![]() The film was part of a 1980s cycle of films about atomic bombs and nuclear warfare which had started in 1979 with ¨The China syndrome¨. Rubinstein and inventively photographed by classic cameraman William A Fraker. Adequate musical score accompanying the action by Arthur B. Special mention to John Wood as Professor Stephen Falken main inspiration for this character was Cambridge Professor Stephen Hawking he was originally approached to appear in the movie, but he declined because he didn't want the producers exploiting his disability. Large support cast such as Barry Corbin, Dabney Coleman, Dennis Lipscomb and many of them uncredited as Michael Madsen, Eddie Deezen, James Tolkan, ArtLeFleur, William H. Likable starring couple, Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, both of whom hold a great chemistry. ![]() They later wrote ¨Sneakers¨ another film featuring 'hackers' and security experts. Parkes who during their extensive research for the film, made friends with many 'hackers' and security experts. ![]() Interesting as well as amusing screenplay by writers Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. The picture contains almost no violence, nor murders or any other sensationalistic content. A popular flick in which a young computer whiz hooks into a game manufacturer's computer and accidentally starts WWII when he decides to play a selection titled ¨Global Thermonuclear Warfare¨. This is an entertaining film of the 80s it was way ahead of its time and it stills grips the spectator. At the end, a message : The only winning move is not to play. ![]() The system is called the War Operation Plan Response, or WOPR for short, developed by brilliant but now deceased scientist Stephen Falken (John Wood), who programmed the system to learn continually through game simulations. As the United State's Department of Homeland Security is led to believe an American teen hacker playing a terrorist-attack simulator game online is a real terrorist out to destroy the U.S. A rogue young man named David (Matthew Broderick) along with his best friend Jennifer (Ally Sheedy) hack into their high school's computer to change his grade and later on, find a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
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