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Where was WarGames filmed?

1983 film, directed by John Badham.

  • Colorado

The story is set in Colorado, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Colorado; Washington; Seattle, Oregon; Cheyenne Mountain Complex
Filmed in
Colorado
Distance
About 1,523 miles (2,451 km) between Washington and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 1,031 miles (1,659 km) between Seattle, Oregon and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 39 miles (63 km) between Cheyenne Mountain Complex and the nearest filming location.
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About WarGames

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Released
1983
Director
John Badham
Cast
Matthew BroderickAlly SheedyDabney ColemanJohn WoodBarry CorbinMichael MadsenJames TolkanDennis LipscombMichael EnsignJohn Spencer
Genre
ThrillerDrama

During a surprise nuclear attack drill, many USAF Strategic Missile Wing controllers prove unwilling to turn the keys required to launch a missile strike.

Later, while wardialing numbers in Sunnyvale, to find a computer game company, he connects with a system that does not identify itself.

It continuously feeds false data, such as Soviet bomber incursions and submarine deployments to NORAD, prompting them to raise the DEFCON level toward retaliation that will start WWIII.

Famous lines from WarGames

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Umm.. Your wife?David
  • TO WIN THE GAME.Joshua/WOPR
  • WOPR? What is that?Watson
  • SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?Joshua/WOPR
  • I think it missed him.Jennifer

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