The matrix [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures-Groucho II Film Partnership a Silver Pictures production ; written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers.
Other Titles: Matrix (Motion picture).
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c1999
ISBN: 0790742616
Description: 1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col., 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Artificial intelligence Drama.
Dystopias Drama.
Feature films.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Music by Don Davis.
Performers: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne.
Target Audience: Rated R.
Notes: Closed-captioned.
Widescreen version.
Contents: Features: Widescreen Anamorphic, 2.35:1; Region 1 encoding; Dual layers; audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1); English subtitles. DVD extras: Commentary track by Carrie-Anne Moss, editor Zach Staenberg and visual effects supervisor John Gaeta -- Isolated musical score with comentary by composer Don Davis -- Production notes -- Theatrical trailer -- Behind-the-scenes documentary "HBO First Look: Making the Matrix" -- Hidden special effects documentaries: "What is Bullet Time?" and "What is the Concept?" -- Nine behind-the-scenes featurettes. DVD-ROM features (only playable on Windows 95 or better computers with DVD-ROM drives): Special Web events and links -- Screenplay and storyboards -- 7 special essays and articles -- Original theatrical Web site -- Theatrical trailer sampler -- Questions and answers about "The one."
Summary: In an anti-utopian future, the "real" world as we know it is nothing more than a computer construct, created by an all-powerful artificial intelligence. A small group of humans as found a way out of the construct, and are now fighting for the future of the human race.
