WarGames

Is it a game, or is it real?

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Science Fiction
Drama
Thriller

Overview

High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Keywords

artificial intelligence (a.i.)
hacker
political thriller
paranoid
fbi
video game
government
computer
prosecution
cold war
nuclear threat
tense
hopeful
cyber thriller
norad

Details

Status: Released
Release date: June 3, 1983
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: United Artists,Sherwood Productions
Cast: Matthew Broderick,Dabney Coleman,John Wood,Ally Sheedy,Barry Corbin,Juanin Clay,Kent Williams,Dennis Lipscomb,Joe Dorsey,Irving Metzmanand 38 more
Director: John Badham
Writer: Lawrence Lasker,Walter F. Parkes
Producer: Harold Schneider,Leonard Goldberg,Richard Hashimoto
Cinematography: William A. Fraker
Music: Arthur B. Rubinstein
Budget: $12,000,000
Revenue: $124,600,000
IMDb: tt0086567