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Directed by | Phil Alden Robinson |
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Cinematography | John Lindley |
Edited by | Tom Rolf |
Music by | James Horner |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $23 million[1] |
Box office | $105.2 million[2] |
Sneakers is a 1992 American caper film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Walter Parkes, and Lawrence Lasker. It stars Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, and David Strathairn. The film centers on a group of security specialists who are hired to steal a code breaker device, and realize that the job has nefarious and far-reaching motives.
Released by Universal Pictures on September 11, 1992, Sneakers was both a widespread critical and commercial success.[3][2]