WarGames

WarGames

  • Director: John Badham
  • Writer: Lawrence Lasker,Walter F. Parkes,Walon Green
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: June 3, 1983
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: War Games
  • "WarGames" is an American action film released in 1983, directed by John Badham, starring Matthew Broderick , Dabney Wharton Coleman , Ally Sheedy , John Spencer, etc.
    The film tells the story of David, a middle school student who loves computer games, accidentally connects to the North American Aerospace Defence Commond 's military computer dedicated to the Soviet Union, but it caused a series of controversies and almost destroyed the entire world.

    Details

    • Release date June 3, 1983
    • Filming locations Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
    • Production companies United Artists, Sherwood Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $12,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $79,567,667

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $6,227,804

    Gross worldwide

    $79,567,667

    Movie reviews

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    • By Ryleigh 2021-12-11 08:01:16

      Director said

      This film is one of the blockbuster films that made a sensation in the United States in 1983. Although the film does not break away from the commercial science fiction thriller model, it does raise a series of serious questions worth pondering for us in addition to entertainment. The film is based on the background of the most popular computer high-tech war command system in the contemporary era. On the one hand, it provides the film with the biggest selling point. On the other hand, it also...

    • By Aaliyah 2021-12-11 08:01:16

      The speed of technological development is shocking!

      In this 1983 movie, the computer is still such a silly form, because the science and technology application of movies of this theme generally has a certain degree of advancement. For example, in the Hollywood movies you saw a few years ago, you can see a lot of touch-based computer technologies such as ipads, but basically we have only used these technologies in the past few years. According to this reasoning, the technology and equipment used in this 1983 movie should be advanced technology...

    • By Sidney 2021-12-11 08:01:16

      It almost depends on watching you fall asleep. .

      . . Finally bought it. . Ha ha. . It seems that God is gracious. . Let me buy this legendary film that I found for 7 or 8 years. . The film was shot in 1983. . Talk about a boy who broke into the North American air defense system through a computer and almost caused a world war. . . Ugh. . . Because it was taken in 1983. . Computers are not like computers. The operating system is not like a system. . . What the hell. . I just want to watch it fall asleep. . fine. . Its second part is much more...

    • By Emery 2021-12-11 08:01:16

      "Tie" is sometimes just an idealistic hope, although we do not give up hope.

      This very classic movie "WAR GAMES" was filmed in 1983—I was just born by my mother—and the author of the film unexpectedly foresaw the content of "hackers" in that era, and presented it. The plot is extremely "true and credible".

      It was a humble age without Google, Windows, mobile phones, and Playstation.

      From the details of the story, we can see that the original author has a very insightful understanding of the deep-level philosophy in the field of computer artificial...

    • By Ike 2021-12-11 08:01:16

      Based on the life experience of Kevin Mitnick, one of the top ten hackers in the world

      Kevin David Mitnick (Kevin David Mitnick, born in Los Angeles, USA in 1963), some critics call him the "number one computer hacker" in the world.
          In the late 1970s, Mitnick became obsessed with radio technology when he was still in elementary school, and soon became a master in this area. Later, he quickly became fascinated by a computer in the community "primary school club", and learned superb computer expertise and operating skills there, until one day, the teachers discovered that...

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    • By Alan 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Can not go back! What would it feel like to watch a movie today 20 years from...

    • By Eliza 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Don't say anything else, just say that the scene where the male protagonist talks to the computer is what he means to talk to Siri now. ....

    • By Nico 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      When blood turns into words, it's...

    • By Rodolfo 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      It's so hard to find... A video for aj's last...

    • By Keyshawn 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      AI Threat + Cold War Nuclear...

    Movie plot

    In 1983, the movie "WarGames" became the first hacker film. The story told by the film took place during Reagan's presidency, at the height of the Cold War. The Apple Mac has not yet been born, and the computer is just an exclusive toy for Frankenstein. The film scared the audience with the public's fear of Nuclear war and unknown new technologies. The protagonist of the film is a computer genius named David Michael Letterman , who can...
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    Movie quotes

    • Airman Basic Galdutti: [with checklist] Initiate internal power.

      Technical Sergeant Lambert: [flipping switches on] Generators on...

      Technical Sergeant Lambert: [punching two buttons simultaneously] and functioning.

      Technical Sergeant Lambert: [flipping switches off on second rack] External power...

      Technical Sergeant Lambert: [punching two buttons simultaneously] disconnected.

      Airman Basic Galdutti: Seal off ventilation shafts.

      Technical Sergeant Lambert: [more buttons] Shaft lock...

      Technical Sergeant Lambert: [two buttons at once] sealed.

    • Sgt. Schneider: So what, do you think you kids own this place?

      David Lightman: Oh, I was, uh, I was- I was just looking around.

      Sgt. Schneider: You know you're not supposed to leave the group, don't you?

      David Lightman: Yes.

      Sgt. Schneider: So why don't you get back there!

      [the Staff Sergeant shoves David roughly towards the departing tour group]

      David Lightman: OK. Excuse me.

      Sgt. Schneider: Go on.

      David Lightman: Thank you very much, sir.

    • Captain Knewt: Punch up number five, let me see what you have.

      Radar Analyst Kirkland: Yes, sir.

      [flips a switch; a map of Soviet submarine deployments appears on screen]

      Radar Analyst Kirkland: Twenty-two Typhoon-class submarines departing Petropavlovsk, turning south-bound at Nordkapp. Bearing: zero-nine-*five* degrees.

      Captain Knewt: Sergeant, I hope you like vodka.

      Radar Analyst Kirkland: Yes, sir. I just hope they don't make me eat none of them damn fish eggs.

      Major Daves: [hands General Beringer a report] Sir, the Soviets are denying any increase in their submarine deployment. They want to know what the hell we're doing provoking them.

      General Beringer: They're full of shit. We know they're down there. We'll blow their ass out of the water.