WarGames
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| '''''WarGames''''' is a 1983 American [[Cold War fiction|Cold War]] [[science-fiction film|science fiction]] [[techno-thriller]] film written by [[Lawrence Lasker]] and [[Walter Parkes|Walter F. Parkes]] and directed by [[John Badham]]. The film, which stars [[Matthew Broderick]], [[Dabney Coleman]], [[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]], and [[Ally Sheedy]], follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young [[Security hacker|hacker]] who unwittingly accesses a United States military [[supercomputer]] programmed to simulate, predict and execute [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]] against the [[Soviet Union]]. | '''''WarGames''''' is a 1983 American [[Cold War fiction|Cold War]] [[science-fiction film|science fiction]] [[techno-thriller]] film written by [[Lawrence Lasker]] and [[Walter Parkes|Walter F. Parkes]] and directed by [[John Badham]]. The film, which stars [[Matthew Broderick]], [[Dabney Coleman]], [[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]], and [[Ally Sheedy]], follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young [[Security hacker|hacker]] who unwittingly accesses a United States military [[supercomputer]] programmed to simulate, predict and execute [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]] against the [[Soviet Union]]. | ||
| - | ''WarGames'' was a critical and box-office success, costing $12 million and grossing $125 million worldwide. The influential film was nominated for three [[56th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]. A sequel, ''[[WarGames: The Dead Code]]'', was released [[direct-to-video]] in 2008. | + | ''WarGames'' was a critical and box-office success, costing $12 million and grossing $125 million worldwide. The influential film was nominated for three [[56th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]. A sequel, ''[[WarGames: The Dead Code]]'', was released [[direct-to-video]] in 2008. |
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WarGames is a 1983 American Cold War science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to simulate, predict and execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union.
WarGames was a critical and box-office success, costing $12 million and grossing $125 million worldwide. The influential film was nominated for three Academy Awards. A sequel, WarGames: The Dead Code, was released direct-to-video in 2008.
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