WarGames (1983)
- Starring:
- Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Badham
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Mystery & Suspense
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Once more, a wise-guy teenager tries to prove he's smarter than any adult-and nearly destroys the whole world in the process-in WarGames. Computer-game aficionado Matthew Broderick inadverently taps into a hush-hush Pentagon computer, then proceeds to inaugurate his favorite game, "Global Thermonuclear War". What we know, but Broderick doesn't, is that the Pentagon, hoping to eliminate the chancy "human element" in the event of an actual war, has given its computer total, irreversable control over the launching of nuclear weaponry. Broderick and government official Dabney Coleman race against time to reverse the computer's resolve to send bombers to Russia. WarGames scored a hit, especially with teenage filmgoers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 113 mins
Complete Cast:
- Matthew Broderick - David
- John Wood - Falken
- Barry Corbin - Gen. Beringer
- Kent Williams - Cabot
- Joe Dorsey - Conley
- Alan Blumenfeld - Mr. Liggett
- Susan Davis - Mrs. Lightman
- Jim Harriott - Newscaster
- Jason Bernard - Captain Knewt
- Art La Fleur - Guard
- John Garber - Corporal in Infirmary
- John Spencer - Jerry
- Stephen Lee - Sgt. Schneider
- Charles Akins - Major Ford
- Frankie Hill - Airman Fields
- Gary Bisig - Deputy
- Lucinda Crosby - Nurse in Infirmary
- Howard Allen - Boy in Arcade
- Duncan Wilmore - Maj. Lem
- Stack Pierce - Airman
- Michael Ensign - Beringer's Aide
- James Tolkan - Nigan
- Dabney Coleman - McKittrick
- Ally Sheedy - Jennifer
- Juanin Clay - Pat Healy
- Dennis Lipscomb - Watson
- Irving Metzman - Richter
- David Clover - Stockman
- Michael Madsen - Steve
- Len Lawson - Boy's Vice Principal
- Ray Sharkey - Radar Analyst
- James Ackerman - Joshua
- Brad David Berwick - Flight Pilot Leader
- Martha Shaw - Vice Principal Secretary
- Jesse D. Goins - Sergeant
- Mike Adams - Travis
- William Bogart - Mr. Lightman
- Frances E. Nealy - Visitor
- Eddie Deezen - Malvin
- Tom Lawrence - Sgt. Sims
- Drew Snyder - Ayers
- Maury Chaykin - Jim Sting
- Erik Stern - Commander
- Director(s):
- John Badham
- Writer(s):
- Walter Parkes, Lawrence Lasker, Walon Green
- Producer(s):
- Harold Schneider, Leonard J. Goldberg
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Suitable for Children, Mild Violence)
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
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- 1983 - WarGames - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Sound
