artificial intelligence (a.i.),computer,government,hacker,video game,cold war,fbi,prosecution,norad,nuclear threat

WarGames (1983)

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Is it a game, or is it real?

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 girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Cast & Crew

Director
John Badham
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    David Lightman Matthew Broderick
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    McKittrick Dabney Coleman
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    Stephen Falken John Wood
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    Jennifer Ally Sheedy
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    General Beringer Barry Corbin
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    Pat Healy Juanin Clay
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    Watson Dennis Lipscomb
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    Richter Irving Metzman

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Keywords

  • artificial intelligence (a.i.)
  • computer
  • government
  • hacker
  • video game
  • cold war
  • fbi
  • prosecution
  • norad
  • nuclear threat