Track Down
Track Down (also known as Takedown outside the United States) is a 2000 American crime thriller film based on the non-fiction book Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw—By the Man Who Did It by Tsutomu Shimomura and John Markoff, about the manhunt for computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. It is directed by Joe Chappelle, with a screenplay by Howard A. Rodman, John Danza, and David & Leslie Newman. The film stars Skeet Ulrich as Mitnick and Russell Wong as Shimomura, with Angela Featherstone, Donal Logue, Christopher McDonald, Master P, and Tom Berenger.
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| Directed by | Joe Chappelle |
| Written by | David Newman Leslie Newman John Danza Howard A. Rodman |
| Based on | Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw—By the Man Who Did It by |
| Produced by | John Thompson Brad Weston |
| Starring | Skeet Ulrich Russell Wong Angela Featherstone Donal Logue Christopher McDonald Master P Tom Berenger |
| Cinematography | Dermott Downs |
| Edited by | Joe Rabig |
| Music by | Chris Holmes James Kole |
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| Distributed by | Dimension Films |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Upon release, the film and its source material came under controversy due to inaccuracies and falsehoods alleged by Mitnick against Shimomura and the screenwriters. The film's producers faced a lawsuit from author Jonathan Littman, who alleged that portions of the film's screenplay were taken from his book The Fugitive Game: Online with Kevin Mitnick. As such, the film was not released in the United States until September 24, 2004, where it was released direct-to-video by Dimension Films.