WarGames

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WarGames is a 1983 Cold War-era science fiction thriller film about a teenage hacker who unwittingly accesses a U.S. military supercomputer and nearly triggers global nuclear war.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
WarGames canonical 25
WOPR 1
WarGames (1983 film) 1

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Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War film ⓘ
film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Best Cinematography ⓘ
Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Best Sound ⓘ
characterRole David Lightman is a teenage hacker ⓘ
cinematographer William A. Fraker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director John Badham ⓘ
distributor MGM/UA Entertainment Company ⓘ
editor Tom Rolf ⓘ
featuresFictionalComputer WOPR ⓘ
linked to: WarGames
fictionalComputerFullName War Operation Plan Response ⓘ
genre Cold War ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
techno-thriller ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
influenced U.S. policy discussions on computer security ⓘ
public awareness of computer hacking ⓘ
mainCharacter David Lightman ⓘ
Dr. Stephen Falken ⓘ
Jennifer Mack ⓘ
John McKittrick ⓘ
motionPictureRating PG ⓘ
musicComposer Arthur B. Rubinstein ⓘ
narrativeTheme artificial intelligence ⓘ
hacking ⓘ
military technology ⓘ
nuclear war ⓘ
notableQuote The only winning move is not to play. ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A teenage hacker unwittingly accesses a U.S. military supercomputer and nearly triggers global nuclear war ⓘ
portrayedBy Ally Sheedy ⓘ
Barry Corbin ⓘ
Dabney Coleman ⓘ
James Tolkan ⓘ
John Wood ⓘ
Matthew Broderick ⓘ
producer Harold Schneider ⓘ
Lawrence Lasker ⓘ
Walter F. Parkes ⓘ
productionCompany United Artists ⓘ
releaseDate 1983-06-03 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
runtime approximately 114 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Joshua Brand ⓘ
Larry Ferguson ⓘ
Lawrence Lasker ⓘ
Walter F. Parkes ⓘ
setInPeriod Cold War ⓘ
settingLocation NORAD ⓘ
Seattle ⓘ
United States ⓘ
title WarGames ⓘ
writer Lawrence Lasker ⓘ
Walter F. Parkes ⓘ

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Matthew Broderick → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
Cold War cinema → notableWork → WarGames (1983 film) ⓘ
linked to: WarGames
Eddie Deezen → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
Barry Corbin → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
Barry Corbin → characterIn → WarGames ⓘ
John Wood → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
John Wood → portrayedIn → WarGames ⓘ
Dabney Coleman → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
Walter F. Parkes → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
Maury Chaykin → appearedIn → WarGames ⓘ
John Badham → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
John Badham → directed → WarGames ⓘ
WarGames → title → WarGames ⓘ
WarGames → featuresFictionalComputer → WOPR ⓘ
linked to: WarGames
Ally Sheedy → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
Ally Sheedy → nominatedForWork → WarGames ⓘ
Ally Sheedy → appearedIn → WarGames ⓘ
William A. Fraker → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
Anthony Marinelli → notableWork → WarGames (synthesizer programming) ⓘ
linked to: WarGames
Lawrence Lasker → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
Barry Corbin → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ
subject linked to: Shannon Ross
Leonard Goldberg → notableWork → WarGames ⓘ