WarGames
– High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to..
High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent...and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
03 Jun 1983
English
Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.
John Badham
Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy
A young computer whiz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3. Can he convince the computer he wanted to play a game and not the real thing ?
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations.
MGM