WarGames Movie Review 1983

A young computer whiz, thinking that he's sneaking an advance look at a new line of video games, breaks into the country's NORAD missile-defense system and challenges it to a game of Global Thermonuclear Warfare. The game might just turn out to be the real thing. Slick look at the possibilities of an accidental start to WWIII. Entertaining and engrossing, but with a B-grade ending.

Distribution

CBS/Fox Video, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Phone: (212)373-4800, Toll-free: 800-800-4369, Fax: (212)373-4803, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Meltdown, Technology--Rampant, Computers, Top Grossing Films of 1983, Technology--Rampant, Race Against Time, Rebel With a Cause, Hackers

Screenplay

Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker

Cast

Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy

Cinematography

William A. Fraker

Director

John Badham

Music

Arthur B. Rubinstein

Other

Tom Rolf, James Murakami

Producer

Harold Schneider