WarGames
WarGames is a 1983 suspense film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film starred Matthew Broderick in his second major film role, and featured Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Barry Corbin. The movie was a box office success, costing US$12 million but grossing over $74 million after five months in the United States. With a cost of $1 million, the NORAD set was the most expensive single movie set ever built up to that time. But most importantly WarGames was one of the movies to inspire a whole generation of hackers.
The above movie clip is the original trailer. It does look a bit lame but keep in mind that the move was made in 1983. I saw it much later and even then was quite cool. However, it seems like Hollywood producers are preparing for a the WarGames sequel. I didn’t see that one coming. You can watch the trailer from over here. Of course :) it could as well be an April 1st joke. Bare that in mind. However, if it is true, the movie would mostly likely disappoint.
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Wargame is my favorite hacker movie. I love it, even after so many years I still find it a fun movie to watch. Plus it’s from the 80s :)
Best of all it’s based on real hacking techniques (modem carrier scanning). If I remember correctly the main character would dial local exchanges (free local phone calls therefore free wardialing). Matthew Broderick is shown connecting to one of his school’s servers and a local videogame company server (I hope I’m not making this up). Great movie!
Although I do agree with you pdp: the 2nd part will be a disappointment to all of us who’ve seen the first part.
I still prefer “Hacker” :)
my first hacker movie /documentry
was Ngc “cyberwar:little fish “.i loved it when i was kid :)
http://video.google.com/videop.....qQPdpKHYBg