PG1h 54m1983

WarGames

“Is it a game, or is it real?”

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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 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.

Director: John Badham
Writers: Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Release date: 3 June 1983
Budget: $12,000,000
Box office: $124,600,000