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Is it a game, or is it real?
High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Matthew Broderick Dabney Coleman John Wood Ally Sheedy Barry Corbin Juanin Clay Kent Williams Dennis Lipscomb Joe Dorsey Irving Metzman Michael Ensign William Bogert Susan Davis James Tolkan David Clover Drew Snyder John Garber Duncan Wilmore Billy Ray Sharkey John Spencer Michael Madsen James Lemp Gary Bisig Gary Sexton Jason Bernard Frankie Hill Jesse D. Goins Alan Blumenfeld Len Lawson Maury Chaykin Eddie Deezen Stephen Lee Lucinda Crosby Stack Pierce Art LaFleur Brad David Martha Shaw Howie Allen Michael Adams James Ackerman Jim Harriott Tom Lawrence Frances E. Nealy Charles Akins Glenn Standifer Edward Jahnke Paul V. Picerni Jr. William H. Macy
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