Matthew Broderick
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WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy.
Jun 3, 1983 · WarGames: Directed by John Badham. With Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy. A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a simulation of an armed conflict. [1] . Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to study the nature of potential conflicts.
A young computer whiz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3.
WarGames (1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Part delightfully tense techno-thriller, part refreshingly unpatronizing teen drama, WarGames is one of the more inventive -- and genuinely suspenseful -- Cold War movies of the 1980s.
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- Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
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Jun 1, 2018 · 1. THE ORIGINAL IDEA WASN’T ABOUT COMPUTERS OR HACKING. Before it became a story that blended the rise of hackers and personal computing with the ongoing threats of the Cold War, WarGames was an...
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 Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions.
BAFTA Awards. • 1 Win & 3 Nominations. At the height of the Cold War, an American teenager (Matthew Broderick) finds a back door into a military central computer (WOPR) in which reality is confused with game-playing, threatening to start World War III.
Beginning in an underground military installation where human beings are charged with carrying out orders that could lead to the nuclear destruction of nations, “WarGames” quickly establishes its narrative query: should calculating machines perform the duties of emotionally driven humans?
