A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
- Peter
- (as Tony Stephano)
- …
- Warrior #2
- (as Vince Deadrick)
- Factory Guard
- (as Dave Cass)
- Director
- Writers
- Steven Lisberger(screenplay) (story)
- Bonnie MacBird(story)
- Charles S. Haas(screenplay) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was disqualified from receiving an Academy Award nomination for special effects, because the Academy felt at the time that using computer generated effects was "cheating".
- GoofsIn the opening light cycle battle just before Sark kills the other program, the light cycles instantly change places from Sark's blue cycle on the left and the yellow one on the right to blue right, yellow left and then instantly back again.
- Quotes
Alan Bradley: [about the digitizing laser] Great. Can it send me to Hawaii?
Lora: Yep, but you gotta purchase your program 30 days in advance. How's it going upstairs?
Alan Bradley: Frustrating. I had Tron almost ready, when Dillinger cut everyone with Group-7 access out of the system. I tell you ever since he got that Master Control Program, the system's got more bugs than a bait store.
Dr. Walter Gibbs: [laughs] You've got to expect some static. After all, computers are just machines; they can't think.
Alan Bradley: Some programs will be thinking soon.
Dr. Walter Gibbs: Won't that be grand? Computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.
- Crazy creditsA section of the end credits is in Traditonal Chinese. They are the names of the individuals who worked on the movie from the company based in Taipei Taiwan.
- Alternate versionsThe light cycle sequence originally had background music. This alternate scene is present on the special laserdisc edition.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Making of 'Tron' (2002)
- SoundtracksOnly Solutions
Written and Performed by Journey
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.
- SMK-4
- Apr 1, 2002
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Tron: The Original Classic
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,000,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,761,795
- Jul 11, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $33,000,525
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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