The Net is a 1995 film directed by Irwin Winkler and featuring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam and Dennis Miller. The storyline is based on the public fear of Big Brother in the United States. The film was retold in an expanded format in the 1998–1999 television series of the same name and followed by a direct-to-video sequel, The Net 2.0, produced and directed by the son of producer Irwin Winkler, in 2006. The sequel shares a thematically similar...
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The Net is a 1995 film directed by Irwin Winkler and featuring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam and Dennis Miller. The storyline is based on the public fear of Big Brother in the United States. The film was retold in an expanded format in the 1998–1999 television series of the same name and followed by a direct-to-video sequel, The Net 2.0, produced and directed by the son of producer Irwin Winkler, in 2006. The sequel shares a thematically similar plot, but with different characters.
A fellow analyst from Cathedral Software, Dale, sends Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) a program on a disk that when run displays a peculiar symbol (π) in the lower-right corner. Dale instructs Angela to hold the CTRL and SHIFT buttons while clicking the π symbol, revealing that it gives the user entry point access to government and military computer systems. It is learned 'they' have recently implemented a newly developed piece of illegitimate 'protection' software called The GateKeeper System and this is...
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