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WarGames is credited with popularizing concepts of computer hacking, information technology, and cybersecurity in wider American society. It spawned several video games, a 2008 sequel film, and a 2018 interactive series.
- $12 million
- Arthur B. Rubinstein
- Harold Schneider
Jun 3, 1983 · A young hacker accidentally triggers a nuclear war simulation and must stop it before it's too late. IMDb provides cast and crew information, trivia, reviews, ratings, and more for this classic film.
- (107K)
- John Badham
- PG
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
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,...
- (47)
- John Badham
- PG
- Matthew Broderick
A high school kid challenges a computer to play a nuclear war game and discovers a sinister plot by the Defense Department. Roger Ebert praises the movie's technical and emotional intelligence, and its ending that reveals a shocking truth.
- 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 idea called The Genius.
- REAL EARLY HACKERS SERVED AS MODELS FOR DAVID LIGHTMAN. After they became convinced that the world of computers and hacking would be a great way to get their young genius into the kind of trouble that would drive a movie, Lasker and Parkes began researching the world of hacking and phone phreaks, and ultimately consulted with real-life hackers on the film.
- DR. FALKEN WAS BASED ON STEPHEN HAWKING, AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED BY JOHN LENNON. Even as the story evolved from a film about an older genius passing his wisdom on to a young protégé into a film about a teen hacker accidentally playing Global Thermonuclear War, Lasker and Parkes held on to the idea that the Dr. Stephen Falken character would be based heavily on Stephen Hawking.
- STUDIOS DIDN’T UNDERSTAND IT. With their lengthy research and writing period complete, Lasker and Parkes handed their script over to Goldberg, who started shopping WarGames around to studios.
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A classic sci-fi thriller about a teenage hacker who accidentally triggers a nuclear war simulation and faces the consequences. IMDb provides summaries, cast and crew, user reviews, trivia, FAQ and more for this movie.