Swordfish (2001)

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Dominic Sena Director previously directed Gone in Sixty Seconds

A topnotch hacker is hired by some shady people who want to syphon off a secret government slush fund.
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Rudolf Martin plays Axl Torvalds, a hacker of some renown in the film. The character is named after Linus Torvalds, a "hacker" in real life, who wrote the original code for the open source computer Operating System named after him, Linux. Axl and his real life counterpart, Linus, are both Finnish as well.

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Writers
Cast
John Travolta Gabriel Shear
Hugh Jackman Stanley Jobson
Halle Berry Ginger Knowles
Don Cheadle Agent J.T. Roberts
Sam Shepard Senator James Reisman
Vinnie Jones Marco
Drea de Matteo Melissa
Rudolf Martin Axl Torvalds
Zach Grenier Assistant Director Bill Joy
Camryn Grimes Holly Jobson
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General Information Edit
Name Swordfish
US Release June 8, 2001
UK Release
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Runtime 99
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English
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Thriller
Crime
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twist ending
extreme violence
Rating R
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $69,772,969
    Foreign +77,307,444
  • = total worldwide gross $147,080,413
  • - a reported budget of $102,000,000
  • = a 44.2% net profit of $45,080,413
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