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Sneakers Wiki
A wiki on Phil Alden Robinson's Sneakers (1992), the Robert Redford / Ben Kingsley / Sidney Poitier ensemble heist film about a black box that breaks every code, a fugitive past, and a team of sneakers-for-hire who end up negotiating in a parking lot for a Winnebago and world peace.
Hub
- Sneakers (1992) — main hub page
Film overview
- Plot Summary (Sneakers)
- Cast and Characters (Sneakers)
- Production History (Sneakers)
- Critical Reception and Legacy (Sneakers)
- Physical Media Releases (Sneakers)
- Themes and Analysis (Sneakers)
Structure pages
- Backbeats (Sneakers) — beat-level breakdown of the film
- Plot Structure (Sneakers) — the Two Approaches framework applied to Bishop's arc, with the ten structural rivets and the better/sufficient quadrant placement
- The PlayTronics Rooftop Climax (Sneakers) — Bishop walks away as test of the refuse-the-frame approach
- Backbeats (Sneakers) — beat-level scene atomization (older draft)
People
- Phil Alden Robinson (Sneakers) — director
- Robert Redford — Bishop / Brice
- Sidney Poitier — Crease
- Dan Aykroyd — Mother
- Ben Kingsley — Cosmo
- Mary McDonnell — Liz
- River Phoenix — Carl
- David Strathairn — Whistler
- James Horner — composer
Theme essays
- Cryptography in 1990s Cinema
- The Post-Cold War Spy Film
- There's a War Out There (Cosmo's Monologue)
- The Heist Ensemble Tradition
- Whistler's Blindness
Reference
All Pages
- Backbeats (Sneakers)
- Backbeats (Sneakers) - Direct (pre-two-paths backup 2026-04-27)
- Backbeats (Sneakers) - Via Backbeats (pre-two-paths backup 2026-04-27)
- Ben Kingsley
- Cast and Characters (Sneakers)
- Critical Reception and Legacy (Sneakers)
- Cryptography in 1990s Cinema
- Dan Aykroyd
- David Strathairn
- James Horner
- Mary McDonnell
- Phil Alden Robinson (Sneakers)
- Physical Media Releases (Sneakers)
- Plot Structure (Sneakers)
- Plot Summary (Sneakers)
- Production History (Sneakers)
- River Phoenix
- Sidney Poitier
- The Heist Ensemble Tradition
- The PlayTronics Rooftop Climax (Sneakers)
- The Post-Cold War Spy Film
- Themes and Analysis (Sneakers)
- There's a War Out There (Cosmo's Monologue)
- Whistler's Blindness