From:	Bob Tockley zzdeden@*******.com.au
Subject:	Interesting...
Date:	Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:13:53 +1000

>Hot on the heels of rumors that the upcoming movie "Matrix" is based on the
>story out of the back of VR1, if you do a search for William Gibson at the
>IMDB, you find the following entry:

Unfortunately it IS a rumour - this is a science fiction/ martial arts
movie hybrid and not much more. Though it does share some similarities
with the novella in the back of VR1, the two do not have the same plot.
Essentially, the story behind "Matrix" is: Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves)
discovers that he is living in a highly detailed virtual reality created
and maintained by a computer that has taken over future Earth. Eventually
he teams up with group of freedom fighters led by Morpheus (Laurence
Fishburne) and begins to try to get himself back to 'reality'.

From all accounts, "Matrix" will be a sci-fi buff film only. As for the
William Gibson movie, well... I've heard rumours but they're only rumours
from what my 'inside sources' (cliched eh?) tell me.

(>) ARKHAM
"The difference between a clown and a mime? Easy. People care if the
clown gets killed."