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Enemy of the State

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Plot

When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, Dean attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.

Cast

Will Smith as Robert Clayton Dean
Will Smith

as Robert Clayton Dean

Gene Hackman as Brill
Gene Hackman

as Brill

Jon Voight as Reynolds
Jon Voight

as Reynolds

Regina King as Carla Dean
Regina King

as Carla Dean

Loren Dean as Hicks
Loren Dean

as Hicks

Jake Busey as Krug
Jake Busey

as Krug

Barry Pepper as Pratt
Barry Pepper

as Pratt

Jason Lee as Daniel Zavitz
Jason Lee

as Daniel Zavitz

Gabriel Byrne as 'Brill'
Gabriel Byrne

as 'Brill'

Lisa Bonet as Rachel Banks
Lisa Bonet

as Rachel Banks

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • November 20, 1998

Production Companies

  • Touchstone Pictures

  • Jerry Bruckheimer Films

  • Scott Free Productions

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $90,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $250,649,836.00

Runtime

  • 2.20 hrs

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What was just a movie then is quickly becoming reality now. With the erosion of our rights and privacy online, this movie should have served as a harbinger of a world we do not want to live in. We are introduced to the same arguments politicians, the wealthy and the agencies brought forth after the terror attacks we endured. The exact same rhetoric is used in this film ("if you have nothing to…

Fast-paced surveillance-oriented action/thriller with Will Smith, Gene Hackman and Jon Voight RELEASED IN 1998 and directed by Tony Scott, "Enemy of the State” is an action/crime/thriller starring Will Smith as a DC lawyer who unknowingly apprehends evidence of a serious crime involving a formidable politician (Jon Voight) and is subsequently targeted by his NSA goons (Jack Black, Seth Green, …

The government's been in bed with the entire telecommunications industry since the forties. They've infected everything. Enemy of the State is directed by Tony Scott and written by David Marconi. It stars Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Regina King and Lisa Bonet. Music is by Harry Gregson-Williams and Trevor Rabin, and cinematography by Dan Mindel. A lawyer becomes targeted by a corr…