That 3d file manager was called 'fsn'. Then there is a gtk/Linux port called 'fsv'. I maintain a version updated to gtk+3 at https://github.com/jabl/fsv . Unfortunately life has gotten in the way and I haven't had the time to port to gtk4 nor add some missing features.
When that movie came out, I was in school and living in special interest housing for computer science students. A bunch of us went to see the movie together, and when she said that line we all erupted in laughter, much to the confusion of the rest of the theater.