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. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Title | WarGames |
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Year | 1983 |
Genre | Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Sherwood Productions, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Cast | Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin, Juanin Clay |
Crew | John Badham (Director), Lawrence Lasker (Screenplay), Walter F. Parkes (Screenplay), Leonard Goldberg (Executive Producer), Richard Hashimoto (Producer), Harold Schneider (Producer) |
Keyword | artificial intelligence (a.i.), computer, government, hacker, video game, cold war, fbi, prosecution, norad, nuclear threat |
Release | Jun 03, 1983 |
Runtime | 114 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.10 / 10 by 1,853 users |
Popularity | 23 |
Budget | 12,000,000 |
Revenue | 124,600,000 |
Language | English |