The Matrix Revolutions - videos, teasers and stills from filming
All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "The Matrix Revolutions"
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
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2:9 (129 min)
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What's left behind the scenes
- The film premiered simultaneously in the world's largest cities: November 5th at 6:00 PM in Los Angeles (local time), 9:00 PM in New York, 2:00 PM in London, 5:00 PM in Moscow, 11:00 PM in Tokyo, 1:00 AM in Sydney, as well as in 50 other countries around the world.
- The special effects team took two months to develop machines to simulate perfectly straight falling raindrops.
- The creators were inspired by the final fight in "Run Lola Run" (1999) for the final showdown between Smith and Neo.
- The Oracle smokes "Double Destiny" cigarettes.
- The ship referred to as "The Hammer" is actually named "Mjolnir," after Thor's hammer (the god of thunder, storms, and fertility in Germanic-Scandinavian mythology).
- Ian Bliss was partially cast in the film due to his physical resemblance to Hugo Weaving.
- The film contains 804 scenes with special effects.
- The name of the station between the Machine World and the Matrix is Mobil Ave. Mobil is an anagram of Limbo, which translates to purgatory, a place between Heaven and Hell.
- The name of the musical theme for the final battle between Neo and Smith – “Neodämmerung” – comes from the German word “Gotterdämmerung” (literally “twilight of the gods”). This is also the name of a part of Wagner's opera “The Ring of the Nibelung.” “Gotterdämmerung” dealt with the final battle between the gods, which led to their destruction. Knowing what would happen, the gods fought for the survival of humanity. The name of the music theme not only fits the plot of the scene, but also emphasizes the influence of Wagner's music on the recording of the film's soundtrack.
- Filming of “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003) and “The Matrix Revolutions” (2003) began simultaneously in Oakland and San Francisco in late March 2001. The actual filming schedule was 250 days.
- The street where Neo and Smith fight in the climax of the film is the same street from which Neo called at the end of “The Matrix” (1999).
- When Neo goes to the Oracle, “I'm Beginning to See the Light” plays in the background; the same composition, in a different version, plays in a similar scene in “The Matrix” (1999).
- When Trinity is pursuing the Merovingian, you can notice an advertisement for “Powerade”. When “The Matrix Reloaded” appeared in theaters, “Powerade” commercials in the style of “The Matrix” were released in the USA.
- The black cat at the end of the film is the same cat from the déjà vu scene in “The Matrix” (1999).
- During the final battle between Neo and Smith and during the end credits, a Sanskrit shloka in a European style is repeated: “Asatoma Sat Gamaya, Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya, Mrityorma Anritam Gamaya,” which literally translates to: “Lead me from unreal to real, lead me from darkness to light, lead me from temporal to eternity.”
- In the final scene of the film, the viewer sees green colors and a blue sky inside the Matrix for the first time throughout the trilogy.
- Many of the “rain drops” in the final fight between Neo and Smith are actually single-line matrix code, similar to what the characters see on computer screens when observing the Matrix. This effect was specifically added to show that the Matrix was beginning to destabilize. The effect is very noticeable on large cinema screens, but it can also be seen on home televisions: during close-ups, pay attention to the drops “jumping” like electrostatic interference.
- Gloria Foster, who played the role of the Oracle in the first two installments, died before she could reprise her role in the third film, and was replaced by Mary Alice. The filmmakers added a plot point to account for the character's change in appearance, and also admitted that, coincidentally, one version of the script had the Oracle changing appearance anyway.
- At the 53-minute mark, when Bane holds a knife to Trinity's throat, the blood trail on her neck appears and disappears.
- The creators were inspired by the final fight in «The Hidden» (1999) for the final showdown between Smith and Neo.
- At the 12th minute of the film, when the Conductor jumps onto the opposite platform just before the train arrives, you can notice that Seraph, Trinity, and Morpheus, who are chasing him, disappear from the platform.
- At the 14th minute of the film, when the Merovingian hits Neo and throws him into the wall, you can notice that a stunt double takes the hit instead of Keanu Reeves.
- At the 18th minute of the film, Trinity knocks one of the Merovingian's henchmen into the wall. After the impact, only the henchman's legs are visible, but when Trinity, Morpheus, and Seraph walk by him in the next shot, not only his legs but also his head and arms are visible through the hole in the wall.
- At the 19th minute of the film, there is one olive skewered on the skewer in the Merovingian's hand. When the Merovingian eats the olive from the skewer in one of the following scenes, a second fruit is already next to it.
- At the 23rd minute of the film, Seraph knocks out one of the Merovingian's henchmen. After a cut, when Trinity is waiting for the pistol flying through the air, the henchman's body lies next to the table. In the next scene, when the fight stops, from a top angle, you can notice that the club visitor's body is lying in a different position.
- At the 25th minute of the film, when Trinity exits the train car and runs to Neo, you can notice that the suitcase previously left by Rama-Kandra is not on the platform, and the debris from the destroyed wall opposite, into which Neo was thrown, is also missing.
- At the 27th minute of the film, Pythia sits down at a table and puts on a bracelet. A few seconds later, after a cut, she puts the bracelet on again.
- At the 33rd minute of the film, Seraph attempts to open a door while standing in a dark corridor. When he breaks down the door and enters the room, it can be noticed that lighting has appeared in the corridor behind him.
- When Zi inserts a projectile into the right barrel of the launcher held by her partner at the 69th minute of the film, a green chroma key can be seen appearing in front of the moving projectile.
- The name of the station between the Machine World and the Matrix is Mobil Ave. Mobil is an anagram of Limbo, which translates to purgatory, a place between Heaven and Hell.
- The title of the musical theme for the final battle between Neo and Smith – “Neodämmerung” – comes from the German word “Gotterdämmerung” (literally “twilight of the gods”). This is also the name of a part of Wagner’s opera “The Ring of the Nibelung.” “Gotterdämmerung” dealt with the final battle between the gods, which led to their destruction. Knowing what would happen, the gods fought for the survival of humanity. The musical theme’s title not only fits the plot of the scene but also emphasizes the influence of Wagner’s music on the film’s soundtrack recording.
- Many of the “raindrops” in the final battle between Neo and Smith are actually single-line matrix code, similar to what the characters see on computer screens when observing the Matrix. This effect was specifically added to show that the Matrix was beginning to destabilize. The effect is very noticeable on large cinema screens, but it can also be seen on home televisions: during close-ups, pay attention to the drops “jumping” like electrostatic interference.
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