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April 28th 1999: I've added a bunch of new pictures to the IMAGE FILES! Please check them out. Sorry they aren't in thumbnail, but I don't have a program to resize them.
April 26th 1999: "The Matrix" rises above "Life" at the box office this weekend. The movie was #1, and grossed $12.9 million. "Life" fell to second with $11.6 million. "The Matrix" was #1 even while some highly anticipated comedies were released this weekend. "The Matrix" also passed it's $100 million mark last week.
The phone used in "Matrix" is the Nokia 8110. You will not find this phone in the U.S., because the Nokia 8110 has features which are illegal in the United States. This phone does everything, including e-mail, voice recognition, paging, internet access, and caller ID. It is only legal in Eurpoe and the Pacific region. "The Matrix" was filmed in Australia, where the phone is freely available for use.
April 23rd 1999: Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity) appeared on LIVE! with Regis & Kathie Lee today. She talked about the training for her "movie kung fu", they showed backstage clips, and clips from the movie. She then taught Regis some "movie kung fu" and it was really hillarious.
April 19th 1999: "The Matrix" is #2 at the U.S. Box Office this weekend, falling one spot behind "Life" starring Eddie Murphy. "The Matrix" has grossed over $99,000,000 in the past 3 weeks, "Analyze This" couldn't even do that in it's 6 weeks. It only grossed $85,000,000.
The song Neo is listening to at the beginning of the film when he's konked out at his computer, is "Dissolved Girl" by Massive Attack, and it's from their latest album "Mezzanine". It's not on the soundtrack, so whoever found this out, must've researched quite a bit.
Shawn Morrison at my favorite Matrix site (besides mine :]) is still trying to find out the type of phone used in the movie. But here is his exact paragraph from his site:
If anyone has the official info, not just a guess, but the exact name of this phone, please E-Mail Me.
I need your help. If anyone out there knows the brand/name/style of the sunglasses Neo wears in the fight scenes (but mainly the official poster), please e-mail me or leave a message on the board. Thanks. I'd also like to know of any Matt Doran (Mouse) sites/clubs out there on the 'net.
Signing Out, Trin
This information is courtesy of Peter Leyshan and is greatly appreciated.
Just now looking over the pictures at www.nokia.com I would have to say the phone looked like the 8110 series (either the 'i' or the plus) but this is my opinion. The 8800 is not pictured on the site yet only the 8810. Either there is no 8800 or perhaps the 8800 is coming out later this year. Or perhaps the phone in the Matrix is just a modified prop with a Nokia label slapped on it. In either case, I have absolutely no idea.