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WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film [2] 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.
High school student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games. After starting a game of Global Thermonuclear War,...
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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.
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.
Jul 21, 2008 · How did WarGames become the geek-geist classic that legitimized hacker culture, minted the nerd hero — and maybe even changed American defense policy? Related question: Shall we play a game?
The fate of mankind rests in the hands of a teenager who accidentally taps in the Defense Department's tactical computer. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
WarGames. A computer whiz kid innocently taps into a top-secret super-computer to play a war game and accidentally starts a real countdown to World War 3. In a race against time, the boy must persuade the computer to end the "game." Stars Matthew Broderick.
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.
Official Trailer. 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.
