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WarGames

WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Broderick plays David Lightman, a young computer hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to simulate, predict and…

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Box office
$124.6 million
Budget
$12 million
Cinematography
William A. Fraker
Country
United States
Directed by
John Badham
Distributed by
MGM/UA Entertainment Company (United States) United International Pictures (international)

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Accolades

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Soundtrack

Legacy

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WarGames

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WarGames

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related to Accolades · 23
WarGames → Aaron Rochin, Academy Awards, Best Cinematography, Burton, Carlos Delarios, Colin Cantwell, Each, Fraker, Hewlett Packard HP, HP, Kohut, Lawrence Lasker, Michael, NORAD, Parkes, Screen, Screenplay Written Directly, Sound, The, Walter
related to Video games · 21
WarGames → Atari, Australian, ColecoVision, Commodore, Computer War, Defcon, Gameworx, Global Thermonuclear War, It, NORAD, NORDAD, PC, PlayStation, Soviet, The, Thermonuclear Wargames, Thorn EMI, TI-99/4A, United States, VIC-20
related to Development · 20
WarGames → ALS, And, Development, Hawking, Lasker, Lawrence Lasker, Maybe, Parkes, Peter Schwartz, Peter Ustinov, RAND Corporation, Schwartz, So, Stanford Research Institute, Stephen Hawking, The, The Genius, There, Walter, Willis Ware
related to Soundtrack · 17
WarGames → Anthony Marinelli, Arthur, Brian Banks, CD, Cynthia Morrow, History Lesson, Hollywood Studio Symphony, In, Intrada Records, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Polydor, Polydor Records, Quartet Records, Rubinstein, The, The Beepers, Video Fever
related to Filming · 16
WarGames → According, As Brest, At, Badham, Brest, Brest's, Broderick, He, It, John Badham, Martin Brest, Nazi, Several, Sheedy, The Happy Wanderer, Wired
related to Sequel · 12
WarGames → Anniversary Edition DVD, DVD, In November, It, July, Matt Lanter, MGM, RIPLEY, Stuart Gillard, The Dead Code, To, Will Farmer
related to Interactive series · 10
WarGames → An, December, Eko, Her Story, In March, Interlude, March, MGM, Sam Barlow, The
related to External links · 7
WarGames → AFI Catalog, Archived March, Feature FilmsThe IMSAI, IMDb WarGames, Official, TCM Movie Database, Wayback Machine
related to Release · 5
WarGames → Canada, Cannes Film Festival, It, The, United States
Starring · 4
WarGames → Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Matthew Broderick

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WarGamesBox office$124.6 million1.00infobox
WarGamesBudget$12 million1.00infobox
WarGamesCinematographyWilliam A. Fraker1.00infobox
WarGamesCountryUnited States1.00infobox
WarGamesDirected byJohn Badham1.00infobox
WarGamesDistributed byMGM/UA Entertainment Company (United States) United International Pictures (international)1.00infobox
WarGamesEdited byTom Rolf1.00infobox
WarGamesLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
WarGamesMusic byArthur B. Rubinstein1.00infobox
WarGamesProduced byHarold Schneider1.00infobox
WarGamesProduction companiesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer1.00infobox
WarGamesProduction companiesUnited Artists1.00infobox
WarGamesProduction companiesSherwood Productions1.00infobox
WarGamesRelease datesMay 7, 1983 (1983-05-07) (Cannes)1.00infobox
WarGamesRelease datesJune 3, 1983 (1983-06-03) (United States)1.00infobox
WarGamesRunning time114 minutes1.00infobox
WarGamesStarringMatthew Broderick1.00infobox
WarGamesStarringDabney Coleman1.00infobox
WarGamesStarringJohn Wood1.00infobox
WarGamesStarringAlly Sheedy1.00infobox
WarGamesWritten byLawrence Lasker1.00infobox
WarGamesWritten byWalter F. Parkes1.00infobox
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WarGamesis aoutstanding film0.90text
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