NetForce (film)

NetForce
Directed by	Robert Lieberman
Written by	Tom Clancy (Story) Steve Pieczenik (novel) Lionel Chetwynd (teleplay)
Produced by	Dennis E. Doty Peggy Griffin Stephen Lofaro Steve Pieczenik Robert Z. Shapiro
Starring	Scott Bakula Joanna Going Xander Berkeley Anjul Nigam and Judge Reinhold
Cinematography	David Hennings
Edited by	Alan L. Shefland
Music by	Jeff Rona
Distributed by	Trimark Pictures ABC
Release date	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
• C. C. H. 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

External links

• NetForce at IMDb
• Images of NetForce on Scott Bakula Fansite
• Images of NetForce on Cary Tagawa Fansite