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28 December 1982 (USA)
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Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide...
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So bad it's good
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom Hanks | ... | Robbie Wheeling |
 | Wendy Crewson | ... | Kate Finch |
 | David Wallace | ... | Daniel |
 | Chris Makepeace | ... | Jay Jay Brockway |
| Lloyd Bochner | ... | Hal |
| Peter Donat | ... | Harold |
 | Anne Francis | ... | Ellie |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | Lieutenant John Martini |
 | Vera Miles | ... | Cat |
 | Louise Sorel | ... | Julia |
| Susan Strasberg | ... | Meg |
| Chris Wiggins | ... | King |
| Clark Johnson | ... | Perry |
| Tom Harvey | ... | Hayden |
 | James O'Regan | ... | Paul |
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Dungeons & Dragons (USA) (working title)
Dungeons and Dragons (USA) (video box title)
Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters
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Dungeons and Dragons (USA) (video box title)
Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters
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Rated PG for thematic elements and mild violence.
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USA:120 min (including commercials) | USA:100 min
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West Germany:16 |
USA:PG (2005)
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Do you think Robbie was involved with another game?
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References The Slayer (1982)
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Mazes and Monsters was the made-for-TV special at the head of the anti-Dungeons-And-Dragons movement, spearheaded by Patricia Pulling who blamed the game for her son's suicide the same year. I know people whose parents confiscated and threw out/burned all their gear as a result of this film, which suggests such games cause loving, sensitive kids to go insane and suicidal.
For a made-for-TV, it's pretty well done, despite the fact that its premise is rather, well, inflamatory. It's wholly designed to make parents fear their kid's imagination. Still fun to watch and laugh at. Although it launched Tom Hank's movie career, I've heard he won't acknowledge having made it.