Film
WarGames (1983)
Is it a game, or is it real?
Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller· Directed by John Badham· 114 min
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.
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- To David Lightman, "Global Thermonuclear War" will just be one hell of a game. To everybody else, it will be hell waiting to happen.
- "Global Thermonuclear War." You may think it's one hell of a game. You couldn't be more right.
- Wouldn't YOU rather play chess?
- The only winning move is not to play.
- Shall we Play!
Connections
Top billing
- Matthew Broderick as David Lightman
- Dabney Coleman as McKittrick
- John Wood as Stephen Falken
- Ally Sheedy as Jennifer
- Barry Corbin as General Beringer