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Title: Tron (1982)
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| 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}
More than just reminiscent of Lang's Metropolis, Tron is a beautiful, well made exercise from a main stream producer (Disney) which reminds us of the time before Jurassic Park and Episode One where creative skill was left to human perception rather than a computer's digitally correct ideal. Owing more to the human colourists than the now outdated computer effects, this film is evidence - similar in a way to Kubric's pre-Moon landing, pre-CGI 2001 - to the creative and more sensory-pleasing abilities of the human artist over soul-less programmers, from a time before when a box would 'parse' it all for you. It's difficult to express how high-powered computers fail to create an image that is satisfactory to the human eye; there is always something that rings false about it. Tron was created in a period of wire diagrams being the best you could coax from a computer; anything else was added by human hand. A film that makes you nostalgic for the time when Disney made films that were accessible for all, almost Bakshi-like in its disregard for the mainstream. There is struggle against adversity; there is an oppressive, evil regime; there are two heroes who survive despite all odds; and there is love conquering all (a token woman is included as love interest. Ironically like the IT industry). The naive use of technical jargon merely adds to the "computer program" style setting and this film is ideally suited for today's retro-chic society. As a Disney film this is aimed predominantly at children, so if you fail to understand the plot then I would recommend sticking to the Lion King or some other pabulum. This is a great film - watch it.