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