Saturday, May 14, 2011

80's Movie Weekend



Shall we play a game? Long before Osama bin Laden and al Queada we had Matthew Broderick hacking into our government's ancient computer system and threatening to send the world to war with each other from his bedroom all because he liked to play games. What a jerk! Also co-starring Ally Sheedy, this weekend's 80's movie flashback is "WarGames"...

the trailer...



this is where we all learn a lesson about not playing nuclear war by making the computer play itself in tic tac toe... genius!



WarGames

Directed by John Badham
Produced by Leonard Goldberg
Written by Lawrence Lasker
Walter F. Parkes
Starring Matthew Broderick
Ally Sheedy
Dabney Coleman
John Wood
Barry Corbin
Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein
Cinematography William A. Fraker
Studio United Artists
Distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
Release date(s) June 3, 1983 (1983-06-03)
Running time 114 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $12 million
Gross revenue $79,567,667 (North America)

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