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WarGames: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

The film is set late in the Cold War period, opening on a U.S. Air Force ICBM launch control center where its crew receives orders to launch nuclear missiles at the Soviet Union; when the crew commander (played by John Spencer) fails to launch their missiles, this is revealed to be part of a larger psychological experiment by the military, testing whether U.S. missile crews would do the same in the event of a real nuclear attack. It is mentioned that twenty-two percent of crews tested failed to launch their missiles, prompting NORAD to install an automated computer system, the "War Operation Plan Response" or WOPR, to oversee launching of U.S. nuclear missiles.

WarGames

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:00:14 -0500

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

WarGames

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:00:01 -0500

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.