WarGames 1983

Name: WarGames
Released: 1983-06-03
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin

Synopsis:

High School student David Lightman 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 and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Directed by:	John Badham
Written by:	Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes
Release date:	1983-06-03
Runtime:	114 minutes
Critics score:	93 / 100
Tagline:	Is it a game, or is it real?
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