THE MATRIX (1999)****

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Contains 14 movie quotes & 55 Academic Words (AWL*).
A computer hacker  (Keanu Reeves)  meets a mysterious woman named Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss).  She introduces  him to Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), and his whole reality becomes clear .   He's living inside a computer program controlled by robots.  His real identity is Neo, and according to Morpheus, he is the One who will save the human race if only he can believe in himself  and empower his destiny to defeat Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) before Smith and his army of agents crush the last few free humans on Earth.  Directed by Andy & Lana Wachowski. Winner 4 Academy Awards.    Rated R (136 min.) mike laib 2012.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix

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