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3 June 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
The only winning move is not to play. morePlot:
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Interesting, original idea that delivers for the most part... more (121 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Matthew Broderick | ... | David | |
| Dabney Coleman | ... | McKittrick | |
| John Wood | ... | Falken | |
| Ally Sheedy | ... | Jennifer | |
| Barry Corbin | ... | General Beringer | |
| Juanin Clay | ... | Pat Healy | |
| Kent Williams | ... | Cabot | |
| Dennis Lipscomb | ... | Watson | |
| Joe Dorsey | ... | Conley | |
| Irving Metzman | ... | Richter | |
| Michael Ensign | ... | Beringer's Aide | |
| William Bogert | ... | Mr. Lightman | |
| Susan Davis | ... | Mrs. Lightman | |
| James Tolkan | ... | Nigan | |
| David Clover | ... | Stockman |
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Also Known As:
War Games (USA) (alternative spelling)Jogos de Guerra (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Gry wojenne (Poland) [pl]
Jeux de guerre (Canada: French title) [fr]
Jocs de guerra (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Juegos de guerra (Spain) [es]
Sotaleikit (Finland) [fi]
War Games - Kriegsspiele (West Germany) [de]
Wargames - giochi di guerra (Italy) [it]
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
114 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:12 (1984) | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PGFilming Locations:
7-Eleven Convenience Store - 41440 Big Bear Boulevard, Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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The main application in the video game "SuperPower 2" is named "joshua.exe". The game is a global geopolitical simulation featuring nuclear warfare obviously inspired by the movie. Also the game interface is a top-down world map view similar to the NORAD screens in WarGames. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: After David hangs up the modem, disconnecting from the WOPR, his screen is shown with the game countdown continuing. Actually, in the 80's when a remote terminal was being used to connect to another computer, screen updates such as this halted when the call was disconnected, the countdown would have "frozen" on David's screen (continuing only on the WOPR). moreQuotes:
Malvin: I can't believe it, Jim. That girl's standing over there listening and you're telling him about our back doors?Jim Sting: [yelling] Mister Potato Head! Mister Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets!
Malvin: Yeah, but Jim, you're giving away all our best tricks!
Jim Sting: They're not tricks.
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I enjoyed this movie quite a bit. Matthew Broderick is the teenager computer nerd who hacks into a military database through a "back door" and starts to unintentionally play games--which are, quite surprisingly, not games after all. He's really controlling the military! With WWIII nearing, the movie takes some twists and turns and it's all good fun.
Broderick is well-cast and this is probably one of the roles, along with Ferris Bueller, that stereotyped him as a continual teenager--which makes it hard for him to get adult roles nowadays. (He's in the upcoming remake of "The Producers"--yay!)
Ally Sheedy and Dabney Coleman both have supporting roles.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film and rate it a solid "4" of five stars.
Trivia note: Sheedy and Broderick both appeared in separate movies by John Hughes: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "The Breakfast Club."