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Computer geek David Lightman hacks into a video games company in order to play their latest games, but inadvertently stumbles upon the Department of Defense war computer which begins a computer simulation of global nuclear warfare. The problem is, the computer is playing for real.
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The set designers weren't allowed to see the actual NORAD command center prior to filming, and their imagined NORAD is much more elaborate than the real thing.
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Reference: WarGames: The Dead Code
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Plot Synopsis
David in the arcade
After consulting some fellow geeks he is set on the right path and discovers the identity of the man behind the system, Professor Stephen Falken ( John Wood) who had died years previously. Researching Falken gives David a clue to finding the password and gaining access to the network allowing him and would be girlfriend Jennifer ( Ally Sheedy) to play a game of Global Thermonuclear War. Unknown to the innocent pair they have actually hacked into the Department of Defense computer system WOPR (War Operations Plan Response), a system designed to strategically respond to a nuclear attack. The game they are playing is actually one of many simulations the WOPR is continously running in order to calculate a better response to a potential attack.
While David and Jennifer think it is simply a game the military at NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), the underground command center overseeing nuclear missile deployment, believe it to be a genuine attack.
WOPR, it seems, is attempting to play the game for real and could instigate a full nuclear attack on the USSR, bringing about World War III and the possible end of the human race.
David is arrested and taken to NORAD for questioning whereupon he discovers that Professor Falken may be still alive and could possibly provide answers on how to stop the computer system he designed from bringing about nuclear armageddon.
David escapes the facility and sets off to find Falken in a quest to potentially save the world.
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| Name | WarGames |
| US Release | June 3, 1983 |
| UK Release | Aug. 18, 1983 |
| AUS Release | Aug. 4, 1983 |
| Runtime | 114 |
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| Rating | PG |
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