WarGames

WarGames (1983)

Released: 1983-06-03 Duration: 1hr 54min
Rating 7.1
Is it a game, or is it real?

Overview

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 girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Production Companies

Sherwood Productions
United Artists
United Artists
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Additional Info

Budget $12,000,000.00
Revenue $124,600,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 27.541

Directed By

John Badham

Crew

Screenplay
Lawrence Lasker
Director of Photography
William A. Fraker
Costume Design
Barry Francis Delaney
Set Decoration
Jerry Wunderlich
Editor
Tom Rolf
Art Direction
James J. Murakami
Director
John Badham
Production Design
Angelo P. Graham
Casting
Wallis Nicita
Screenplay
Walter F. Parkes
Executive Producer
Leonard Goldberg
Original Music Composer
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Assistant Director
Robert J. Doherty
Makeup Artist
Michael Germain
Stunts
Al Jones
First Assistant Director
Newt Arnold
Visual Effects Supervisor
Michael L. Fink
Stunts
Rick Avery
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
William L. Manger
Sound Mixer
Willie D. Burton
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Carlos Delarios
Hairstylist
Lynda Gurasich
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Milton C. Burrow
Stunts
Tom Elliott
Makeup Artist
Brenda Todd
Property Master
Gregg H. Bilson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael J. Kohut
Stunt Coordinator
Michael Adams
Construction Coordinator
Robert Scaife
Assistant Property Master
John M. Schenk
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Aaron Rochin
Key Grip
Gary R. Dodd
Chief Lighting Technician
Doug Pentek
Assistant Camera
David E. Diano
Still Photographer
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ray Summers
Stunt Double
Marguerite Happy
Location Manager
Robert C. Decker
Dialogue Coach
John Garber
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Gerald Boatright
Continuity
Harold Michelson
Camera Operator
Steve Yaconelli
Assistant Editor
Liz Randol
Location Manager
Robert Eggenweiler
Music Editor
Joe Tuley
Unit Publicist
Lyla Foggia
Color Timer
Ray Martin
Orchestrator
Mark Hoder
Production Coordinator
Joy Anzarouth

TOP CAST

Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick

David Lightman

Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman

McKittrick

John Wood
John Wood

Stephen Falken

Ally Sheedy
Ally Sheedy

Jennifer

Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin

General Beringer

Juanin Clay
Juanin Clay

Pat Healy

Joe Dorsey
Joe Dorsey

Conley

Michael Ensign
Michael Ensign

Beringer's Aide

William Bogert
William Bogert

Mr. Lightman

Susan Davis
Susan Davis

Mrs. Lightman

David Clover
David Clover

Stockman

John Garber
John Garber

Corporal in the Infirmary

Duncan Wilmore
Duncan Wilmore

Major Lem

Billy Ray Sharkey
Billy Ray Sharkey

Radar Analyst

James Lemp
James Lemp

Commander

Gary Bisig
Gary Bisig

Deputy

Gary Sexton
Gary Sexton

Technician

Jason Bernard
Jason Bernard

Captain Knewt

Frankie Hill
Frankie Hill

Airman Fields

Jesse D. Goins
Jesse D. Goins

Sergeant

Alan Blumenfeld
Alan Blumenfeld

Mr. Liggett

Len Lawson
Len Lawson

Boys Vice Principal

Maury Chaykin
Maury Chaykin

Jim Sting

Stephen Lee
Stephen Lee

Sgt. Schneider

Lucinda Crosby
Lucinda Crosby

Nurse in Infirmary

Brad David
Brad David

Flight Pilot Leader

Martha Shaw
Martha Shaw

Vice Principal's Secretary

Howie Allen
Howie Allen

Boy in Arcade

Jim Harriott
Jim Harriott

Newscaster

Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence

Sgt. Sims

Charles Akins
Charles Akins

Major Ford

Glenn Standifer
Glenn Standifer

Major Wenstin

Edward Jahnke
Edward Jahnke

NORAD Officer

William H. Macy
William H. Macy

NORAD Officer (uncredited)

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