Question 1

What real-world hacking technique is depicted in the movie using a cassette recorder?

Accepted Answer

The film shows using a cassette recorder to play tones into a phone to make free calls, a method known as a Red Box or tone generator that could fool pay phones.

Question 2

Which real New York City high school was used for filming, and what notable feature does it have?

Accepted Answer

High school scenes were filmed at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, an elite school for math and science students, where the pool is actually on the first floor.

Question 3

What video game are Kate and Dade playing in the Cyberdelia scene?

Accepted Answer

Kate and Dade are playing an early version of Wipeout (1995) in the Cyberdelia arcade.

Question 4

What personal connection formed between two lead actors shortly after filming?

Accepted Answer

Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie got married shortly after making the film, though they divorced four years later.

Question 5

What pseudonym does Eugene Belford use at the end of the film, and what's its historical reference?

Accepted Answer

Eugene Belford uses the pseudonym Babbage, referencing Charles Babbage who invented an early form of the computer.

Question 6

What real-world hacking technique is depicted in the movie using a cassette recorder?

Accepted Answer

The film shows using a cassette recorder to play tones into a phone to make free calls, a method known as a Red Box or tone generator, which could fool pay phones.

Question 7

Which real high school was used for filming, and what unique feature does it have?

Accepted Answer

Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan was used for high school scenes; in the real school, the pool is on the first floor.

Question 8

What early video game do Kate and Dade play in the Cyberdelia scene?

Accepted Answer

Kate and Dade play an early version of Wipeout (1995) in the Cyberdelia scene.

Question 9

What pseudonym does Eugene Belford use at the end of the film, and what is its historical reference?

Accepted Answer

Eugene Belford uses the pseudonym Babbage, referencing Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early form of the computer.

Question 10

What personal connection formed between two lead actors shortly after filming?

Accepted Answer

Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie were married shortly after making the film, and then divorced four years later.

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