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TRON

  • 19821982
  • AA
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
120K
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POPULARITY
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Jeff Bridges, Dean Edward Mitzner, and Cindy Morgan in TRON (1982)
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.
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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.

IMDb RATING
6.7/10
120K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,157
103
  • Director
    • Steven Lisberger
  • Writers
    • Steven Lisberger(screenplay)
    • Bonnie MacBird(story)
    • Charles S. Haas(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jeff Bridges
    • Bruce Boxleitner
    • David Warner
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  • Director
    • Steven Lisberger
  • Writers
    • Steven Lisberger(screenplay)
    • Bonnie MacBird(story)
    • Charles S. Haas(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jeff Bridges
    • Bruce Boxleitner
    • David Warner
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 329User reviews
    • 165Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

    Videos4

    Trailer
    Trailer 2:33
    Trailer
    Tron: The Original Classic Special Edition
    Clip 1:18
    Tron: The Original Classic Special Edition
    Tron: The Original Classic Special Edition
    Clip 0:52
    Tron: The Original Classic Special Edition
    Sneak Previews Season 4 Episode 37
    Video 29:15
    Sneak Previews Season 4 Episode 37

    Photos251

    Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan in TRON (1982)
    Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan in TRON (1982)
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    TRON (1982)
    Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan in TRON (1982)
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    Bruce Boxleitner in TRON (1982)
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    Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan in TRON (1982)
    Bruce Boxleitner and Cindy Morgan in TRON (1982)

    Top cast

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    Jeff Bridges
    Jeff Bridges
    • Kevin Flynnas Kevin Flynn…
    Bruce Boxleitner
    Bruce Boxleitner
    • Alan Bradleyas Alan Bradley…
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Ed Dillingeras Ed Dillinger…
    Cindy Morgan
    Cindy Morgan
    • Loraas Lora…
    Barnard Hughes
    Barnard Hughes
    • Dr. Walter Gibbsas Dr. Walter Gibbs…
    Dan Shor
    Dan Shor
    • Ramas Ram…
    Peter Jurasik
    Peter Jurasik
    • Cromas Crom
    Stuart Thomas
    • Peteras Peter
    • (as Tony Stephano)
    • …
    Craig Chudy
    • Warrior #1as Warrior #1
    Vince Deadrick Jr.
    • Warrior #2as Warrior #2
    • (as Vince Deadrick)
    Sam Schatz
    • Expert Disc Warrioras Expert Disc Warrior
    Jackson Bostwick
    Jackson Bostwick
    • Head Guardas Head Guard
    David S. Cass Sr.
    David S. Cass Sr.
    • Factory Guardas Factory Guard
    • (as Dave Cass)
    Gerald Berns
    Gerald Berns
    • Guard #1as Guard #1
    Bob Neill
    • Guard #2as Guard #2
    Ted White
    Ted White
    • Guard #3as Guard #3
    Mark Stewart
    • Guard #4as Guard #4
    Michael Sax
    • Guard #5as Guard #5
    • Director
      • Steven Lisberger
    • Writers
      • Steven Lisberger(screenplay) (story)
      • Bonnie MacBird(story)
      • Charles S. Haas(screenplay) (uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    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. —Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
    • arcade
    • computer
    • computer hacker
    • cyberspace
    • computer program
    • 220 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • The Electronic Gladiator
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Adventure
      • Sci-Fi
    • Certificate
      • A
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film was disqualified from receiving an Academy Award nomination for special effects, because the Academy felt at the time that using computers was "cheating".
    • Goofs
      In real life, a bit has two states: on and off. The bit that Flynn meets has three states. When at rest it is a different-looking character than when it says "yes" or "no." The resting state is a complex, many-faceted blockish character. The "yes" state looks like an octahedron. The "no" phase is a very spiky, star-like shape.
    • 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 credits
      A section of the end credits is in Taiwanese.
    • Alternate versions
      The light cycle sequence originally had background music. This alternate scene is present on the special laserdisc edition.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Making of 'Tron' (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Only Solutions
      Written and Performed by Journey

    User reviews329

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Tron works
    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.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 21, 1982 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tron
    • Filming locations
      • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Productions
      • Lisberger/Kushner
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    Box office

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    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.20 : 1(original aspect ratio, 70 mm prints)

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