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

    • Colonel Joe Conley: This is Crystal Palace. Are you still on?

      [no response]

      Colonel Joe Conley: This is Crystal Palace. Are you still on? Is anyone there?

      Colonel Chase: That's affirmative, sir.

      Airman Dougherty: Yeah, we're here! Jesus H. Christ! We're still here!

    • voice over intercom: Skybird, this is Dropkick with a red dash alpha message in two parts. Break. Break. Stand by to verify.

      Captain Jerry Lawson: [grabs red binder] Stand by to copy message.

      voice over intercom: Red dash alpha.

      1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: [grabs his red binder] Standing by.

      voice over intercom: Romeo. Oscar. November. Charlie. Tango. Tango. Lima. Alpha. Authentication: two, two; zero, zero; four, zero; Delta, Lima.

      Captain Jerry Lawson: I have a valid message. Stand by to authenticate.

      1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: I agree with authentication also, sir.

      [they move to the red lock box, unlock it, remove cards from box, return to stations, snap open the card cases, and compare the card text to the message]

      Captain Jerry Lawson: Enter launch code.

      1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Entering launch code.

      [Phelps enters DLG2209TVX]

      Captain Jerry Lawson: Launch order confirmed.

      1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Holy shit. Target selection complete. Time on target sequence complete. Yield selection complete.

      voice over intercom: Begin countdown. T minus 60.

      Captain Jerry Lawson: All right, let's do it. Insert launch key.

      1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Stand by. Launch key inserted.

      Captain Jerry Lawson: Roger. On my mark, rotate launch key to "set". Three, two, one, mark.

      voice over intercom: T minus 50.

      1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Roger, at "set".

      [Phelps moves to next panel, pauses and looks over at Lawson]

      1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Sir.

      voice over intercom: T minus 40.

      1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: Oh, uh, enable missiles.

      1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: [flipping switch covers and switches] Number one enabled. Two, enabled. Three, enabled. Four. Five. Six...

      Captain Jerry Lawson: [to himself, grabbing phone] I wanna get this straight with someone on the goddamn phone.

    • Joshua: Which side do you want?

      David Lightman: [Looks at Jennifer] I'll be the Russians.