They also find an anonymous computer while looking for a gaming company. It has games on it so why not play? How about global thermonuclear war?

Is this about my grades?

A bit of research and they're in. It's all fun and games until the Feds turn up and grab him. In NORAD he meets the man running the war room computer McKittrick (Dabney Coleman) and David discovers that despite his efforts, the computer is still playing. He believes that only the computer's creator, the long dead Falken (David Warner) can stop the computer from making the game real.

It's fun, the war room looks great (who cares if they got the DEFCON ranking the wrong way), and it's got a cast who take it seriously under the helm of John Badham. The technology may date, but the issues haven't.

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Just the facts: Title: War Games (1983) Written by: Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes Directed by: John Badham running time: The Players: Official website: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Barry Corbin IMDb entry For session times of current films, use the cinema listings on the Movie links page. For scheduled release dates, see the coming attractions section. For more information about this movie, check out the internet movie database. For the latest additions to Festivale, check out the change history section.