is just laughable.

jun 16, 2025, 8:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Maximum Mary @maximummary.bsky.social

Some of strangeness has been lost as time passes and the story and characters are accepted on their own terms. I get why people like it, but the backstory just feels off. I know they did it to justify having Redford as the lead, but in 1992 we remembered the 1969 Redford.

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Maximum Mary @maximummary.bsky.social

It’s the same problem any John Wick prequel would have. We know what young Keanu Reeves looked like and his vibe and it was absolutely not cold assassin killing machine. Part of the appeal of the Wick films is his reinvention. Young Wick is not young Keanu.

jun 16, 2025, 8:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mr. Nick Beaudrot @nbeaudrot.bsky.social

Looking at the top 20 movies that came out that year I can see why reviewers said "meh". There were a lot of bangers that year.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social

This list is incredible! #RETVRN

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Infynyty @infynyty.bsky.social

I remember being aware of/seeing almost every single movie on this list, all but 2, but I’ve never heard of Sneakers until Chris’ post. I think I’ll watch it tonight.

jun 16, 2025, 7:44 pm • 4 0 • view
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Chicago Progressive @chiprogressive.bsky.social

It's a smart caper movie . Come on, Sydney Poitier, Robert Redford, and weirdly enough, Ben Kingsley and Dan Ackroyd. Also the sorely missed River Phoenix.

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Infynyty @infynyty.bsky.social

Wow. I’m kind of stumped about how I might have missed seeing ads or promotional tours. I watched so much late show, etc at that time… Well I will correct this wrong soon.

jun 16, 2025, 8:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Chicago Progressive @chiprogressive.bsky.social

Also, If you haven't watched it yet, I strongly recommend "Real Genius".

jun 16, 2025, 8:46 pm • 2 0 • view
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cvf0.bsky.social @cvf0.bsky.social

10000000%

jun 16, 2025, 8:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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Burrowcrat @burrowcrat.bsky.social

All time great cast And the idea of a radical 60s boomer becoming a rich tech criminal was ahead of its time

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 17 0 • view
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The Urban Dragon @urbandragons.com

As a computer geek, my friends and I loved the accuracy when it came out. Great movie b

jun 16, 2025, 7:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social

So good. TOO MANY SECRETS

jun 16, 2025, 6:46 pm • 3 0 • view
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Susan Gunn @susangunn.bsky.social

World Peace!!!!

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Seamus Petrie @seamuspetrie.bsky.social

We’re the United States government, we don’t do that sort of thing.

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wfulford.bsky.social @wfulford.bsky.social

Agreed. Another film like that is Inside Man with Denzel Washington. Not a big box office but such a great cast and rock-solid movie.

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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brucegottesman.bsky.social @brucegottesman.bsky.social

Sneakers and Inside Man? Instant follow…

jun 16, 2025, 11:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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wfulford.bsky.social @wfulford.bsky.social

Lol

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Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social

"Don’t tell me you can’t do it because I know you can. And don’t tell me you won’t do it because I’ve got to have it. I need to know and I need to know now!”

jun 16, 2025, 6:47 pm • 2 0 • view
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Laura Clawson @lauraclawson.bsky.social

The New York Times review got the main character’s name wrong!

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Керрі Світ🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺 @carriesweet.bsky.social

Probably because it ends with the bankrupting of the RNC?

jun 16, 2025, 6:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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bletts.bsky.social @bletts.bsky.social

Omg, one of my favorites.

jun 16, 2025, 10:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Doug Zeigler @scotchfullyyours.bsky.social

"They'll give us 20 years in the electric chair!" One of the best heist movies ever, imo.

jun 16, 2025, 8:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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RandomBrandon @bcarl314.bsky.social

Setec Astronomy

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tgage @tgagemurphy.bsky.social

Stephen Tobolowsky shines bright.

jun 16, 2025, 6:27 pm • 7 0 • view
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Chris Andersen @chris-andersen.bsky.social

He never fails to elevate whatever he is in.

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Greenapple2004 @greenapple2004.bsky.social

I saw it in the theater with my parents, and, randomly, then-Massachusetts governor Bill Weld. It immediately became a family favorite for us, dunno about Bill.

jun 16, 2025, 8:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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Cat in the Hat @northcarolinats.bsky.social

Ben Kingsley is acting out of his shoes in that joint

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Josephine Kavanagh @ourhaus.bsky.social

Off to see who's streaming it! Tonight's entertainment. 😊

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Massive Mobile Maisonette - M³ @m-m-maisonette.bsky.social

Good heist films are rare. This is one of them.

jun 16, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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Emily Egan @emilypegan.bsky.social

100%. That cast is amazing!!!

jun 16, 2025, 6:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nostalgium Arcanum @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social

We covered it earlier this year. It’s still incredible all these years later. share.fireside.fm/episode/gEYr...

jun 16, 2025, 8:14 pm • 3 1 • view
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Scott Saenz @scottsaenz.bsky.social

One of my favorites

jun 16, 2025, 6:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kurt Weldon @kurtweldon.bsky.social

Despite the acclaim for Field of Dreams, Phil Alden Robinson is terribly underrated. I just re-watched In The Mood a couple weeks back, which I highly recommend. (It's on Kanopy, if your local liberry offers that.) Sneakers is next on my list

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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brucegottesman.bsky.social @brucegottesman.bsky.social

I’ve been known to say “That’s jot easy what I just did” which comes from this movie…

jun 16, 2025, 11:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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True Blue 206 @trueblue206.bsky.social

One of my Redford movie

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Penny Flynn @pennyflynn.bsky.social

I remember that being advertised when I lived in Madrid in the 80s I think, but never watched it. Might give it a go.

jun 16, 2025, 7:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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mklinger421.bsky.social @mklinger421.bsky.social

One of our favorites. The tech is ancient but the themes still resound.

jun 16, 2025, 6:42 pm • 2 0 • view
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waxmonkey @waxmonkey.bsky.social

its still great shit

jun 16, 2025, 6:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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colleen @dakittymom.bsky.social

Love Sneakers! Great film 😁

jun 16, 2025, 8:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jade Teesy @vem-osca.bsky.social

YES. Still one of my faves.

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golfgate.bsky.social @golfgate.bsky.social

Love when River Phoenix asks for the agents number the end.

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@wayneslaven.bsky.social @wayneslaven.bsky.social

I love that movie. Amazing cast, great script.

jun 16, 2025, 7:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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dropoutjon.bsky.social @dropoutjon.bsky.social

Reminds me of…

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dropoutjon.bsky.social @dropoutjon.bsky.social

Including our elections btw

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dropoutjon.bsky.social @dropoutjon.bsky.social

It’s a living. Not a very good one.

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twotwotwo.bsky.social @twotwotwo.bsky.social

Robert Redford kicking in the keypad lock explains about half of computer security

jun 16, 2025, 6:48 pm • 14 0 • view
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twotwotwo.bsky.social @twotwotwo.bsky.social

For the other half I'd need a good metaphor for buffer overflows

jun 16, 2025, 6:48 pm • 3 0 • view
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Cheryl B. @cherylbrown30.bsky.social

That is a good one.

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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larrymick08.bsky.social @larrymick08.bsky.social

Love that movie.

jun 16, 2025, 6:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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AuthorKWilliams @captainmaiel.bsky.social

River💙😢

jun 16, 2025, 7:30 pm • 6 0 • view
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Wyldling_42 @wyldling42.bsky.social

I’d like the phone number of the agent with the Uzi.

jun 17, 2025, 6:05 pm • 2 0 • view
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AuthorKWilliams @captainmaiel.bsky.social

🥰

jun 17, 2025, 9:04 pm • 1 0 • view
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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social

Too many secrets.

jun 16, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Matthew Johnson @mjohnsonuu.bsky.social

It’s so so so good

jun 16, 2025, 6:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Paul Goldstein @phgoldstein.bsky.social

Amen

jun 16, 2025, 6:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social

Peak GenX film! On so many levels

jun 17, 2025, 1:45 am • 5 0 • view
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Nayan Ramachandran @thetrin.bsky.social

I was just rewatching Sneakers a few nights ago. Incredible film.

jun 16, 2025, 6:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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Nayan Ramachandran @thetrin.bsky.social

Insane that a fun little film like Sneakers had Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, AND Ben Kingsley.

jun 16, 2025, 6:27 pm • 9 1 • view
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ChrisLikesPie @chrislikespie.bsky.social

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Brett Baldridge @brettbaldridge.bsky.social

Terrific score by the late, great James Horner as well. Really sells the casual smarts of it all very well.

jun 16, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jamie P Rose @jamieprose.bsky.social

It was one of the best movies ever.

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Jason Sansbury @lifeofjaws.bsky.social

So many great actors in that film doing great work. Maybe the best heist film ever.

jun 16, 2025, 6:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mr Mac for CA-10 @jessemackinnon.com

SETEC Astronomy is an in-joke I put in little places in my writing. No one has ever mentioned the reference, but it always makes me happy.

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 3 0 • view
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Keith Houston ➡️ PAX WEST @keithhoustonvoices.bsky.social

@priscillapage.bsky.social has some good things to say.

jun 16, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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PhotonPainter @davidjamos.bsky.social

One of those great wee films that shows you can have a great movie without bad language and gratuitous violence.

jun 16, 2025, 11:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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James "enduring Silksong" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social

Giving Poitier the single PG-13 F-bomb was comedic genius.

jun 17, 2025, 12:41 am • 2 0 • view
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StrickDavie @strickdavie.bsky.social

Beautiful movie. One of my favs.

jun 17, 2025, 9:10 am • 2 0 • view
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momosmomma.bsky.social @momosmomma.bsky.social

Haha I just returned it to the library! I thought same thing.

jun 17, 2025, 1:06 am • 0 0 • view
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joshuatanzer.bsky.social @joshuatanzer.bsky.social

I've shockingly never heard of it, especially given this cast: Robert Redford Dan Aykroyd Ben Kingsley Mary McDonnell River Phoenix Sidney Poitier David Strathairn

jun 17, 2025, 5:10 am • 0 0 • view
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LittleOldGramma 😻 @sgilley02.bsky.social

Lol!

jun 17, 2025, 5:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jason Miller @tiojason323.bsky.social

Our Father's Day film was "Dumb and Dumber," as worthy a classic as "Sneakers"!

jun 16, 2025, 10:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lisa @celtzo.bsky.social

My voice is my passport

jun 16, 2025, 7:37 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dokterrudi @dokterrudi.bsky.social

Even back then Sandhill Rd was evil.

jun 16, 2025, 6:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kerry Dwyer Nichols 🌻 @quiltbunny.bsky.social

Love that film

jun 16, 2025, 9:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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Schrödinger’s Catch-22 @lunaticsandwich.bsky.social

Echoing the great movie sentiment. Other notionally similar underrated 90s movies: Guarding Tess, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Grosse Point Blank.

jun 16, 2025, 6:43 pm • 11 1 • view
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Aidan Cook @aidancook.bsky.social

Afterhours - the vehicle Griffin Dunne deserved, Scorsese directing, superb support, even Cheech & Chong cameo, Best Director at Cannes. Nobody cared.

jun 17, 2025, 7:53 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jennifer Markley @antonioandfrankie.bsky.social

Loved Cage & McClaine in “Guarding Tess”-need to watch it again!!

jun 16, 2025, 9:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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Acy @aprilneo.bsky.social

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched The Long Kiss Goodnight 😁 I watch it when I’m feeling down or depressed about the world. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Geena is perfection. Sam too. 👏🏼👏🏼

jun 16, 2025, 7:29 pm • 9 0 • view
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Brenda A @brendalnk.bsky.social

This is one of my family’s Christmas movies.

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Acy @aprilneo.bsky.social

Yes! 😁 I watch Die Hard too 😉😎🎄

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Brenda A @brendalnk.bsky.social

Us too! Add Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang to your list.

jun 16, 2025, 10:17 pm • 5 0 • view
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Acy @aprilneo.bsky.social

Anything with Val 💔😭

jun 16, 2025, 10:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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Chris Andersen @chris-andersen.bsky.social

Sneakers and Long kiss Goodnight would make a great double feature.

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Kate Nash @knash25.bsky.social

I loved it but with THAT cast-just super amazing

jun 17, 2025, 1:00 am • 0 0 • view
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Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social

“I didn’t know you could do that in Mexico City.”

jun 17, 2025, 1:38 am • 1 0 • view
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Liselle Baker @elles-bells.bsky.social

What did the kids think?

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jan hayashi (me) @sailracer808.bsky.social

I love “Sneakers,” I also recommended that movie to my drafter.

jun 16, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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elmobronowski.bsky.social @elmobronowski.bsky.social

Best, most realistic *mathematical* premise of any movie ever. Great acting (impressive cast!) and a compelling plot line.

jun 16, 2025, 6:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Chessa @chessakat.bsky.social

Be a beacon 😏

jun 16, 2025, 11:28 pm • 4 0 • view
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akifuzman.bsky.social @akifuzman.bsky.social

my kids' favorite line!

jun 16, 2025, 11:58 pm • 2 0 • view
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Maddie @maddiec953.bsky.social

Did the kids like it?

jun 16, 2025, 6:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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Julia Ingalls @juliaingalls.bsky.social

I feel like @benloory.bsky.social needs to be alerted to the existence of this discussion

jun 16, 2025, 9:34 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ben Loory @benloory.bsky.social

Too many secrets!

jun 17, 2025, 1:12 am • 2 0 • view
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Craig McNamara @craigmcnamara.bsky.social

It’s the best hacker movie. Better than Hackers.

jun 16, 2025, 6:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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Brent @bk4us.com

Required viewing when I started studying cyber security in 2002!

jun 16, 2025, 8:53 pm • 0 0 • view
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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social

"Too many secrets..." Sneakers was seriously underrated, the cast was outstanding & the screenplay was delightful! youtu.be/G_XRqJV2zdk?...

jun 16, 2025, 10:45 pm • 13 1 • view
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F… the Patriarchy @albertacrowley.bsky.social

Love that movie!!

jun 16, 2025, 7:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social

I showed it to my 25-yr-old niece and she LOVED it. Truly a classic.

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Erin @malkizareth.bsky.social

A big reason it holds up is the way they talk about and use tech, but don't put a lot of it on screen.

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Catherine @cathms.bsky.social

"I want peace on Earth and goodwill toward men." "We're the United States government. We don't do that sort of thing."

jun 16, 2025, 7:15 pm • 20 0 • view
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terrbear25.bsky.social @terrbear25.bsky.social

One of my favs

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LynneofBayArea @lynneofbayarea.bsky.social

Redford's films were consistently ahead of their times

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Global-0 @global-0.bsky.social

It's always been one of my favorites. I, too, want peace on earth and goodwill towards men. Actually everybody.

jun 16, 2025, 8:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social

By our friend Phil Robinson. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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HA Grace @oneofthesurvivors.bsky.social

I watch every couple of years. Now do... Being There

jun 16, 2025, 9:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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Peter Kelly @thepeterkelly.bsky.social

Haven't seen that since I went to the theater. Loved it, guess it's time for a rewatch!

jun 16, 2025, 6:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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Aaron @tennbengal.bsky.social

It is an absolute gem. Was at the time, still is. Casting director should get an all-time gold star. Just a ridiculous collection of excellent acting talent.

jun 16, 2025, 6:26 pm • 58 0 • view
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VincentJ @vincentj1217.bsky.social

An all time classic!

jun 16, 2025, 7:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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Witwiz @witwiz.bsky.social

Love that movie

jun 16, 2025, 10:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social

Ha! We watched WAR GAMES, after going to a retro-arcade.

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social

Sneakers is less bleak.

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Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social

Oh, for sure-- I was more saying I'm, like, 6 years older than Chris; we both made our kids watch "movies we were into when we were 10-13."

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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social

Ah. I think Sneakers is easier on the kids. The “humanity had its time” bit from Wargames never left me.

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Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social

HE RECONSIDERED AND PICKED THEM UP ON HIS ACTION HELICOPTER!!

jun 17, 2025, 2:52 am • 0 0 • view
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Taste Accountant @tasteaccountant.bsky.social

I never entirely bought Falken’s sudden change of heart! Still it is a great movie.

jun 17, 2025, 2:59 am • 0 0 • view
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Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social

Ally Sheedy is so good in it; better than I remember.

jun 17, 2025, 3:04 am • 1 0 • view
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Seamus Petrie @seamuspetrie.bsky.social

Arguably the best hangout movie of all time. Such clearly drawn characters, and any assemblage of them is dynamic and fun.

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W @gonegator.bsky.social

The opening with Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield from Super Session is amazing.

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Alexis Lloyd 🏳️‍🌈 @alexislloyd.bsky.social

The best!

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TesTes @tesfaded.bsky.social

Great MOVIE!

jun 17, 2025, 3:42 am • 0 0 • view
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De @de-stacy.bsky.social

LOVE that movie!!!

jun 16, 2025, 11:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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Rob Hotz @unspunbob.bsky.social

One of my wife’s absolute favorites! Pretty fond of it myself. I reflect on stuff from all the time, like when Kingsley calls BS on a computer matching the two on a date. So much good stuff in there, & an endless list of great performances.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com

I still have that James Horner score stuck in my head

jun 16, 2025, 6:28 pm • 38 0 • view
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com

Branford Marsalis soprano saxophone hacker music

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 13 1 • view
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com

Yes!

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 14 0 • view
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social

it's SO GOOD

jun 16, 2025, 6:41 pm • 19 0 • view
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com

I loved it when Slate ran a full 20th-anniversary package because so many editors were fans

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 76 6 • view
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Kat Vernon @katbird.bsky.social

That was such a good package! Was scrolling through to see if someone had already mentioned it.

jun 16, 2025, 6:49 pm • 2 0 • view
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Man, I hate Illinois Nazis @someone-somewhere.bsky.social

I know someone who mentioned that, when they were getting training for their security clearance related to information handling, the instructor used Cosmo's monologue about "it's all about the information, Mahty"

jun 16, 2025, 6:40 pm • 17 0 • view
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James "enduring Silksong" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social

Cosmo's accent is truly bizarre. I sometimes wonder if it was a subtle choice by Kingsley, to give him a constantly mutating accent that couldn't be placed, making him harder to identify.

jun 17, 2025, 12:37 am • 3 0 • view
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P.D. White @whitepatrick.com

I loved this film when I saw it in the theater. I couldn't tell you why, however.

jun 16, 2025, 6:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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wfulford.bsky.social @wfulford.bsky.social

such a good cast.

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 3 0 • view
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Jen @jen-notjenny.bsky.social

Who sleeps on THAT cast?

jun 16, 2025, 7:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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Chrisby @chrisbyc.bsky.social

Great actors in that movie. Fun to watch.

jun 16, 2025, 10:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ryan Rowcliffe @ryan.effpasswords.com

its the OG Hacker , social engineering flick -- Iconic

jun 16, 2025, 7:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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BCrosbie @bcrosbie.bsky.social

Chris, It's your MOTHER!

jun 16, 2025, 10:28 pm • 5 0 • view
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Rachel Kimbro @racheltk.bsky.social

💯

jun 16, 2025, 9:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Linda M @lindaopinions.bsky.social

My Fav clip🔽 youtu.be/Xk0Mzci2Sks?...

jun 16, 2025, 6:37 pm • 7 0 • view
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James "enduring Silksong" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social

Prophetic.

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Kimberly @kimberly0003.bsky.social

I love that you use Father’s Day to make the kids do things you like & yet they learn from. I always used Mothers Day to visit museums. Works like a charm.

jun 16, 2025, 9:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Chris Merkel @chrismerkel.bsky.social

The depth of cast, the score, everything about it is absolutely amazing. One of my favorite movies.

jun 16, 2025, 7:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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CaptSteveRogers🇺🇲 @captsteverogers.bsky.social

jun 16, 2025, 11:11 pm • 9 0 • view
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Cyboracle @cyboracle.bsky.social

Best hacker film in existence.

jun 16, 2025, 6:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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MAUL MEATERSON @maulmeaterson.bsky.social

I still remember my young jaw being on the floor when they hit us with "The only thing it would really be good for is spying on Americans."

jun 17, 2025, 12:34 am • 0 0 • view
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MikeasaService @ilk.org

It was a big favorite at RPI, not least because the news anchor cameo was played by Ernie Teatreault, a long- time anchor at local station WRGB in Schenectady. Director Phil Robinson had an internship there and remembered Ernie when he needed someone to play the part.

jun 16, 2025, 7:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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ron891.bsky.social @ron891.bsky.social

Great film!

jun 16, 2025, 8:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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Asher @skydome.bsky.social

TOO MANY SECRETS

jun 16, 2025, 6:25 pm • 33 0 • view
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Yarvin’s Dandruff @smalltownsomm.bsky.social

COOTYS RAT SEMEN

jun 16, 2025, 6:28 pm • 26 0 • view
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MyCabbages!! @mycabbagesoo.bsky.social

lol i was sitting here trying to craft a comment about this scene and saw yours and busted out laughing perfect

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 9 0 • view
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Aleks Pusz @somethingwickedtwd.bsky.social

Sneakers was legendary in my family because it was one of very few films that my mother didn’t fall asleep while watching!

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DCOber @dcober.bsky.social

That was a family favorite growing up in my household. What an ensemble!

jun 16, 2025, 6:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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charna2555.bsky.social @charna2555.bsky.social

It's stuff like this that gives people a reason to not succeed. Dishonesty and cruelty can really screw up a person's life all for the success of some asshat who wants all the power and money they can possibly scarf up

jun 16, 2025, 7:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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wweiss53.bsky.social @wweiss53.bsky.social

No secrets

jun 16, 2025, 8:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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Patrick 🗽 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 ⚖️ @patrickjk.bsky.social

River Phoenix. Sigh. 🥹 Also: cough, cough, teenage 🌈awakening😱.

jun 17, 2025, 3:00 am • 0 0 • view
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biftechnoir @kenmegalopsuxos.bsky.social

Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier had impeccable comedic timing. Aykroyd was finally allowed to play a crank somewhat close to himself.

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James "enduring Silksong" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social

Mary McDonnell is also delightful. "You don't have a business. You have a club. It's a club for boys."

jun 17, 2025, 12:39 am • 8 0 • view
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biftechnoir @kenmegalopsuxos.bsky.social

She ties it all together pretty well as the only other person than Cosmo who knows his past.

jun 17, 2025, 12:53 am • 5 0 • view
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Tommy Boy @slownomaguy.bsky.social

Fantastic movie. And what a cast. I count 4 Academy Award winners. (Did I miss anyone)

jun 16, 2025, 7:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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Liz Everson @lizzieozzie.bsky.social

A fun Easter egg in The Sum Of All Fears (2002), when Jack Ryan's analyst colleagues are arguing about who was banging Elena Ryzhkov at the Mexico conference. His boss tells them to figure it out. "That's good stuff." His boss? Lee Garlington, who played Elena in Sneakers.

jun 17, 2025, 2:33 am • 0 0 • view
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purplellama.bsky.social @purplellama.bsky.social

i've always loved this movie...

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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I, am the Dan, In The Box @daninthebox.bsky.social

We were discussing a modern day cast and who would play whom just the other day. I like Ryan Reynolds for Robert Redford’s character. Jonah Hill for Dan Akroyd’s, Idris Elba for Potier’s character. Timotheé Chalamet for River Phoenix’s role…far as we got.

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 5 0 • view
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Nick @nickfury325.bsky.social

These are solid. Samuel L. Jackson for James Earl Jones. Maybe Ebon Moss-Bachrach for Whistler?

jun 16, 2025, 6:39 pm • 8 0 • view
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MikeasaService @ilk.org

I like Fishburne for Poitier.

jun 16, 2025, 6:56 pm • 6 0 • view
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I, am the Dan, In The Box @daninthebox.bsky.social

Oooh, that is really good too.

jun 16, 2025, 7:02 pm • 1 0 • view
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505Atty @notsomerando.bsky.social

Jeffry Wright for Whistler. Maybe Ben Stiller

jun 17, 2025, 4:25 am • 3 0 • view
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Chip Vayenas @chipvdrum.bsky.social

“My voice… is … my Passport? .. verify …. me?”

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tlrgosu.bsky.social @tlrgosu.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing this Chris- it’s such an under appreciated movie and some fun and great performances- “no more secrets” lol

jun 16, 2025, 8:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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chbarts @chbarts.bsky.social

Sneakers is a great show to watch for some fun social engineering. They even took some small inspiration from a real phone phreak: Whistler, the blind guy, was very vaguely based on Joybubbles:

jun 16, 2025, 6:35 pm • 2 0 • view
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i got nothin @shwonline.bsky.social

I still think about it every time I flatten and squeeze the absolute last out of a tube of toothpaste.

jun 16, 2025, 6:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Prof. Jealousy @uncleicon.bsky.social

We are in the early stages of a Sneakerssance and I am so ready.

jun 16, 2025, 7:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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end0r @end0r.bsky.social

Top ten heist film.

jun 16, 2025, 7:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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bekka supp @valhallabackgirl.bsky.social

One of the best capers to do it. Not underrated at all, but rather, has found its worthy audience

jun 16, 2025, 6:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jason F @jtf321.bsky.social

The soundtrack is also top notch.

jun 16, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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WrestleChaps (gn) 🏳️‍🌈 - It's This Sort of Thing @wrestlechaps.bsky.social

Agreed. Great script, stellar cast, not entirely embarrassing for a 90s hacker movie.

jun 16, 2025, 6:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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Blue Dun @bluedunmedia.bsky.social

One of my favorites with an incredible cast.

jun 16, 2025, 7:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Chris Grebe 🎃 @chrisgescribe.bsky.social

Definitely a favorite.

jun 16, 2025, 6:27 pm • 2 0 • view
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Brenda Achenbach @empressbren.bsky.social

Funny story - Sneakers was my first date ever movie. Truly some remarkable selection on behalf of my teenage self.

jun 16, 2025, 10:40 pm • 9 0 • view
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Gina Marie Glenn @ginamarieglenn.bsky.social

I absolutely love that film. Great soundtrack & score, too.

jun 16, 2025, 6:53 pm • 0 0 • view
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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social

It is one of my favorites!!!!

jun 16, 2025, 10:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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Chris P Idris M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇹 📚✒️📒 @bluetaff.bsky.social

I watched it about 2 months ago for the first time since the 90s. You're 💯 right it holds up. Everyone is great in it. It did make me lament the loss of river phoenix, I think he would have grown into such an accomplished screen presence.

jun 16, 2025, 11:06 pm • 5 0 • view
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unstuck in time @billypilgrim26.bsky.social

Love that flick

jun 16, 2025, 7:54 pm • 1 0 • view
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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net

"...passport."

jun 16, 2025, 6:26 pm • 93 0 • view
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iankonen.bsky.social @iankonen.bsky.social

“Cattle mutilations are up.”

jun 16, 2025, 6:26 pm • 43 0 • view
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Highwaymen Still Wear Masks @higwayman429.bsky.social

Beat me to it.

jun 16, 2025, 6:29 pm • 4 0 • view
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James "enduring Silksong" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social

"You're saying the CIA killed Kennedy?" "No, they shot him, but they didn't kill him. He's still alive!"

jun 17, 2025, 12:35 am • 0 0 • view
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Jay Barradell @jaybarradell.bsky.social

Don't start...

jun 16, 2025, 9:52 pm • 8 0 • view
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Noah Smith @smithnoah.bsky.social

I still mull that moment over in my mind. Couldn’t she have gotten to say “pass” and “port” in separate sentences? Man I love that movie!

jun 16, 2025, 6:28 pm • 3 0 • view
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Michael Marquis Albright @chicagomstie.bsky.social

"Sport" seems like the easy way, but I'm not sure how you get someone to just say it, although he does seem like the kind who would say "I don't like sports" with minimal prompting.

jun 16, 2025, 7:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jared Cram @jscram3254.bsky.social

My gut feeling is she was looking for the fastest way out of that restaurant possible.

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 3 0 • view
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James Knode @jamesknode.bsky.social

Agreed. I love the movie, but even as a kid, I was like "why didn't she just pose a non-insane question to get that on tape? As in, 'I'm due for a vacation. What do you need to get into Spain, a passport or a visa?'"

jun 16, 2025, 6:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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Joel @polyparadigm.bsky.social

“Pasadena” and “sports” would probably have worked too

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social

Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, River Phoenix, and Mary McConnell. How can it not be a banger?

jun 16, 2025, 6:26 pm • 22 0 • view
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bunnellard.bsky.social @bunnellard.bsky.social

David Strathairn too.

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 14 0 • view
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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social

Dan Aykroyd as well

jun 16, 2025, 6:32 pm • 10 0 • view
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Bella 💙 🦋 @bella7456.bsky.social

James Earl Jones!

jun 16, 2025, 10:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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calamitybyrd.bsky.social @calamitybyrd.bsky.social

At our house we watched The Sting and it was fantastic.

jun 16, 2025, 9:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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RevDJEsq @revdjesq.bsky.social

My voice is my passport, verify me.

jun 16, 2025, 6:25 pm • 27 0 • view
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larrymick08.bsky.social @larrymick08.bsky.social

Had to use that phrase when working and had to use voice verification. Obviously, the person who set up the system was a "Sneakers" fan!

jun 16, 2025, 6:42 pm • 18 0 • view
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Faqa @faqa.bsky.social

"Did I ever tell you why I had to leave the CIA?" "My TEMPER" Also: "I cannot kill my friend. " "*to henchmen* Kill my friend"

jun 16, 2025, 6:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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werner58.bsky.social @werner58.bsky.social

"Organised crime?" "Oh, hush. It's not that organised."

jun 16, 2025, 10:32 pm • 10 0 • view
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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social

It really, REALLY does. I mean, with only minimal changes ("What's an Answering Machine?!") it could be made today.

jun 16, 2025, 7:05 pm • 5 0 • view
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Dee Kat @deekat.bsky.social

A big favorite

jun 17, 2025, 3:20 am • 0 0 • view
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zendarva.bsky.social @zendarva.bsky.social

I still say the "None of them ever wanna pay taxes again" bit in Armageddon was an homage to Sneakers.

jun 16, 2025, 10:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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That Other Dude @theotherdude.bsky.social

One of the best hacker movies ever. Right up there with WarGames.

jun 16, 2025, 8:00 pm • 7 0 • view
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Rebecca Sommerhauser @beckbeckaboo.bsky.social

Completely agree.

jun 16, 2025, 8:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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thruthwatchers.bsky.social @thruthwatchers.bsky.social

Such a great movie!

jun 16, 2025, 9:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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Felinius ΔΘ @felinius.bsky.social

One of my favorite movies!

jun 16, 2025, 8:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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Esteban-NO KINGS 2 OCTOBER 18th @estebanhawk.bsky.social

Great movie. Live Mother

jun 16, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social

Saw it in theaters as a kid and it’s been a favorite since.

jun 16, 2025, 6:37 pm • 2 0 • view
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Famous FNU! @hellkitty.bsky.social

It was fun! Great actors, too!

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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wnmurphy.bsky.social @wnmurphy.bsky.social

"And give him he-... help. Whenever he needs it."

jun 16, 2025, 6:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Gwyn @gwyneth-flynn.bsky.social

Love that one

jun 17, 2025, 1:45 am • 0 0 • view
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Pam Postrel @pammiep.bsky.social

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE INFORMATION, MARTY.

jun 16, 2025, 6:44 pm • 2 0 • view
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Patrick Meighan @patsweetpat.bsky.social

Made my kid watch The Big Lebowski with me for Father's Day. Certainly not slept-on, but I hadn't seen it in decades, and it too holds up better than well.

jun 16, 2025, 8:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social

Brilliant film with some top quotes. "A computer matched her to him?" Marty!"

jun 16, 2025, 8:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social

Quote. Whistler: I want peace on earth and good will toward man. Abbot: Oh, this is ridiculous. Bishop: He's serious. Whistler: I want peace on earth and goodwill toward men. Abbot: We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing. Abbot: All right, I'll see what I can do.

jun 16, 2025, 8:29 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lissa Guillet @sunsinegrrrl.bsky.social

One of the best hacker movies ever made.

jun 17, 2025, 1:05 am • 1 0 • view
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Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org

Even though they had no idea what one was, the 'black box' is basically a quantum computer.

jun 16, 2025, 6:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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Michael Crawford @michaelcrawford.com

Yes!! Great movie.

jun 16, 2025, 6:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ellie D @ellied5.bsky.social

Saw that flick like 5 times in the theater. Kept grabbing friends and family who hadn't seen it to drag with me. Still one of my favorites.

jun 16, 2025, 7:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dr Tom Hill @tomhjhill.bsky.social

What did the kids think?

jun 16, 2025, 6:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dr Tom Hill @tomhjhill.bsky.social

I’m still really wierd about how I share aspirin

jun 16, 2025, 6:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bill @wcreed.bsky.social

Love that film!

jun 16, 2025, 6:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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tune your guitar to c @accessdenied.org

i LOVE Sneakers so much. it definitely still holds up, and now i need to watch it again 👍👍👍

jun 16, 2025, 7:02 pm • 0 0 • view
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social

Very fun movie, and also a charming artifact of a time when the classification barriers surrounding the NSA were still intact enough that people basically could not understand what kind of agency it was

jun 16, 2025, 6:28 pm • 5 0 • view
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Wendell B. @wendellbeverly.bsky.social

Ooh love that movie.

jun 16, 2025, 6:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social

Truth. And imagine a world where anyone could have the power of the 'box' using Quantum computing in the cloud. If we don't move to replace current cryptographic methods with Quantum-resistant algorithms, 'Sneakers' could loosely become a reality . techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...

jun 16, 2025, 7:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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Transitional Fossil @transitfossil.bsky.social

Happy Father's Day!

jun 16, 2025, 9:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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texasbull99.bsky.social @texasbull99.bsky.social

OMG - one of my all-time favorite movies! The best movie no one heard of! Great job Dad!

jun 17, 2025, 4:28 am • 0 0 • view
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OtakuNoRico 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @wessoman.bsky.social

Yes it does. Fun film.

jun 16, 2025, 6:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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b doll @bdoll16.bsky.social

one of my all time favourites and a commonly quoted one around our house… “be a beacon”… “my voice is my passport, verify me”… “what did it *sound* like”… “it’s all about the information”… or simply just saying “marty!”

jun 16, 2025, 6:33 pm • 2 0 • view
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golfwidow.bsky.social @golfwidow.bsky.social

Thanks for reminding me about the "be a beacon" line. So funny!

jun 16, 2025, 6:45 pm • 2 0 • view
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Paul Michel @paulmichel.bsky.social

fantastic cast on this one

jun 16, 2025, 8:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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mbzeats.bsky.social @mbzeats.bsky.social

never heard of it

jun 16, 2025, 6:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lownotes 🇺🇸💙✌️ @lownotes.bsky.social

Great cast, great film.

jun 16, 2025, 8:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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Eliz PhotoClique @elizphotoclique.bsky.social

Yes... great flick! 👍

jun 16, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mike Bloom @michaelbloom.bsky.social

'Cattle mutilations are up!'

jun 16, 2025, 6:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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capuchadou.bsky.social @capuchadou.bsky.social

Always loved that movie.

jun 16, 2025, 9:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Wonko The Sane 🏳️‍⚧️🏳‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @wyrdandnerdy.bsky.social

"Too many secrets, Marty."

jun 17, 2025, 4:02 am • 4 0 • view
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Nick @nickfury325.bsky.social

More and more relevant by the day, too. Lots of parallels between Cosmo and Muskrat.

jun 16, 2025, 6:36 pm • 2 0 • view
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Freelander @freelander.bsky.social

Of course, the anarchist is the bad guy.

jun 18, 2025, 12:25 am • 0 0 • view
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Tiberius Pantera @thetalkingdonkey.bsky.social

Never heard of it

jun 16, 2025, 7:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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Punty @minclick.bsky.social

Too many secrets 😎

jun 16, 2025, 6:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Howard Ashman stan account @michaelchu7.bsky.social

Whistler: "I want peace on Earth and goodwill towards men."

jun 16, 2025, 6:27 pm • 68 4 • view
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Toe Beans @v-ron.bsky.social

One of my favorite movies... Cocktail party 🦩🦩🦩🤭

jun 16, 2025, 7:32 pm • 3 0 • view
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Tom (kid codger) O'Neill @doctecazoid.bsky.social

An all-time favorite. Same with Michael Clayton.

Michael Clayton yard sign, extolling its virtues, in the graphic style of All Lives Matter yard signs.
jun 16, 2025, 7:06 pm • 8 1 • view
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alien-painter.bsky.social @alien-painter.bsky.social

Do I look like I'm negotiating!?

jun 16, 2025, 10:51 pm • 2 0 • view
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Tom (kid codger) O'Neill @doctecazoid.bsky.social

Crowder: This would have to be a longer conversation, and it would have to take place somewhere else. Clayton: Where? My car?

jun 16, 2025, 11:45 pm • 1 0 • view
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Rebecca Sommerhauser @beckbeckaboo.bsky.social

Definitely in my top five spy themed movies. No particular order here. Michael Clayton Sneakers War Games All the President’s Men Three Days of the Condor Yes it is Redford Heavy. He is good at tension Honorable Mention Spy Games Munich The Devil’s own Clear and Present Danger

jun 16, 2025, 9:07 pm • 6 0 • view
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Tom (kid codger) O'Neill @doctecazoid.bsky.social

Good list!

jun 16, 2025, 11:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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Rebecca Sommerhauser @beckbeckaboo.bsky.social

Thanks.

jun 17, 2025, 12:07 am • 0 0 • view
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Acy @aprilneo.bsky.social

Spy Games is in my top 10.

jun 16, 2025, 11:09 pm • 4 0 • view
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Alex Reed @salexanderreed.bsky.social

My actual favorite movie

jun 17, 2025, 12:13 am • 0 0 • view
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eightmjc.bsky.social @eightmjc.bsky.social

Great movie! When Whistler drives the van…hilarious! Now get them to watch Galaxy Quest.

jun 16, 2025, 11:58 pm • 4 0 • view
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James "enduring Silksong" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social

"Then there's a gentle slope..."

jun 17, 2025, 12:39 am • 3 0 • view
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arch-villein✝️🇺🇲 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇵🇦 🇵🇸 🇮🇱 🇺🇳 🐊 @arch-villein.bsky.social

"We are the United States government; we don't do that sort of thing!"

jun 16, 2025, 6:28 pm • 8 0 • view
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Chandler Carriker @chandlercarriker.me

“My voice is my password.”

jun 16, 2025, 11:18 pm • 3 0 • view
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Jess @mmebahorel.bsky.social

Passport. Stephen Tobolowsky would have traveled more if he'd known the word passport would have gotten him Mary McDonnell.

jun 16, 2025, 11:40 pm • 4 0 • view
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Chandler Carriker @chandlercarriker.me

Yep, I ALWAYS get it wrong when I quote it!

jun 16, 2025, 11:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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wdfman.bsky.social @wdfman.bsky.social

Great watch. Solid choice.

jun 16, 2025, 7:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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RW Smith @1smith4theroad.bsky.social

“You won’t know who to trust” in a thick Russian accent is still salient

jun 16, 2025, 6:41 pm • 2 0 • view
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drip4.bsky.social @drip4.bsky.social

you are such an authoritarian! 😂

jun 16, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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terrifiedstill2024.bsky.social @terrifiedstill2024.bsky.social

Great movie! One of my all time favourites!

jun 16, 2025, 7:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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MellowOne @jnaneswari1.bsky.social

I will watch again. Thanks.

jun 16, 2025, 10:53 pm • 0 0 • view
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A Woman of a Certain Age☘️☮️💟 @leslieesc.bsky.social

Love that film.

jun 16, 2025, 9:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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La Pionera ✊🏽 @punchcolor.bsky.social

Love that flick!

jun 16, 2025, 6:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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Keith @beaniemullen.bsky.social

“Too many secrets”

jun 16, 2025, 6:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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Suella De-Vil First Female Britain First MP (maybe) -parody @suellade.bsky.social

Brilliant film Love it

jun 16, 2025, 7:10 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social

The sequence where they figure out which bridge it was remains 💯

jun 16, 2025, 6:57 pm • 12 0 • view
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DemonDoll 3000 @kirknall.bsky.social

“It sounded like a….like a cocktail party…”

jun 17, 2025, 12:55 am • 5 0 • view
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Aldo Nadi @aldonadi.bsky.social

The lines I most often quote— Redford: It’s a living. Bank Teller (glancing at check he’s depositing): Not a very good one.

jun 16, 2025, 7:29 pm • 12 0 • view
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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social

Fun film.

jun 17, 2025, 1:25 pm • 0 0 • view