suspense/science-fiction film written by Lawrence Lasker
and Walter F. Parkes
and directed by John Badham
. The film stars Matthew Broderick
and Ally Sheedy
.
The film follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker
who unwittingly accesses WOPR
, a United States military supercomputer
programmed to predict possible outcomes of nuclear war. Lightman gets WOPR to run a nuclear war simulation, originally believing it to be a computer game
.
I loved it when you nuked Las Vegas|Las Vegas. Suitably biblical ending for the place, don't you think?
We're just three miles from a primary target, a millisecond of brilliant light, and we're vaporized.
We will be spared the horror of survival.
John! Good to see you. I see the wife still picks your ties.
What you see on these screens up here is a fantasy; a computer enhanced hallucination!
General, you are listening to a machine. Do the world a favor and don't act like one.
Protovision, I have you now.
Hey, I don't believe that any system is totally secure.
[to Dr. Falken] This is unreal! You don't care about death 'cause you're already dead! I know a lot about you. I know you weren't always like this. What was the last thing you cared about?