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WarGames movie poster

WarGames

1983

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 Defense Department’s war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Running time: 1h 54m

Director John Badham
Writers Walter F. Parkes , Lawrence Lasker
Composer(s) Arthur B. Rubinstein
Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Certificate: PG
Release Date 1983
Production Company(s) United Artists, Sherwood Productions, Leonard Goldberg Productions, MGM

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