Hackers Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

11 of the most interesting Hackers easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Hackers movie message.

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Hackers poster
Hackers poster
Hackers Plot

Hackers are blamed for making a virus that will capsize five oil tankers.

Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director Iain Softley
Stars Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard
IMDB score 6.3

Hackers Movie Trivia

1 - -- Matthew Lillard's character "Cereal Killer" goes the entire movie without once touching a computer, except for exactly 1 second only, just before he does his "tension breaker" at Grand Central Station (pictured, easy to miss)

-- Matthew Lillard's character "Cereal Killer" goes the entire movie without once touching a computer, except for exactly 1 second only, just before he does his "tension breaker" at Grand Central Station (pictured, easy to miss)

The racist television show that Zero Cool disrupts is called "America First"

1 - All of the books identified by Dade at the club were real manuals. All but two, the Pink Shirt Book and the Unix Bible, were published by the DoD and were part of a set of books known as the Rainbow Series.

All of the books identified by Dade at the club were real manuals. All but two, the Pink Shirt Book and the Unix Bible, were published by the DoD and were part of a set of books known as the Rainbow Series.

- The character Lord Nikon takes his name from a camera company due to his photographic memory.

Accuracy details in Hackers

1 - When Cerial Killer is quizzing Dade on security books these books are actually real and can still be found and purchased today like the IBM "Pink Book"

When Cerial Killer is quizzing Dade on security books these books are actually real and can still be found and purchased today like the IBM "Pink Book"

Hackers movie hidden details

- Despite being a skilled hacker, Dade has poor typing skills due to being banned from using a computer throughout his teens.

Joey is seen reading a magazine with Mona Lisa on the back; painted by Leonardo da Vinci, the namesake of the damaging virus fueling the plot.

1 - When Zero Cool and Acid Burn ask for help to bring down the DaVinci virus the hackers backdrop is the Mona Lisa

When Zero Cool and Acid Burn ask for help to bring down the DaVinci virus the hackers backdrop is the Mona Lisa

1 - There is tape called "Fishing with Eddie". Zero Cool gains access to the tv station by phishing as "Eddie Vedder".

There is tape called "Fishing with Eddie". Zero Cool gains access to the tv station by phishing as "Eddie Vedder".

The newscast mocked by half the hacker group is the arrest of the least-skilled of their circle.

Hackers: All of the "Crayola" books that Cereal pulls out of his bag are legit programming books

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