Swordfish (2001)

Taglines:

Log On. Hack In. Go Anywhere. Get Everything.  »

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality/nudity See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

View content advisory »

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English | German

Release Date:

8 June 2001 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Passwort: Swordfish  »

Filming Locations:

Belasco Theatre - 1060 S. Hill Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA  »

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$18,145,632 (USA) (10 June 2001) (2678 Screens)

Gross:

$69,772,969 (USA) (16 September 2001)

Production Co:

Jonathan Krane Group, NPV Entertainment, Silver Pictures  »

Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro »

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital  | SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Trivia

Hugh Jackman had to take stunt driving classes to prepare for his role in Swordfish.  »

Goofs

Errors in geography: The conversation with Senator Reisman and his aide near the beginning of the film is supposed to be in Washington D.C. however, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles can clearly be seen on the left side of the screen before the characters walk outside.  »

Quotes

[first lines]
Gabriel: You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit. Now I'm not some grungy wannabe filmmaker that's searching for existentialism through a haze of bong smoke or something. No, it's easy to pick apart bad acting, short-sighted directing, and a purely moronic stringing together of words that many of the studios term as "prose". No, I'm talking about the lack of realism. Realism; not a pervasive element in today's modern American cinematic vision. Take Dog Day Afternoon, for example. Arguably Pacino's best work, short of Scarface and Godfather Part 1, of course. Masterpiece of directing, easily Lumet's best. The cinematography, the acting, the screenplay, all top-notch. But... they didn't push the envelope. Now what if in Dog Day, Sonny wanted to get away with it, REALLY wanted to get away with it? What if - now here's the tricky part - what if he started killing hostages right away? No mercy, no quarter. "Meet our demands or the pretty blonde in the bellbottoms gets it the back of the head." Bam, splat! What, still no bus? Come on! How many innocent victims splattered across a window would it take to have the city reverse its policy on hostage situations? And this is 1976; there's no CNN, there's no CNBC, there's no internet! Now fast forward to today, present time, same situation. How quickly would the modern media make a frenzy over this? In a matter of hours, it'd be biggest story from Boston to Budapest! Ten hostages die, twenty, thirty; bam bam, right after another, all caught in high-def, computer-enhanced, color corrected. You can practically taste the brain matter. All for what? A bus, a plane? A couple of million dollars that's federally insured? I don't think so. Just a thought. I mean, it's not within the realm of conventional cinema... but what if?
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Crazy Credits

The last credit reads "Final Password: Vernam", which is part of the
website game. (See Trivia). A Vernam cypher is a method of encrypting
a message.  »

Connections

Referenced in Celebrity Naked Ambition (2011)  »

Soundtracks

"Get Out of My Life Now"
Written by Paul Oakenfold, Andy Gray and Steve Sacre
Performed by Paul Oakenfold and amoebaassassin
Courtesy of London-Sire Records  »