In the Realm of the Hackers

In The Realm of the Hackers
A wild ride that takes us headlong into the risky but intoxicating world of the computer underground.
Directed by	Kevin Anderson
Written by	Kevin Anderson
Produced by	Franco di Chiera
Starring	Dan Spielman, Nathan Phillips, Ernie Gray, Suelette Dreyfus
Narrated by	Robert Menzies
Cinematography	Kevin Anderson
Edited by	Uri Mizrahi
Music by	Al Mullins, Janine de Lorenzo
Distributed by	Film Australia
Release date	2003 (2003)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	AU$400,000

In The Realm of the Hackers is a 2003 Australian documentary directed by Kevin Anderson about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1980s until early 1990. The storyline is centered on the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix", who were members of an elite computer hacking group called The Realm and hacked into some of the most secure computer networks in the world, including those of the US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA. The film runs for 55 minutes and was inspired by the book Underground, by Melbourne-based writer and academic Suelette Dreyfus.

Film credits

• Written and directed by Kevin Anderson
• Cinematography by Kevin Anderson
• Executive Producer: Franco di Chiera
• Produced by John Moore, Suelette Dreyfus (Associate Producer)
• Film Australia Executive Producer Franco di Chiera
• Produced with the assistance of Film Victoria.
• Produced with the assistance of The Australian Broadcasting Corporation

See also

• Nahshon Even-Chaim
• Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier
• Hacktivism

External links

• Broadcast write-up
• Australian Film Commission information
• In the Realm of the Hackers at IMDb