WarGames (1983)

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7	IMDB rating

Directed by

John Badham

Starring (View all)

David

McKittrick

Falken

Jennifer

General Beringer

Juanin Clay

Pat Healy

Kent Williams

Cabot

Dennis Lipscomb

Watson

Written by (View all)

Lawrence Lasker

(written by)

Walter F. Parkes

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A young computer whizz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3. Can he convince the computer he wanted to play a game and not the real thing ?

Release date : 3 June 1983
UPC: 027616705624

Thriller (14), Sci-fi (13), Drama (10), 1983 (9), Cold War (8), 1980s (6), Usa (5), Nuclear Threat (5), Computer (4), Action (4), Hacker (4), Nuclear Weapons (3), Teen (3), Computers (3), War (3), Nuclear War (3), Favorites (2), Magnificent (2), School (2), Immaturity (1)

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"Release Date - June 3rd, 1983 Box Office Gross - $79,567,667 Watched May 7th - My DVD collection - Rewatch "Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks." - General Beringer Continuing my look back at the movies of 1983 with WarGames, I made it my next choice because it is set in the great Northwest. I remember seeing it in the theater when it was first released and enjoying it, and I enjoyed it just as much this time a"

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""David is a lazy but bright teenager who prefers to hack into his high school's computer and change his grades rather than study. One day his best friend Jennifer is with him and he decides to hack into a toy company looking for new games. He accidentally finds a back door into the War Operation Plan Response system, a secret military supercomputer at the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) which controls the American nuclear arsenal. David challenges the computer to a game of Therm"

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