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Freedom Downtime

  • 2001
  • Unrated
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
964
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Kevin Bacon, Emmanuel Goldstein, and Sean Gullette in Freedom Downtime (2001)
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A feature length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.A feature length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.A feature length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.

  • Director
    • Emmanuel Goldstein
  • Stars
    • Mark Abene
    • Ed Cummings
    • Robert Darlington
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    964
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Emmanuel Goldstein
    • Stars
      • Mark Abene
      • Ed Cummings
      • Robert Darlington
    • 19User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Mark Abene
    • Self
    • (as Phiber Optik)
    Ed Cummings
    • Self
    • (as Bernie S.)
    Robert Darlington
    • Self
    • (as The Professor)
    Lewis De Payne
    • Self
    Emmanuel Goldstein
    Emmanuel Goldstein
    • Self
    Sean Gullette
    Sean Gullette
    • Self
    Alex Kasper
    Alex Kasper
    • Self
    Lazlow
    Lazlow
    • Self
    • (as Lazlow Jones)
    CJ Little
    • Self
    John Markoff
    John Markoff
    • Self
    Kevin Mitnick
    • Self
    Kevin Lee Poulsen
    Kevin Lee Poulsen
    • Self
    Tsutomu Shimomura
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jeffrey Stanton
    • Self
    • (as Cellularguy)
    Bruce Sterling
    Bruce Sterling
    • Self
    Deth Veggie
    • Self
    Steve Wozniak
    Steve Wozniak
    • Self
    Kevin Bacon
    Kevin Bacon
    • Self
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Emmanuel Goldstein
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Editing was done on a 333MHz Macintosh G3 with about 500GB of disk space running EditDV, which was serious power at the time.
    • Quotes
      • Bruce Sterling: The first time I met Shimomura was in front of Congress, and I was testifying to a Congressional subcommittee, and here's this guy... in sandals and, like, ragged-ass cuttofs, you know? And the rest of us are, like, done up in tie, and it's me and, like, the Attorney General from New Jersey and we're sitting there and, you know, we're giving our best "yes, we're in front of Congress" thing. And Shimomura is there in this... you know, surfer gear. And he, like, pulls out this AT&T cellphone, pulls it out of the shrink wrap, finger-hacks it, and starts monitoring phone calls going up and down Capitol Hill while an FBI agent is standing at his shoulder, listening to him. I'm like, this fucker's got balls the size of durian fruit! You know? This is unbelievable! This is the heaviest guy I've ever seen, doing... I mean, he's hacking, right? He was finger-hacking this phone in front of Congress with two FBI agents and John Gage from Sun Microsystems in the room, and I was like, "wow." You know? I mean, I was impressed.
    • Connections
      References Takedown (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      The Real Takedown
      Performed by Theta Wave State

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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 22, 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • 2600 Productions (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • German
      • Italian
      • Spanish
    • Filming locations
      • 30th Street Station - 3001 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production company
      • 2600 Films
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    • Budget
      • $25,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 1m(121 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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