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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.
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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Summaries. 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 young computer whiz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
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Wargames. The fate of mankind rests in the hands of a teenager who accidentally taps in the Defense Department's tactical computer. 5,100 IMDb 7.1 1 h 52 min 1983. X-Ray PG. Action · Adventure · Cerebral · Exciting. Free trial of Max, rent, or buy. Watch with Max. Start your 7-day free trial. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $14.99. More purchase. options.
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 Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions.
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?
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.
WarGames (1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
