Maps of Movies

The Matrix (1999)

Where The Matrix says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The city is never named, and it is Sydney: the film hid its landmarks on purpose.

Scenes and places

The hotel raid that opens the film (1999)

Police close in on Trinity in a hotel room. She slips away, and the chase sets up a world that is not what it seems.

Set in Heart O' the City hotel (unnamed city) — The film's opening location, in a city the film never names.

Filmed at 4-14 Foster Street, Surry Hills (Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia) — Used for the Heart O' the City hotel in the opening scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: A short walk from Surry Hills; the building is an ordinary street-front address.

Thomas Anderson's office, Metacortex (1999)

Thomas Anderson works as a programmer and gets reprimanded by his boss. A warning reaches him, and Morpheus guides him as agents close in.

Set in Metacortex (unnamed city) — The software company where Thomas Anderson works.

Filmed at Metcentre, Margaret Street (Sydney CBD, Sydney, Australia) — Exterior of the building shown as Metacortex. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In the Sydney CBD, near Carrington and George Streets.

The railway bridge pickup (1999)

Neo is picked up by Morpheus's crew near a railway bridge and checked for a tracking device.

Set in Adams Street bridge (unnamed city) — The bridge Neo is sent to in the script.

Filmed at Adam Street Bridge, Chinatown (Chinatown / Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia) — The bridge a Commons photographer matched to the film at about 0:19:32. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Campbell Street train bridge at Elizabeth Street (Chinatown / Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia) — Listed as a filming location; the tunnel matched to the film at about 0:22:42. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The crowded street and the woman in red (1999)

Morpheus walks Neo through a crowded street to show how the simulation works. A passer-by in a red dress is part of the lesson.

Set in A crowded street inside a training program — A busy street that turns out to be part of a program.

Filmed at Lloyd Rees Fountain, Martin Place (Martin Place, Sydney, Australia) — The fountain where Neo is distracted by the woman in the red dress. Film time is given as 54:17 (Commons, adactio) or about 57 minutes (tokyofox); the blogs count time differently. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney CBD.

Filmed at Martin Place and Pitt Street corner (Martin Place, Sydney, Australia) — Street corner matched to the film at about 0:53:42. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The steak dinner with Agent Smith (1999)

Cypher sits down to a steak dinner with Agent Smith.

Set in A steak restaurant (unnamed city) — A restaurant where Cypher meets Agent Smith.

Filmed at Chifley Tower (Chifley Plaza), 2 Chifley Square (Sydney CBD, Sydney, Australia) — Named for the restaurant scene at about 64 minutes by one blog; coordinates from the Wikipedia article on Chifley Tower. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Morpheus held in the office building (1999)

Agents take Morpheus into a large office building. Trinity gets Neo out.

Set in Office building (unnamed city) — A large office building where agents take Morpheus.

Filmed at Colonial State Bank Building, Martin Place (Martin Place, Sydney, Australia) — Named as where Morpheus was held captive; the office interior was a studio set. Blogs give the address as 52 Martin Place, at the corner of Philip Street and Martin Place; film time about 1:25:47. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The subway station (1999)

The crew heads for a subway station as their way out, and the escape starts to fall apart.

Set in State and Balboa subway station (unnamed city) — A subway station the crew uses as an exit.

Filmed at Fox Studios Australia, Moore Park (Moore Park, Sydney, Australia) — The station was a set built around a train storage facility with real tracks. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The rooftop fight and bullet time (1999)

A rooftop fight is where the film's bullet-time effect is used.

Set in A city rooftop (unnamed city) — A rooftop used for a fight.

Filmed at Aon Tower, 201 Kent Street (Sydney CBD, Sydney, Australia) — The building seen behind the rooftop fight, not the roof itself (about 106 minutes in, per one blog). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The helicopter rescue (1999)

A helicopter rescue plays out at a tall building.

Set in A tall building held by soldiers (unnamed city) — The building where the rescue takes place.

Filmed at Allianz Centre, 2 Market Street (Sydney CBD, Sydney, Australia) — The rooftop where Neo lands during the helicopter sequence (about 110 minutes in, per one blog). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at British Telecom Tower, 1 Market Street (Sydney CBD, Sydney, Australia) — The building used for the helicopter-impact shots, right after the previous scene (per one blog). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The real world and the hovercraft Nebuchadnezzar (1999)

Neo wakes in a pod and is rescued onto the hovercraft Nebuchadnezzar.

Set in The real world aboard the Nebuchadnezzar — The hovercraft where the crew lives.

Filmed at Fox Studios Australia, Moore Park (Moore Park, Sydney, Australia) — Studio sets for the real world, built at Fox Studios. Some scenes were also shot at Culver Studios in the US. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Pitt Street and Hunter Street corner (Sydney CBD, Sydney, Australia) — The last phone call (about 2:03:30 per adactio, about 128 minutes per tokyofox) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Military-controlled building, Sydney CBD (Sydney CBD, Sydney, Australia) — Late-film building held by soldiers Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Westin Hotel, 1 Martin Place (Martin Place, Sydney, Australia) — Déjà vu moment / indoor chase (mid-to-late film) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Neo (Thomas Anderson) — A programmer who is told the world around him is not what it seems.
• Trinity — A hacker who works with Morpheus.
• Morpheus — A captain who recruits people into the fight.