WARGAMES (DVD/WS/1.85:1/1983/AUDIO C/COLL BKLT/THEATRICAL TRAILER) DVD

WarGames
Once more, a wise-guy teenager tries to prove he's smarter than any adult-and nearly destroys the whole world in the process-in WarGames. Computer-game aficionado Matthew Broderick inadverently taps into a hush-hush Pentagon computer, then proceeds to inaugurate his favorite game, "Global Thermonuclear War". What we know, but Broderick doesn't, is that the Pentagon, hoping to eliminate the chancy "human element" in the event of an actual war, has given its computer total, irreversable control over the launching of nuclear weaponry. Broderick and government official Dabney Coleman race against time to reverse the computer's resolve to send bombers to Russia. WarGames scored a hit, especially with teenage filmgoers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Matthew Broderick as David Dabney Coleman as McKittrick John Wood as Falken Ally Sheedy as Jennifer Barry Corbin as Gen. Beringer Juanin Clay as Pat Healy Kent Williams as Cabot Dennis Lipscomb as Watson Joe Dorsey as Conley Irving Metzman as Richter

Crew James Murakami - Art Director Richard Hashimoto - Associate Producer Wallis Nicita - Casting Barry Delaney - Costume Designer Linda Matthews - Costume Designer John Badham - Director Michael Ripps - Editor Tom Rolf - Editor Leonard J. Goldberg - Executive Producer Arthur B. Rubinstein - Composer (Music Score) Richard Hashimoto - Production Designer Angelo P. Graham - Production Designer William A. Fraker - Cinematographer Harold Schneider - Producer Leonard J. Goldberg - Producer Jerry Wunderlich - Set Designer Joe di Gaetano III - Special Effects R.J. Hohman - Special Effects Willie D. Burton - Sound/Sound Designer Tom Elliott - Stunts Al Jones - Stunts Walon Green - Screenwriter William A. Fraker - Screenwriter Lawrence Lasker - Screenwriter Walter Parkes - Screenwriter

WarGames
Made at a time when public perception of computers' abilities far exceeded their actual potential, WarGames benefited greatly from the mass confusion inherent in the onset of the home-computing movement. But it's also a relic of its era in other ways as well, tapping into a fresh vein of Cold War anxiety that arrived with the Reagan administration's new concentration on the arms race. As much as the first factor dates it and the second factor may alienate viewers who came of age after the fall of the Iron Curtain, neither element prevents director John Badham's film from still playing like a skillfully put together thriller. Though preachy (especially in its peacenik finale), from its first scene WarGames establishes a tense mood undercut only by some jokey teen banter. It's not hard to see why the film has become a cult piece among hackers -- short of time travel, there's probably no better place to find as much antiquated hardware and outdated technical jargon -- but its virtues extend beyond techno-kitsch. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide
 

Aaron Rochin: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated) Carlos DeLarios: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated) Lawrence Lasker: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) Michael J. Kohut: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated) Walter Parkes: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Original Screenplay (nominated) William A. Fraker: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Cinematography (nominated) Willie D. Burton: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: Feature-length audio commentary by director John Bodham and writers Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes New Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack Trivia and production notes Original theatrical trailer MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 113 min   DVD Chapters: Scene Selections 0. Scene Selections 1. Om Mani Padme Boom! [6:36] 2. Main Title/NORAD [3:05] 3. The Deployment Debate [2:39] 4. Meet WOPR/War Games [1:53] 5. David/"Your Wife?" [3:27] 6. Penciling In New Grades [5:00] 7. Replacing The Key Men [:47] 8. Perusing Protovision [2:40] 9. Tickets To Paris/Games [4:55] 10. "Definitely Military" [4:43] 11. Thermonuclear War [5:47] 12. Missile Warning [3:02] 13. Parental Interruptus [1:59] 14. In The News/"Screwed!" [3:11] 15. Computer Callbacks [1:18] 16. Nabbed By Feds [2:21] 17. DefCon 4/Seattle Spy [2:39] 18. Meeting McKittrick [3:28] 19. DefCon 3/Robert Hume [3:40] 20. Playback Is Swell [5:12] 21. Escape/Phoney Change [7:04] 22. Goose Island, Oregon [3:49] 23. DefCon 2/Ghost Planes [1:57] 24. A Game Of Futility [5:06] 25. "I Can't Swim!"/Copter [3:40] 26. DefCon 1/Almost Doorjam [3:23] 27. Incoming Warheads [5:26] 28. Lock Out Change [3:03] 29. "He Got One" [2:05] 30. Tic Tac Toe [2:19] 31. Strobing Strategies [3:13] 32. End Credits [2:57]