Is
it a game, or is it real? Nuclear missiles are approaching. The rockets are ready. We are less
than a minute from total annihilation. Is it a game, or is it real? David
Lightman (Matthew Broderick), a teenager in Seattle, can electronically
alter his school grades, and enter the most sophisticated computer systems.
He can access anything...including disaster. David almost starts WWIII
when he inadvertently ties into the Defense Department's war games computer
Joshua and challenges him to a thrilling match of Global Thermonuclear
War. When David realizes what he's done, he pulls out of the game. But
Joshua has been programmed to play until the end - the very end.
Release:
June 3, 1983 / July 24, 2008
Premiere:
May 1983 at Cannes Film Festival, France
Studio:
MGM / UA
Genre:
Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Rating:
PG
Running Time:
117 minutes
Writer:
Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes, William A. Fraker and Walon Green
Producer:
Harold Schneider and Leonard Goldberg
Director:
John Badham
Cast:
Matthew Broderick..... David Lightman Dabney Coleman..... Dr. John McKittrick John Wood..... Dr. Stephen Falken Ally Sheedy..... Jennifer Katherine Mack Barry Corbin..... General Jack Beringer
Nomination:
1984 Academy Awards..... Best Cinematography, Best Sound, and Best Original Screenplay
