Overview:
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.Status: | Released (1983-06-03) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 14 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $79,567,667 |
Screen: | Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes |
Productions: | Sherwood Productions, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 4756: Matthew Broderick - David Lightman
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- 8937: John Wood - Stephen Falken
- 12851: Ally Sheedy - Jennifer
- 12852: Barry Corbin - General Beringer
- 12853: Juanin Clay - Pat Healy
- 12854: Kent Williams - Cabot
Crews
- 12840: John Badham - Director - Directing
- 12841: Lawrence Lasker - Screenplay - Writing
- 2212: Walter F. Parkes - Screenplay - Writing
- 12842: Leonard Goldberg - Executive Producer - Production
- 12843: Richard Hashimoto - Producer - Production
- 12844: Harold Schneider - Producer - Production
- 12845: Arthur B. Rubinstein - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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Wanna play Global Thermonuclear War? It was with much interest to me to revisit this early 80s hacker piece armed with the knowledge of just how the advent of change in the computer world had evolved. With that in mind the film could quite easily be classed as a bit clunky due to ....
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Ally Sheedy, whatever happened to her. When I was a little kid, I mean REALLY little she was one of the few stars I could name...and then she disappeared save for a couple memorable appearances in Psych. It's a shame. Anyway, my fiance is a Millennial and I've been trying to intro ....
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