WarGames Page #5

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
6,048 Views


What does that mean?

I don't know. That's gotta be them.

Turn on the printer.

List games.

Oh, my God!

So these guys can tell you

what that print-out means?

They probably invented it

in the first place.

- Can you wait here?

- Why?

- Cos these guys can get a little nervous.

- OK.

Jim.

Oh. Lightman.

Hi, Lightman!

I want you to take a look at this.

- Hey! What's that?

- I wanted Jim to see that.

Wow! Where'd you get this?

Protovision. I wanted to see

the program for their new games.

- Can I have this?

- I'm not through yet.

Remember you told me to tell you when

you were acting rudely and insensitively?

You're doing it right now.

"Theatrewide biotoxic

and chemical warfare."

- This didn't come from Protovision.

- Ask him where it did come from, Jim!

- I told you already.

- Looks military to me. Definitely.

- Probably classified, too.

- If it's military, why does it have games

- Iike checkers and backgammon?

- Those games teach basic strategy.

Jim, how do I get into that system?

I wanna play those games.

That system probably contains

the new data encryption algorithm.

- You'll never get in.

- No system is totally secure.

- I bet you Jim could get in.

- I bet you he couldn't!

- I bet you he could.

- You won't get through frontline security.

- But you might look for a back door.

- I can't believe it, Jim!

That girl's listening,

and you talk about back doors!

Mr Potato-head.

Mr Potato-head!

Back doors are not secrets!

- You're giving away all our best tricks.

- They're not tricks.

- What's a back door?

- Whenever I design a system

I put in a password

that only I know about.

That way, whenever I wanna get back in,

I can bypass whatever security they've

added on. That's basically what it is.

Yeah?

OK. You really wanna get in, find out

about the guy who designed the system.

Come on! I don't even

know the guy's name.

Boy, are you guys dumb! You guys are

so dumb. I got this thing all figured out.

Oh, yeah, Malvin? How would you do it?

The first game in the list.

Go right through Falken's Maze.

Hi! I'm Jennifer.

- Is David here?

- How do you do?

Yeah. He's up in his room.

Thanks.

Have you ever heard

of the word tumulus?

Tumulus? No. I haven't. I'm sorry.

Neither have l.

Yeah?

Hi!

- Where have you been?

- What?

I haven't seen you all week in school.

Are you sick?

No, no. I was...

I was doing things.

You wanna sit down? How are you?

- No. I'm going to get some water, OK?

- OK.

- What is all that stuff?

- Oh, it's nothing. I was just...

I was trying to find out about the guy

who designed those game programs,

so I could get his secret password.

- Why?

- Why? Cos...

What's so special about playing

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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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