NetForce (film)

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NetForce

Directed by	Robert Lieberman
Produced by	Dennis E. Doty Peggy Griffin Stephen Lofaro Steve Pieczenik Robert Z. Shapiro
Written by	Tom Clancy (Story) Steve Pieczenik (novel) Lionel Chetwynd (teleplay)
Starring	Scott Bakula Joanna Going Kris Kristofferson Brian Dennehy Xander Berkeley Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa CCH Pounder and Judge Reinhold
Music by	Jeff Rona
Cinematography	David Hennings
Editing by	Alan L. Shefland
Distributed by	Trimark Pictures ABC
Release dates	February 1, 1999
Running time	200 min.
Country	American
Language	English
Budget	$20,000,000 (estimated)

NetForce is a 1999 American television movie starring Scott Bakula. Based on the Tom Clancy's Net Force series of novels created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, it was broadcast on ABC in 1999.

Plot

In the year 2005 Alex Michaels (Scott Bakula) is deputy head of a new division of the FBI called "Netforce" which investigates computer crime and polices the Internet. When his boss and mentor, Steve Day, is assassinated, the evidence points to Web pioneer and owner of the company Januscorp, Will Stiles (Judge Reinhold), a character said to be Bill Gates' apprentice. Stiles is about to release a new web browser that may allow him to hack into any computer in the world and to gain control of the Internet.

Michaels is appointed acting Commander of Netforce, and leads his people on the hunt for Stiles.

Cast

Scott Bakula as Alex Michaels
Kris Kristofferson as Steve Day
Judge Reinhold as Will Stiles
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Leong Cheng
Joanna Going as Toni Fiorelli
Brian Dennehy as Lowell Davidson
CCH Pounder as FBI Director Sandra Knight
Xander Berkeley as Bo Tyler

Awards

Emmy Award, 1999, nominated for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Golden Reel Award, 2000, nominated for Best Sound Editing - Television Mini-Series - Dialogue & ADR and Best Sound Editing - Television Mini-Series - Effects & Foley^[1]

External links

References

↑ Awards List from IMDB

v t e Films directed by Robert Lieberman

1980s	Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story (1980) Will: G. Gordon Liddy (1982) Table for Five (1983)

1990s	All I Want for Christmas (1991) Fire in the Sky (1993) D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996) Titanic (1996) NetForce (1999)

2000s	Second String (2002) Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)

2010s	The Stranger (2010) The Tortured (2010) Breakaway (2011)

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