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Release Date:
9 July 1982 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Electronic Gladiator more
Plot:
A hacker is literally abducted into the world of a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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6 nominations
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(310 articles)
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Someone had to try it
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jeff Bridges | ... | Kevin Flynn / Clu | |
| Bruce Boxleitner | ... | Alan Bradley / Tron | |
| David Warner | ... | Ed Dillinger / Sark / Master Control Program | |
| Cindy Morgan | ... | Lora / Yori | |
| Barnard Hughes | ... | Dr. Walter Gibbs / Dumont | |
| Dan Shor | ... | Ram / Popcorn Co-Worker | |
| Peter Jurasik | ... | Crom | |
| Tony Stephano | ... | Peter / Sark's Lieutenant | |
| Craig Chudy | ... | Warrior #1 | |
| Vince Deadrick Jr. | ... | Warrior #2 (as Vince Deadrick) | |
| Sam Schatz | ... | Expert Disc Warrior | |
| Jackson Bostwick | ... | Head Guard | |
| David S. Cass Sr. | ... | Factory Guard (as Dave Cass) | |
| Gerald Berns | ... | Guard #1 | |
| Bob Neill | ... | Guard #2 |
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Runtime:
96 min
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Colour (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Netherlands:MG6 (20th anniversary collector's edition) |
Iceland:L |
Peru:PT |
South Korea:15 |
Brazil:Livre |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario)
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Deborah Harry was among the actresses who were screen tested for the role of Lora/Yori.
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Revealing mistakes: In Flynn's Arcade, a couple of kids are "playing" pinball machines that aren't switched on (visible at the top left of the screen in the overhead shots).
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Featured in The Pixar Story (2007)
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1990s Theme
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"Tron" is not for everyone.
This first sentence should make you think that "Tron" is a cult movie. Well, maybe it is. My parents abhor it. My sister detests it. But my friends, who were born in the early 70s (very early, actually) and me see it as an amazing piece of work.
Is it stunning? Yes, even though more than half of the film is colorized b&w. Is it computer animated? Yes, although I am betting your home PC might be able to render the images you will see there without any problem. Maybe not in real time, but almost. Is it special? You bet. Even though CGI had been tried before, Tron took it to the next logical step: creating whole CGI rendered scenes (e.g. tanks, cycles, Recognizers).
The film is confusing at times, and 18 years later you can safely say the script wasn't actually the best. On the light of the Internet, though, it all makes a lot more sense, and it plainly demonstrates that the writers really loved computers. In fact, they were so ahead of their times that I am betting too many people who saw it the first time didn't understand it. That was its failure: only computer geeks could get the whole picture (no pun intended).
Still, I guess Toy Story I and II are the direct development of Tron. And that cannot be bad in any way.