 Dan running on the track. World Record is an animated short film in The Animatrix series set in the fictional universe of The Matrix. The film is about an athlete who becomes aware that the Matrix exists during a competition. The film deliberately uses exaggerated perspective and distortion that would be difficult or impossible to achieve in live action. Unlike some of the other Animatrix shorts, it does not use any CGI. Image File history File linksMetadata Animatrixworldrecord. ...
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The Matrix is a science-fiction/action film first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski. ...
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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. The beginning of this short includes narration explaining details behind the discovery of the Matrix by "unplugged" humans (that is, those whom are still connected within the Matrix). Only exceptional humans tend to become aware of it; those who have "a rare degree of intuition, sensitivity, and a questioning nature," all qualities which are used to identify inconsistencies in the Matrix. However, this is not without exceptions, and "some attain this wisdom through wholly different means."
This movie is centered on a track runner, Dan, sprinting the 100 meter dash. As the race starts, flashbacks — flaws in the matrix — (which may not be programmed to accommodate humans traveling at such speeds under their own power) begin to appear. Dan is warned by his coach to cancel this race, but he wants to set a record no one will ever break in the future. His personal determination to make this goal an achievable one, mostly motivated by a revoked medal for a previous record, taken from him when he tested positive for drug use, in addition to claims that his record will never be broken — something he intends to prove wrong by breaking his own record of 8.99 seconds (current Real world record is 9.76). It should be noted that in one particular flashback with the Reporter, he compares qualifying to being "released from the world, and you feel totally free." Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ...
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During the race, Dan speeds up; however his muscles become overloaded. He drops back and the agents realize that he is waking up. They try to catch him, but he speeds up and wins the race with a winning time of 8.72 seconds, at which point he collapses. Meanwhile, in the real world, Dan wakes up from the Matrix, but a machine shocks him and plugs him back in to the system. Days later, Dan is seen in a wheelchair in a coma-like state. Even though he is disabled in the Matrix, Dan gets up slowly muttering the word "free", at which point he stands and walks a few paces before falling. The meaning of this ending is deliberately left unresolved.
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Main production team Takeshi Koike — Director
Andy Wachowski — Screenwriter
Larry Wachowski — Screenwriter
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