sidney poitier river phoenix dan ackroyd mary mcdonnell robert redford jam earl jones . and gandhi . not to mention a youngish david strathairn . this film make in 1992 be very relevant today and deal with issue like encryption and security and access and identification . at the time this film be make and the pc be just start to be use for common us . this film be a pretty accurate look back at the state of the industry for 1992 and and some of the speculative us show here have actually come into be . this film show robert redford a he head a group of people who be uniquely talented in manipulate several field of computer and telephone us . and ab us . a head of this band of electronic robin hood and redford a marty bishop be trick into steal a piece of technology and hand it over to bad guy head by cosmo aka gandhi or ben kingsley and this piece of tech can literally shout secret over rooftop . hence and no more secret . the item in question actually deal with encryption algorithm that be still in use today . in an attempt to re acquire this little gadget and redford assemble his team and with the help of girlfriend mary mcdonnell and attempt to infiltrate the marin county fortress of solitude of criminal ben kingsley . the technical and comedic situation which arise in this caper make a wholly fun and interesting film . these prank be highly humorous and basically succeed . and some of them be not too far off the mark due to the technical assistance by one of the scientist who actually develop part of the technology which this film refers to . there be several nod and reference to the film thx 1138 by lucas and francis ford coppola the conversation and and barry levinson the natural . and three day of the condor .