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Wargames
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WarGames is a 1983 American thriller and drama film directed by John Badham. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, with Leonard Goldberg serving as producer. The cast includes Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, and John Wood. Arthur B. Rubinstein composed the music, while William A. Fraker was the director of photography and Tom Rolf was the film editor. The production companies were United Artists and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with Sherwood Productions also involved.
The film is in the English language and has a runtime of 114 minutes. It was filmed in Long Beach, Colorado, and features narrative locations in Colorado, Washington, Seattle, and Oregon. The main subjects include computer security, artificial intelligence, the Cold War, and World War III. WarGames was released on June 3, 1983, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix.
The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and Best Sound. It has a budget of 12,000,000 and generated revenue of 124,600,000. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.1 based on 121,903 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.069 from 2,149 votes.
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Film · TMDB
7.1High 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 Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Cast
- Matthew Broderick as David Lightman
- Dabney Coleman as McKittrick
- John Wood as Stephen Falken
- Ally Sheedy as Jennifer
- Barry Corbin as General Beringer
- Juanin Clay as Pat Healy
Themes
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- computer
- government
- hacker
- video game
- cold war
- fbi
- prosecution
- norad
- nuclear threat
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Key facts
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- WarGames
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- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- John Badham
- Film.producer
- Harold Schneider
- Film.music
- Arthur B. Rubinstein
- Film.cinematography
- William A. Fraker
- Film.editing
- Tom Rolf
- Film.distributor
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company (United States)United International Pictures (international)
- Film.runtime
- 114 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $12 million
- Film.gross
- $124.6 million
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Official website
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Article · Français
Wargames ou Jeux de guerre au Québec (WarGames), est un film américain de John Badham, sorti en 1983. Avec pour acteurs principaux Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood et Ally Sheedy, le film suit les aventures de David Lightman (Matthew Broderick), un jeune pirate informatique qui accède involontairement à WOPR, un supercalculateur militaire des forces armées américaines, programmé pour prédire les résultats possibles d'une guerre nucléaire. Lightman obtient de WOPR de lancer une simulation de guerre nucléaire, croyant initialement qu'il ne s'agit que d'un jeu informatique. La simulation cause une panique au niveau national et est près de déclencher la Troisième Guerre mondiale. Le film a été un succès au box-office ; pour un coût de production de 12 millions de dollars, il rapporta une recette brute de 79 567 667 dollars au bout de cinq mois d'exploitation aux États-Unis et au Canada. Le film a été nommé pour trois Oscars. Il sera adapté en livre la même année par David Bischoff. Le film a pour suite Wargames: The Dead Code.
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