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The article states, "The premise of the film is the impending introduction of legislation to limit law enforcement agencies in their powers." That is not a premise. For an explanation of a film's premise, see the Wikipedia article on film premise.
Further, there's no mention in the film of any Senator's party, so I have removed the claim that Hammersleigh is a Republican.
Also, the article states, "The movie had a TSCM consultant in the staff (who also played a minor role as a spy shop merchant), which accounts for the unusual-for-Hollywood degree of gadget realism in the movie." The latter part of the statement is POV and I have removed. BehroozZ 22:24, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
<snip> The movie mklkljonj heavily with issues that cropped up again in the debate over the United States Patriot Act. Ironically, the antagonist and foremost proponent of the anti-privacy bill (Reynolds) is shown in the film to have a birthday on September 11. </snip> Ironic or coincidental ?
Just saw the movie again for the tenth time or so and heard this 9/11 birthdate for the first time and was very shocked with this "coincident". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mtsdn ( talk • contribs) 13:58, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
"Thomas Reynolds' birth date is given as 9-11-40. On 11 September 1940, Bell Labs researcher George Stibitz demonstrated the first remote operation (i.e., over a phone line) of a computer machine. " -IMDB ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.102.243.129 ( talk) 02:09, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Doesn't this movie feel like it set the tone for the current domestic spyiing issue that President Bush is in trouble with now? Kinda makes you wonder. -- ^BuGs^ 04:52, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Why are the references to The Conversation not covered in this article when the film is nonetheless linked? Eusebeus 23:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
89.100.16.211 ( talk) 00:12, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
By everyone, I take it they mean "everyone whose character is not dead". -- Shan246
The spelling of the senator's name is used interchangeably in this article.
Twice it's spelled as "Hammersley", and twice it's spelled as "Hammersleigh".
If someone has/knows the correct spelling of the character's name, could they please fix it?
I should've verified the spelling before trying to edit it.
If no one has corrected the name before I verify the spelling in the movie, I'll correct it later.
-- Jason Lawrence Justice 21:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
The whole comms team consists of 3 comedians: Jack Black, Jamie Kennedy, and Seth Green.
What's up with that? Fang Teng 17:54, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
I believe the article contains an error. This movie wasn't released until November 1998 - therefore wouldn't it have been filmed in early 1998, not early 1997? There are many '98 model cars featured in the movie (new Lincoln Town Car, Dodge Durango, etc) which were NOT available in early 1997, but were available in early 1998. Davez621 09:43, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
The article states "The shot where Fiedler rotates the security image of Dean ninety degrees to discover the location of the tape is physically impossible and could not be achieved without some sort of 3-D recording technology, not a security camera."
This is not strictly true. Providing that the store the footage came from had multiple video cameras at different angles, it is theoretically possible to construct a 3D model from these frames, though this would require some fairly serious computing power (which I guess the NSA would have at their disposal).
That said, there are a lot of aspects of the film that severely bend the truth of technological limits! Davetibbs 17:11, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure, but I think it was stated in the movie that they just used powerful computers to recreate angles, not multiple cameras. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.22.191.144 ( talk) 00:01, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
PBS Nova ("The Spy Factory") said NSA could eavesdrop but couldn't connect the dots as depicted in the movie. Maybe the movie is depicting not eavesdropping but relational databases (multiple Federal, state, and corporate/bank data tables with primary and foriegn keys). Note: A database is strictly speaking (for database designer purposes) a collection of related tables, not one table. A database colloquially can refer to a secure information resource that is arranged in table format, however. Unrestricted Federal access (such as by NSA) to the available Federal, state, bank, and other corporate data nets interconnected by SSN could really ruin someone's life, though. Chris-marsh-usa ( talk) 01:19, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
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The article states, "The premise of the film is the impending introduction of legislation to limit law enforcement agencies in their powers." That is not a premise. For an explanation of a film's premise, see the Wikipedia article on film premise.
Further, there's no mention in the film of any Senator's party, so I have removed the claim that Hammersleigh is a Republican.
Also, the article states, "The movie had a TSCM consultant in the staff (who also played a minor role as a spy shop merchant), which accounts for the unusual-for-Hollywood degree of gadget realism in the movie." The latter part of the statement is POV and I have removed. BehroozZ 22:24, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
<snip> The movie mklkljonj heavily with issues that cropped up again in the debate over the United States Patriot Act. Ironically, the antagonist and foremost proponent of the anti-privacy bill (Reynolds) is shown in the film to have a birthday on September 11. </snip> Ironic or coincidental ?
Just saw the movie again for the tenth time or so and heard this 9/11 birthdate for the first time and was very shocked with this "coincident". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mtsdn ( talk • contribs) 13:58, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
"Thomas Reynolds' birth date is given as 9-11-40. On 11 September 1940, Bell Labs researcher George Stibitz demonstrated the first remote operation (i.e., over a phone line) of a computer machine. " -IMDB ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.102.243.129 ( talk) 02:09, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Doesn't this movie feel like it set the tone for the current domestic spyiing issue that President Bush is in trouble with now? Kinda makes you wonder. -- ^BuGs^ 04:52, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Why are the references to The Conversation not covered in this article when the film is nonetheless linked? Eusebeus 23:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
89.100.16.211 ( talk) 00:12, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
By everyone, I take it they mean "everyone whose character is not dead". -- Shan246
The spelling of the senator's name is used interchangeably in this article.
Twice it's spelled as "Hammersley", and twice it's spelled as "Hammersleigh".
If someone has/knows the correct spelling of the character's name, could they please fix it?
I should've verified the spelling before trying to edit it.
If no one has corrected the name before I verify the spelling in the movie, I'll correct it later.
-- Jason Lawrence Justice 21:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
The whole comms team consists of 3 comedians: Jack Black, Jamie Kennedy, and Seth Green.
What's up with that? Fang Teng 17:54, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
I believe the article contains an error. This movie wasn't released until November 1998 - therefore wouldn't it have been filmed in early 1998, not early 1997? There are many '98 model cars featured in the movie (new Lincoln Town Car, Dodge Durango, etc) which were NOT available in early 1997, but were available in early 1998. Davez621 09:43, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
The article states "The shot where Fiedler rotates the security image of Dean ninety degrees to discover the location of the tape is physically impossible and could not be achieved without some sort of 3-D recording technology, not a security camera."
This is not strictly true. Providing that the store the footage came from had multiple video cameras at different angles, it is theoretically possible to construct a 3D model from these frames, though this would require some fairly serious computing power (which I guess the NSA would have at their disposal).
That said, there are a lot of aspects of the film that severely bend the truth of technological limits! Davetibbs 17:11, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure, but I think it was stated in the movie that they just used powerful computers to recreate angles, not multiple cameras. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.22.191.144 ( talk) 00:01, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
PBS Nova ("The Spy Factory") said NSA could eavesdrop but couldn't connect the dots as depicted in the movie. Maybe the movie is depicting not eavesdropping but relational databases (multiple Federal, state, and corporate/bank data tables with primary and foriegn keys). Note: A database is strictly speaking (for database designer purposes) a collection of related tables, not one table. A database colloquially can refer to a secure information resource that is arranged in table format, however. Unrestricted Federal access (such as by NSA) to the available Federal, state, bank, and other corporate data nets interconnected by SSN could really ruin someone's life, though. Chris-marsh-usa ( talk) 01:19, 14 June 2010 (UTC)