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| WarGames |
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Genre:Thriller
Reviewed In Issue 12 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
MGM |
| (Catalog Number): |
ML105113 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$$34.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
112 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1983 |
| (LD Release Date): |
12/1/94 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
John Badham |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Arthur B. Rubenstein |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Angelo P. Graham |
| (Visual Effects): |
NA |
| (Costume Designer): |
NA |
| (Editor): |
Tom Rolf, ACE |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Milton C. Burrow && William L. Manger |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Leonard Goldberg |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Harold Schneider |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Stereo A & 70mm 6 Track Dolby |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
WarGames is an intelligent suspense thriller about David Lightman (Broderick) a young computer hacker who unwittingly taps into the U.S. Defense Department’s master war computer and accidentally initiates a most deadly game of thermonuclear war—a game in which no one can win. Severe danger escalates and, to halt the nuclear Armageddon, David, his girlfriend (Sheedy) and a harried computer scientist (Wood), must work against time and unimaginable tension to dismantle the computer.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture is matted at the 35mm wide-screen 1.85:1 aspect ratio on this disc but was released as a 70mm blowup presentation as well. Color is subdued and has a blue steel cold effect. The picture is undefined and soft overall but with good contrast. Fleshtones are pale and unnatural. Both grain and noise is apparent as well as some artifacts.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The mixed soundtrack has a music score that is sometimes dynamic and defined with surround envelopment and some directional effects, but is essentially mono in most scenes. Without direction, effects and fidelilty is wanting.
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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