Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jeff Bridges | ... | Kevin Flynn / Clu | |
Bruce Boxleitner | ... | Alan Bradley / Tron | |
David Warner | ... | Ed Dillinger / Sark / Master Control Program | |
Cindy Morgan | ... | Lora / Yori | |
Barnard Hughes | ... | Dr. Walter Gibbs / Dumont | |
Dan Shor | ... | Ram / Popcorn Co-Worker | |
Peter Jurasik | ... | Crom | |
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Stuart Thomas | ... | Peter / Sark's Lieutenant (as Tony Stephano) |
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Craig Chudy | ... | Warrior #1 |
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Vince Deadrick Jr. | ... | Warrior #2 (as Vince Deadrick) |
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Sam Schatz | ... | Expert Disc Warrior |
Jackson Bostwick | ... | Head Guard | |
David S. Cass Sr. | ... | Factory Guard (as Dave Cass) | |
Gerald Berns | ... | Guard #1 | |
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Bob Neill | ... | Guard #2 |
Hacker/arcade owner Kevin Flynn is digitally broken down into a data stream by a villainous software pirate known as 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}
For the average viewer, 'Tron' is a puzzling film. The language is loaded with jargon, the world experienced by Clu and Tron (inside the computer) appears strange, forbidding and two-dimensional. It is a world that seems to work though, but how does the human Clu instantly know how to adjust to its peculiarities?
Viewers have come to expect that techno-babble jargon in SciFi flicks is completely meaningless. That isn't entirely the case for 'Tron', much of it is firmly based in computing. Even more importantly, this strange world Clu and Tron inhabit is equally firmly based on the way computer operating systems work, and that is the reason why Clu (in real live a computer hacker) knows how to handle it.
Using this world as the basis for a movie was pretty audacious, especially in 1982. Thankfully, the writers did not compromise on their idea, and consequently the film not only worked but it stood the test of time.
'Tron' works, because computers work.