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#125
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USA / English
| Matthew Broderick |
David Lightman |
| Dabney Coleman |
Dr. John McKittrick |
| John Wood |
Dr. Stephen Falken |
| Ally Sheedy |
Jennifer Katherine Mack |
| Barry Corbin |
General Jack Beringer |
| Juanin Clay |
Pat Healy |
| Kent Williams |
Arthur Cabot |
| Dennis Lipscomb |
Lyle Watson |
| Joe Dorsey |
Colonel Joe Conley |
| Irving Metzman |
Paul Richter |
| Director |
John Badham |
| Producer |
Leonard Goldberg; Richard Hashimoto |
| Writer |
Walter F. Parkes; Walon Green |
| Cinematography |
William A. Fraker |
| Musician |
Arthur B. Rubinstein |
Cute but silly, this 1983 cautionary fantasy stars Matthew Broderick as a teenage computer genius who hacks into the Pentagon's defense system and sets World War III into motion. All the fun is in the film's set-up, as Broderick befriends Ally Sheedy and starts the international crisis by pretending while online to be the Soviet Union. After that, it's not hard to predict what's going to happen: government agents swoop in, but the story ends up in the "hands" of machines talking to one another. Thus we're stuck with flashing lights, etc. John Badham (
Saturday Night Fever) directs in strict potboiler mode. Kids still like this movie, though. The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, theatrical trailer, Dolby sound, director commentary, optional English, French and Spanish subtitles.
--Tom Keogh
| Distributor |
MGM (Video & DVD) |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Barcode |
0027616705624 |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
4/29/1998 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish; French |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Feature-Length Audio Commentary: Director John Badham Writer Lawrence Lasker Writer Walter F. parkes Trivia and Production Notes Original Theatrical Trailer |
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