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WarGames (1983)
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A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. Director:John Badham |
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
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| Matthew Broderick | ... | ||
| Dabney Coleman | ... | ||
| John Wood | ... | ||
| Ally Sheedy | ... | ||
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Juanin Clay | ... | |
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Kent Williams | ... | |
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Dennis Lipscomb | ... | |
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Joe Dorsey | ... | |
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Irving Metzman | ... | |
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William Bogert | ... | |
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Susan Davis | ... | |
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David Clover | ... |
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Storyline
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 ? Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
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The only winning move is not to play. See more »Parents Guide:
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Juegos de guerra See more »Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$6,227,804 (USA) (5 June 1983) (843 Screens)Gross:
$79,568,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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McKittrick: [incredulous] David, computers don't call people!
David Lightman: [shrugs] Yours did.
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Martin Brest was fired as director a short while into production due to creative differences. He has stated that he took NORAD'S control center layout and did a scaled down version of it for "Beverly Hills Cop"'s police control center. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When David is asking about the list of games that he printed out earlier, he asks Jim why the list has games such as checkers and backgammon. However when David was printing the list of games, backgammon was not one of the listed games. See more »Quotes
David Lightman: Joshua called me.McKittrick: [incredulous] David, computers don't call people!
David Lightman: [shrugs] Yours did.
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Referenced in "Supernatural: The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo (#7.20)" (2012) See more »
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