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Cypher (2002)

15 95 min  -  Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller  -   18 January 2003 (Japan)
6.9
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An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.

Director:

Vincenzo Natali

Writer:

Brian King
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeremy Northam ...
Lucy Liu ...
Nigel Bennett Nigel Bennett ...
Finster
Timothy Webber Timothy Webber ...
Callaway
David Hewlett ...
Kari Matchett ...
Diane
Kristina Nicoll Kristina Nicoll ...
Amy
Joseph Scoren ...
Digicorp Technician #1
Stephen Brown Stephen Brown ...
Digicorp Technician #2
Arnold Pinnock ...
Pilot In Mensroom
Jocelyn Snowdon Jocelyn Snowdon ...
Stewardess to Buffalo
Boyd Banks ...
Fred Garfield
Steve Jackson Steve Jackson ...
Waiter Buffalo
Dan Duran Dan Duran ...
Buffalo Speaker #1
Valerie Buhagiar Valerie Buhagiar ...
Buffalo Speaker #2
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Storyline

Hoping for a more exciting life than the suburban drawl he currently inhabits, nerdy salary man Morgan Sullivan takes a job as an industrial spy at Digicorp, a global computer corporation. Digicorp assigns him the duty of flying to various conventions around America, recording the speeches that are made. But when Sullivan meets a mysterious woman he begins to realize that his job may not be what it seems, as he descends into a dark underworld of brainwashing and struggles to maintain his own identity. Written by beansproutlord@yahoo.com.au  

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Plot Keywords:

Spy | Corporate Espionage | Future | New Identity | Brainwashing  | See more »

Taglines:

Trust No One. See more »

Genres:

Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Brainstorm See more »

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$7,500,000 (estimated)
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DTS  | Dolby Digital

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Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The phone number encoded using Job 13:17 is 436-726-3993, which uses the apparently unused area code 436, and does not comply with the convention to use 555 as a prefix for fictional phone numbers. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: Morgan Sullivan's fake California Driver's License expires on 05-30-03. His birth date is listed as 08-13-65. An actual CDL would expire on the same day as the licensee's birth date. Even the cheapest of fake ID's wouldn't overlook this important point. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Sunways Security Guard: You planning a vacation, Mr. Sullivan?
Morgan Sullivan: No. No, just some reading to pass the time.
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Connections

References Johnny Mnemonic (1995) See more »