- "On April 2nd the fight for the future begins"
- —The Matrix's tagline[src]
The Matrix is a 1999 cult film from Earth-1 and Earth-Prime.
Overivew
On April 2, 1999 The Matrix, a Silver Pictures production, was released in theaters by Warner Bros. in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and Groucho Film Partnership. The film's plot revolved over "the fight for the future" and use of firearms. The movie was also noted for costume design, featuring leather and other black clothes.[1][2]
Over the years, it gained massive attention and was seen at some point in their lives by Cisco Ramon, Rene Ramirez, and Ralph Dibny.[1][2][3] Cisco himself compared one of the main characters Neo to his laser tag opponent, Chad McConnell,[4] and the film itself to one of Barry's The Flash suits.[5]
Up until late 2017, the poster for The Matrix was hanging on the wall in Cisco Ramon's apartment, before it was destroyed by Breacher.[1] Earlier that year, Rene Ramirez compared Laurel Lance's Black Siren suit costume to that of a character from the movie, Trinity.[2]
Crew
Crew of the movie billed on the poster, right under the title.
- Don Davis: Composer
- Zach Staenberg: Editor
- Owen Paterson: Production Designer
- Bill Pope: Director of Photography
- Dan Cracchiolo: Co-Producer
- Barrie Osborne: Executive Producer
- Andrew Mason: Executive Producer
- Lilly Wachoswki: Executive Producer
- Lana Wachowski: Executive Producer
- Erwin Stoff: Executive Producer
- Bruce Berman: Executive Producer
- Joel Silver: Producer
- The Wachowski Brothers: Writers and directors
Cast
Cast as seen on the poster. Left to right: Joe Pantoliano, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss.
- Keanu Reeves as Neo
- Laurence Fishburne
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity
- Hugo Weaving
- Joe Pantoliano
Appearances
Arrow
Season 5
- "Who Are You?" (indirectly mentioned)
The Flash
Season 4
- "Elongated Journey Into Night" (poster)
Season 5
- "Goldfaced" (indirectly mentioned)
Season 7
- "The One With The Nineties" (mentioned)
The Chronicles of Cisco
- Post 62 (mentioned)
- Post 63 "Laser Tag: The Sequel" (indirectly mentioned)
Trivia
- Tagline of The Matrix is "On April 2nd the fight for the future begins".[1]
- So far, the only character mentioned by name out of the movie is Trinity, although an indirect mention by Ralph Dibny in "Goldfaced" says that another of the characters is named "Neo".[2][3] There are two other unnamed characters also presented on the film poster.
Behind the scenes
- In real life, The Matrix is indeed a cult film from 1999, much of it being the same as depicted.
- Comic book writer Grant Morrison claimed that movie's plot was plagiarized from his comic book Invisibles which was published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo in 1994-1996. Morrison went to court with the claim, but the case was eventually settled out of it. In any case as DC Comics is a subsidiary of the same conglomerate as Warner Bros. Studios who produced and distributed the movie, both properties could be technically seen as owned by the same company.