WarGames(Movie, 1983)

Name: WarGames
Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 1983
Duration: T01:54:00
Rating: 3.5

1h 54min | Genres: Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 768 votes)

WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Broderick plays David Lightman, a young computer hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to simulate, predict and execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union, triggering a false alarm that threatens to start World War III. The film premiered at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, and was released by MGM/UA Entertainment on June 3, 1983. It was a widespread critical and commercial success, grossing $125 million worldwide against a $12 million budget. At the 56th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for three Oscars, including Best Original Screenplay. It also won a BAFTA Award for Best Sound. WarGames is credited with pop... ()

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Awards & Nominations for WarGames

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Sound

About WarGames

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.

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Trailer for WarGames + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:30)

Official Trailer (Trailer)

WarGames (1983) Trailer (Trailer)

WarGames (1983) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p] (Trailer)

WarGames ≣ 1983 ≣ Trailer (Trailer)

Trailer (Trailer)

Tv Trailer (Trailer)

TV Spot (Trailer)

"Shall We Play A Game?" Scene (Clip)

David Discovers A List of Games (Clip)

Hacking The School Servers (Clip)

War Games Trailer 1983 (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.mgm.com

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Long Beach (California), Colorado

Plays in: Colorado, Washington, Seattle, Oregon, Cheyenne Mountain Complex

Derivative works/Adaptions: "WarGames" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: United Artists, Sherwood Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 26 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 06/03/1983

Appearing Characters: David Lightman

Cast: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Barry Corbin, Michael Madsen, James Tolkan, Dennis Lipscomb, Michael Ensign, John Spencer, Stephen Lee, Art LaFleur, Eddie Deezen, Maury Chaykin, Juanin Clay, Joe Dorsey, Jesse D. Goins, Stack Pierce, Kent Williams, Susan Davis, Jason Bernard, Joseph Dorsey Jr., William Bogert, Alan Blumenfeld

Director: John Badham

Producer: Leonard Goldberg, Bruce McNall, Harold K. Schneider, Richard Hashimoto

Screenwriter: Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes

Film Editor: Tom Rolf

Director of Photography: William A. Fraker

Composer: Arthur B. Rubinstein

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Jeux de guerre"

"WarGames: Giochi di guerra"

"Військові ігри"

"Воєнні ігри"

Keywords: hacker, fbi, artificial intelligence, prosecution, video game, computer, norad, government, nuclear threat, cold war

Budget: 12,000,000 USD

Revenue: 124,600,000 USD (= 1,038%)