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TRON (1982)

PG 96 min  -  Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi  -   9 July 1982 (USA)
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A hacker is literally abducted into the world of a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.

Director:

Steven Lisberger

Writers:

Steven Lisberger (screenplay), Steven Lisberger (story), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeff Bridges ...
Bruce Boxleitner ...
David Warner ...
Cindy Morgan ...
Barnard Hughes ...
Dan Shor Dan Shor ...
Peter Jurasik ...
Tony Stephano Tony Stephano ...
Peter / Sark's Lieutenant
Craig Chudy Craig Chudy ...
Warrior #1
Vince Deadrick Jr. Vince Deadrick Jr. ...
Warrior #2 (as Vince Deadrick)
Sam Schatz Sam Schatz ...
Expert Disc Warrior
Jackson Bostwick Jackson Bostwick ...
Head Guard
David S. Cass Sr. David S. Cass Sr. ...
Factory Guard (as Dave Cass)
Gerald Berns ...
Guard #1
Bob Neill Bob Neill ...
Guard #2
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Storyline

Hacker/arcade owner Kevin Flynn is digitally broken down into a data stream by a villainous software pirate known as the Master Control and reconstituted into the internal, 3-D graphical world of computers. It is there, in the ultimate blazingly colorful, geometrically intense landscapes of cyberspace, that Flynn joins forces with Tron to outmaneuver the Master Control program that holds them captive in the equivalent of a gigantic, infinitely challenging computer game. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Security | Video Game | Arcade | Computer Programmer  | See more »

Taglines:

The Electronic Gladiator See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Tron See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,761,795 (USA) (11 July 1982)

Gross:

$33,000,000 (USA)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Comic Con-Quest, Cindy Morgan traded her Yori costume for a Lexus. See more »

Goofs

Crew or equipment visible: When Flynn runs through the computer halls shortly before he gets scanned in the computer, you see a crew member sitting behind a Cray 1 supercomputer and several others reflected in the glass on the same Cray 1. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Boy in Video Game Arcade: All right, give me room. Here we go.
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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits, save for the production companies (and the
opening prologue in the English language foriegn version.)
For the title, a pair of lightning bolts flare, forming a brilliant point
of light, where various parts coalesce to form a human figure. The point of
light flares, revealing the title TRON, which an electric point of light
shimmering in the "O". The title TRON rushes toward the camera, rotating
around the "O", and as the title gets closer, a landscape of three
dimensional circuitry appears within the letters themselves. As the camera
dives in, it levels off, and the circuitry turns into the lights of a
cityscape, dissolving into the establishing shot of the arcade. See more »

Connections

Referenced in We Are the Strange (2007) See more »

Soundtracks

"Only Solutions"
Written and Performed by Journey See more »