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Synopsis: This movie is the fictional story of computer programming genius Milo Hoffman after graduating from Stanford and getting out into the competitive world of computer software. In his contemplation of where to begin his career, he is contacted by Gary Winston whose character is loosely based on Bill Gates. Winston is the CEO of a company called NURV, and they are on the brink of completing the global communication's system, Synapse. They need Hoffman to help them meet their launch date, so after much thought and with the full support of his girlfriend Alice, he accepts the job. Tragedy soon after strikes and Milo becomes suspicious of the company he has been wrapped up in. He learns that trusting anyone could be a mistake, and that nothing is as it seems.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Peter Howitt
Production: MGM/UA
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
24%
PG-13
Year:
2001
105 min
$10,965,209
Website
363 Views


SYNAPSE links every

communication devices on the planet.

Because every moment matters.

- I think I have a problem.

- I think you do.

Hi, honey.

Hi.

I didn't expect.. ah..

Lisa this is my...

this is Alice..

Lisa is doing the user interfaces

for SYNAPSE.

Hi

Milo tells me

you're a really great artist.

Oh? Well he exaggerates.

Well... I've got a lot to do...

It was nice to meet you.

How are you?

I'm so surprised.

- Are you Ok? Is everything alright?

- Yeah, yeah.

I've always wanted to come out, and...

you know... see what this place

is like.

- It's really good to see you.

- Yeah.

What did the girl say?

That he's maybe a little less stressed

after you snapped at him.

- It hasn't affected his work though.

- Nothing does.

It's pretty amazing.

What's wrong?

Teddy's been killed.

They've done this before. Just...

never killed anybody till now.

It's their writing on the wall.

Their hate literature was

scattered everywhere.

Their whole MO. It's like...

they were asking to be caught.

And they've been arrested twice

for beating up Asians.

How come they weren't in jail?

People told us to be careful

in this neighborhood.

I guess he didn't take them

too seriously.

Yeah. Well.

That's our problem.

We don't take anything seriously.

Do we?

It's not on the hard drive.

Hey, I didn't know you guys

were working with fiber optics.

What a bunch of crazy a**holes.

And he was on the verge of something.

He was right there.

He was going to show us the next day.

He told me I should get the VC to

line up appointments with a

bunch of companies.

You know?

He said, the answer is not

in the box.

It's in the band.

You know I called him last week to...

'cause...

I know.

He was happy you did.

Be strong, Larry.

Milo.

- May I join you?

- Yeah

Heard about what happened.

- I'm very sorry.

- Thanks

Had you talked to him... much,

lately?

Just once.

Things weren't that great between us

and we couldn't talk about work

'cause it was off limits.

Did you have something

you wanted to show me?

- We can save it for another day.

- No, it's okay. I..

It will help take my mind off things.

- Really?

- Yeah. yeah

Okay.

I haven't been able to sleep all week.

I'm thinking about the push mechanism

in the handler.

And then it just came to me.

It's in the wrong place.

- The wrong place?

- Yeah.

The answer is not in the box.

It's in the band.

"It's in the band."

The answer is not in the box.

It's in the band.

He was on the verge of something.

Well, where did it come from?

They're being investigated by the

Justice Department...

They just want to own everything.

We are very close.

Hey, you sure you are all right?

I think I ate something,

I gotta go.

Alice!

Shhh..

Teddy was onto something very

specific, now he's dead.

There's got to be a connection,

Alice, I can feel it.

So what are you saying?

You think they had something

to do with Teddy's death?

I don't know what I am saying.

All I know is

all these ideas keep flying in.

He says any kid working in his garage

can put him out of business.

It's almost like they know

what ever kid is doing.

They're hacking into people's

computers?

I guess they could get into something

with machines. But not Teddy's.

He always had the most paranoid

firewalls to protect his data.

They'd have to have been like...

watching him physically.

Oh. Sh*t!

I think it's part of a camera.

Number 21 isn't just a broadcast

studio.

It's a surveillance post or something.

That's why they have those dishes

on the roof.

Milo, think about that you're saying.

You honestly think that

he would murder somebody?

I don't know,

I gotta get in there.

There's over 20 buildings over there,

and they're all filled with computers.

No, no, no. This is the only one

with dishes on the roof.

The studio's a front. That's why

they keep postponing the opening.

Ok, now you're scaring me.

Do you wanna just go?

'Cause we can go,

you wanna just... leave?

Go where Alice? You can't get away

from people like this.

People like this.

This is Gary you are talking about.

You don't think I know that?

They're under investigation

by the Justice Department.

I mean, you said yourself that there

are guys showing up all the time.

How could they possibly hope

on hiding a surveillance post?

How could they hope on hiding anything?

You can't get in there anyway.

They have swipe cards.

They have cameras,

It's like Fort Knox for Christ's sake.

I'm implicated, I'm implicated Alice.

- No, you're not.

- Yes I am.

Who's been using this code, huh?

Teddy's code.

Whoever's code this is. I have.

How do you think that makes me feel?

This is my best friend,

You need to calm down, now.

- I can't just walk away from this.

- Yeah, but you just can't walk in

either.

- You're right.

- Yeah.

You're right.

The construction is finished by 6 or 7,

the parking lot is cleared

by 2 or 3 in the morning.

- Even the earliest geeks don't get in

till about 5.

- Honey, what are you talking about?

What, what are you saying right now?

I'm thinking about how I'm gonna

get in there,

and find out what the hell is going on.

Ok, then. Was it true or wasn't it true?

Did you ever really notice?

'Cause you're sounding like a madman.

I won't pretend like

everything's okay, Alice.

It's how I got into this mess.

I..., that's how...

Alice listen, listen,

- I'm not mad at you, Listen to me.

- Don't.

I think I can figure out

a way to get in there.

But I can't do it on my own.

So I need you to help me.

What do I do ?

So you believe me?

Just tell me what to do.

Whoa, whoa , whoa, whoa. Sir, you've got

to use your own. Where's your ID?

I caught him tailgating. Building 20.

These cards are your own responsibility.

- There was an explosion in a closet

in building 12.

- What?

Hey, you can't wander around without ID.

Just park your ass in that chair.

Well, what can I tell ya?

It's a pretty basic operation.

You got your time clock. Fuse goes

in here. You just hook it in the

switch over here...

So, what do we have here Bob?

A glorified cherry bomb.

Some geek's idea of fun.

I've been saying

we need a camera in this hall.

To protect what?

The mops?

Somebody's pulling your chain again, Bob.

Unless it's a diversion.

Milo Hoffmann is in my office.

- He was tailgating, and I...

- Bob. Milo's not just another geek.

He is very important to Gary.

So let's not go there, all right?

Okay. We'll see you later.

Is everything okay, Bob?

- Hey

- Hi, Gary.

- Working kinda late. huh?

- Yeah , uh...

- Can I take a look ?

- Yeah.

- That's nice. That's excellent.

- Thanks.

You seem kinda jumpy, Milo.

No. I'm just a....

I'm a little surprised to see you.

Out here, now.

Well, I like to sneak in

late at night sometimes

to see who the obsessive ones are.

Don't work too late.

I got my eye on you.

- How's it going?

- Big night.

Switched from tea to coffee.

Brought new meaning to my work.

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Howard Franklin

Howard Franklin is an American screenwriter and film director, known for such films as The Name of the Rose and Quick Change, his collaboration with Bill Murray. His other films include The Public Eye, about a 1940s tabloid photographer modeled on the photojournalist Weegee and starring Joe Pesci; Someone to Watch Over Me and The Man Who Knew Too Little. more…

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