WarGames (1983)

06/03/1983 (US) • 1h 54m

Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama

Is it a game, or is it real?

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.

Top Billed Cast

Matthew Broderick

David Lightman

Dabney Coleman

McKittrick

John Wood

Stephen Falken

Ally Sheedy

Jennifer

Barry Corbin

General Beringer

Juanin Clay

Pat Healy


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Part of the WarGames Collection

Includes WarGames, WarGames: The Dead Code

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$12,000,000.00

Revenue

$124,600,000.00

Keywords

artificial intelligence (a.i.)

computer

government

hacker

video game

cold war

fbi

prosecution

norad

nuclear threat

paranoid

tense

hopeful

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