WarGames Page #4

Synopsis: A young computer whiz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3. Can he convince the computer he wanted to play a game and not the real thing ?
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director(s): John Badham
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
PG
Year:
1983
114 min
5,991 Views


You can just taste the vitamin

A and D in here. It's great.

Couldn't we have pills,

and cook the corn?

- What city, please?

- For Sunnyvale, California.

The number for Protovision.

Yes. That's 555 8632.

Thank you. Could you also tell me

what other prefixes cover that area?

There's 399, 437, 767, 936.

Thanks.

Protovision... I have you now.

Yes?

Saul's Fish Market.

- Hi!

- Oh, hi!

What?

I've been thinking.

That thing with my grade.

- Can you still change it?

- Oh, I don't know...

I can't believe I was so stupid.

I should've just let you do it.

- I don't know. It might be kinda rough.

- Why?

They might have changed the password.

Maybe they didn't. Can't we at least try?

- Damn!

- Please.

OK.

- You owe me a quarter.

- Yeah. Come on. Sorry I lost your game.

- What's it doing?

- Oh. It's dialling numbers.

- Don't touch the keys!

- I'm not touching the keys.

Excuse me.

This computer company's coming out

with these amazing new games soon.

The programs are probably

still on their computer.

So I told my system to search for other

computers in Sunnyvale, California.

They answer with a tone that other

computers can recognise. You hear?

You're calling every number

in Sunnyvale?

- Isn't that expensive?

- There's ways around that.

You can go to jail for that.

Only if you're over 18.

Is this going to take a long time?

I'd like to get my grade changed.

Oh. That's funny, actually.

Cos...

I already changed it.

- I told you not to do that.

- Yeah, I know.

But I figured you'd change your mind.

I didn't want you to flunk.

- Well, what did I get?

- You got a D.

- You gave me a D?

- No. You got an A.

- I was kidding.

- Oh.

Well, that's OK.

Here. Let's see what we have so far.

Excuse me.

Did you really give me an A?

Yeah.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

Hey! You got a bank!

Gotta make a note of that one.

Might come in handy someday.

Pan Am.

- Where shall we go?

- Anywhere?

- Anywhere.

- New York?

- New York. OK.

- No, Paris. Paris.

Will you be travelling alone?

Yeah... No. You wanna go with me?

OK.

- All right. Smoking or nonsmoking?

- Nonsmoking.

All right, Miss Mack. You're

confirmed on Pan Am's flight 1 14

Ieaving Chicago's O'Hare Airport

at 8.15am on 18 August.

Do we need a rental car? No.

- Do we really have tickets to Paris?

- No. You have a reservation though.

It doesn't identify itself.

Try anything.

"Connection terminated." How rude.

We'll ask it for help.

- Can you do that?

- On some systems.

The more complicated they are,

the more they have to help you out.

Now what?

Help games.

"Games" refers to models,

simulations and games

which have strategic applications.

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Lawrence Lasker

Lawrence C. Lasker (born October 7, 1949) is an American screenwriter and producer who entered American film in 1983 as writer of the movie WarGames. Lasker was born in Los Angeles County, California. He is the son of actress Jane Greer and producer Edward Lasker. His paternal grandfather was businessman Albert Lasker and his paternal step-grandmother was actress Doris Kenyon. He graduated from the Phillips Exeter Academy in 1967 and attended Yale University, as did his father. more…

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