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WarGames

  • June 3, 1983
  • 114 min.
  • Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
  • United States
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Original title: WarGames

3

nominations

33%

winning rate

1

win

British Academy Film Awards #37 - 1984

Award People Status
Best Sound Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut, William Manger Winner
Best Production Design Angelo P. Graham
Best Special Effects Mike Fink, Joe Digaetano, Jack Cooperman, Don Hansard, Colin Cantwell, William A. Fraker

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