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90smovies · 1 month

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#Sneakers #Sneakers 1992 #Robert Redford #Dan Aykroyd #Sidney Poitier #Phil Alden Robinson #Lawrence Lasker #Walter F. Parkes #90s

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cinesludge · 1 year

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Movie #22 of 2023: Sneakers

Donald Crease: “Don’t tell me you can’t do it because I know you can. And don’t tell me you won’t do it because I’ve got to have it. I need to know and I need to know now.”

#sneakers #phil alden robinson #lawrence lasker #walter f. parkes #comedy #crime #drama #james horner #john lindley #tom rolf #english #russian #chinese #35mm #1992 #22

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adamwatchesmovies · 2 years

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War Games (1983)

I like to think of War Games as a spiritual sequel to Dr. Strangelove. A Matthew Broderick film ushered in the same sentence as the Kubrick masterpiece?! I know. It sounds nuts, but hear me out. After watching How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, you take away that no single man should have the power to declare nuclear war regardless of what safety protocols may be in place to prevent catastrophe from ensuing. With this film, writers Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes complete that idea and argue that it is too much for a machine as well.

Tests have proven that even when ordered, 22% of NORAD staff members would not launch a nuclear missile strike. This convinces Dr. John McKittrick (Dabney Coleman) to automate the process, granting control to WOPR (War Operation Plan Response): a learning supercomputer that runs continuous war simulations. When high school students David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) and Jennifer Mack (Ally Sheedy) hack into the WOPR and, unaware of what they’ve discovered, decide to play a “game” with it, the computer begins counting down to a real-life war.

Part teenage drama, part cautionary tale, War Games may sound impossible, but when you see it in action everything is frighteningly real. The security measures implemented by NORAD actually wind up causing the problem to happen. Nothing on the screen David stumbles upon indicates that it’s anything but a video game (the screen is blank and simply asks for a password). When he researches the programmer who created it and finds an entry point, there are no warnings to tell him “Thermonuclear War” is the real deal. While the adults scramble to find an explanation for why their screens show an impending attack, none of them accept the simple truth that it’s all a giant mistake. How could it be? The system was built to be flawless. Two unsuspecting teenagers are the only ones who know what’s going on, but what are they supposed to do about it? Yesterday, he was impressing her by hacking into the school system to tamper with their grades. Now, they’re about to die before they’ve even had the chance to live.

Every action logically leads into the next with no room for error. One tiny mistake might set a chain of dominoes that will end the world. Just when you think every possibility has dried up, David comes up with a sway to squeak out of the pinch he’s in and hope is renewed. You breathe a sigh of relief, but it’s a brief one. The weight of this seemingly inescapable scenario is felt again in no time.

War Games is an intelligent film. It has elements of a teenage adventure/drama, but it’s much more. This is a cautionary tale that will make you think, with a great screenplay that’s sure to have everyone watching white-knuckled. (On DVD, May 4, 2018)

#War Games #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #John Badham #Lawrence Lasker #Walter F. Parkes #Matthew Broderick #Dabney COleman #John Wood #Ally Sheedy #1983 movies #1983 films

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theoscarsproject · 11 months

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WarGames (1984). 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.

A pretty fun, albeit silly family blockbuster. Kind of wild that it was nominated for the Oscars it was, but honestly, outside of a few standouts, 1984 was a bit of weak year for the Academy anyway. 5/10.

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brokehorrorfan · 2 years

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WarGames will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on December 20 via Shout Factory. The 1983 sci-fi action thriller is directed by John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Dracula (1979)).

Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy star. Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes (Sneakers) wrote the script, with uncredited work by Walon Green (Eraser, RoboCop 2).

WarGames has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision HDR. Read on for the special features.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director John Badham and writers Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes

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Inside NORAD: Cold War Fortress featurette

Attack of the Hackers featurette

Tic Tac Toe: A True Story featurette

Theatrical trailer

Computer hacker David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) can bypass the most advanced security systems, break the most intricate secret codes and master even the most difficult computer games. But when he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer, he initiates a confrontation of global proportions — World War III! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent... and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

Pre-order WarGames.

#wargames #john badham #matthew broderick #ally sheedy #john wood #dabney coleman #shout factory #dvd #gift #80s movies #1980s movies #80s action movies #80s sci fi

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fashionbooksmilano · 1 month

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Specchi Ustori

Demetrio Paparoni, Michelangelo Castello

Tema Celeste Edizioni, Zangara Stampa, Siracusa 1989, 136 pagine, 28x33cm,

euro 35,00

email if you want to buy [email protected]

Catalogo della mostra a cura di Demetrio Paparoni e Michelangelo Castello al Museo Regionale di Palazzo Bellomo a Siracusa con Robert Barry, Domenico Bianchi, Mel Bockner, Peter Halley, Per Kirkeby, Jiri Kolar, Jannis Kounellis, Jonathan Lasker, Sol LeWitt, Mimmo Paladino, A.R. Penck, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Remo Salvadori, Keith Sonnier, Gary Stephan, Emilio Vedova, Lawrence Weiner, Bill Woofrow.

Primarily a catalog of paintings, this book does include poetry. Many of the works are untitled. Artists and authors whose works are included herein include: Robert Barry, Domenico Bianchi, Mel Bockner, Peter Halley, Per Kirkeby, Jiri Kolar, Jannis Kounellis, Jonathan Lasker, Sol Lewitt, Mimmo Paladino, Giulio Paolini, A. R. Penck, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ezra Pound, Remo Salvadori, Keith Sonnier, Gary Stephan, Emilio Vedova, Lawrence Weiner and Bill Woodrow.

17/03/24

#Specchi Ustori #art exhibition catalogue #Tema Celeste #Demetrio Paparoni #Michelangelo castello #Jiri Kolar #Kounellis #Sol Lewitt #Paladino #Paolini #Penck #Pistoletto #Ezra Pound #Vedova #Salvadori #art books #fashionbooksmilano

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creation-plus · 1 year

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Too Many Secrets: What Can Today's Cyber Teams Learn From a 30-Year-Old Movie?

Too Many Secrets: What Can Today’s Cyber Teams Learn From a 30-Year-Old Movie?

“The world is no longer ruled by weapons, power or money. It’s small and driven by zero, little bits of data,” says Ben Kingsley as Cosmo in the film sneakers. managed by Phil Alden Robinson and co-written by Robinson, Lawrence Lasker And Walter F. Parks, sneakers Released in 1992, although its development began a decade earlier. It was during the development of an earlier film, war gameThat…

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saturdaynightmatinee · 2 years

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 7 / 10

Título Original: Sneakers

Año: 1992

Duración: 126 min

País: Estados Unidos

Director: Phil Alden Robinson

Guion: Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes

Música: James Horner

Fotografía: John Lindley

Reparto: Robert Redford, Mary McDonnell, Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley, River Phoenix, Dan Aykroyd, David Strathairn, Timothy Busfield, Stephen Tobolowsky, Donal Logue, James Earl Jones

Productora: Universal Pictures

Género: Crime, Drama, Comedy

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80smovies · 3 years

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#WarGames #John Badham #Matthew Broderick #Ally Sheedy #Dabney Coleman #Lawrence Lasker #Walter F. Parkes #80s

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lgmk · 4 years

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7.5/10

#cinema #Wargames #1983 #USA #Walter F. Parkes #Lawrence Lasker #John Badham

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genevieveetguy · 7 years

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Who should we nuke first?

Wargames, John Badham (1983)

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90smovies · 3 years

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#Sneakers 1992 #Sneakers #Robert Redford #Dan Aykroyd #River Phoenix #David Strathairn #Sidney Poitier #Mary McDonnell #Stephen Tobolowsky #Phil Alden Robinson #Lawrence Lasker #Walter F. Parkes #Lobby Cards #90s

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jerimystoltzcreations · 2 years

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Jan 3, 2022 Creative Multiverse presents : #Artury2022 day 3 Arcade WarGames is a 1983 American Cold War science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to simulate, predict and execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union. #CreativeMultiverse #Wargames #Arcade #art #artwork #artistofinstagram #artist #artistforhire #Custom #create #drawing #drawingaday #draweveryday #illustration #pencil #sketch #ink #colordrawing #Sketchcard #fabercastell https://www.instagram.com/p/CYUK7yWLUTk/?utm_medium=tumblr

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xtruss · 3 years

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Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein: A Timeline of Their Relationship

— BY EMMA NOLAN | May 10, 2021 | Newsweek

Melinda Gates is said to have warned Bill Gates to stay away from Jeffrey Epstein after the couple met with the convicted sex offender in 2013 in New York.

The Microsoft founder and his wife announced they had filed for divorce last week and The Wall Street Journal reports that the separation of the 25-year marriage has been in the works since at least 2019.

Melinda Gates was reportedly "haunted" by her husband's connection with the convicted pedophile financier who died by suicide after he was jailed in 2019, per The Daily Beast.

Newsweek has reached out to representatives for Bill and Melinda Gates for comment.

The New York Times reports that Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein met numerous times over the years starting from 2011—here is a timeline of their relationship.

Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Gates. Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, MA on 9/8/04. Epstein was connected with several prominent people including politicians, actors and academics. Epstein was convicted of having sex with an underaged woman. Bill Gates attends the Telluride Film Festival 2019 on August 31, 2019 in Telluride, Colorado. RICK FRIEDMAN/PAUL BEST/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES

2011

Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein reportedly first met in January 2011 in New York City.

On this occasion, Gates and Epstein were joined by Dr. Eva Andersson-Dubin, a former Miss Sweden who Epstein had once dated, and her 15-year-old daughter.

The New York Times also claimed that Bill Gates sent an email about Epstein to colleagues in 2011, saying: "His lifestyle is very different and kind of intriguing although it would not work for me."

He also said that he stayed late into the night on this occasion, writing in the email: "A very attractive Swedish woman and her daughter dropped by and I ended up staying there quite late."

However, Bill Gates' spokesperson Bridgitt Arnold told the newspaper that the email "was in no way meant to convey a sense of interest or approval."

She said that Gates was "referring only to the unique décor of the Epstein residence—and Epstein's habit of spontaneously bringing acquaintances in to meet Mr. Gates."

Arnold also said of this meeting: "Gates recognizes that entertaining Epstein's ideas related to philanthropy gave Epstein an undeserved platform that was at odds with Gates's personal values and the values of his foundation."

The two men met again in 2011, on May 3 and were photographed along with James E. Staley, at the time a senior JPMorgan executive, and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Boris Nikolic, who was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's science adviser.

2013

Bill and Melinda Gates met with Epstein at his Upper East Side mansion in September 2013, according to The Daily Beast.

2013 was four years after Epstein was sentenced to prison for soliciting a minor under the age of 18 for sex.

The meeting was reportedly on the same day that the couple accepted the Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.

In this same year, Bill Gates is reported to have flown with Epstein on his private jet from New Jersey to Palm Beach, Florida.

That plane is the infamous "Lolita Express" that gained notoriety due to it being purposely designed for mid-air sex, per The Sun.

2018

Bill Gates' meetings with Epstein were publicized and reported on in 2018, prompting a spokesperson for the tech mogul to say at the time that the meetings had focused on philanthropy.

"I met him. I didn't have any business relationship or friendship with him," Gates told the Wall Street Journal in 2019.

"I didn't go to New Mexico or Florida or Palm Beach or any of that," he explained. "There were people around him who were saying, hey, if you want to raise money for global health and get more philanthropy, he knows a lot of rich people."

Bill and Melinda Gates in September, 2018, LUDOVIC MARIN

2019

The same spokesperson told Insider in 2019 that: "Epstein misrepresented the nature of his meetings with Gates while also working to insert himself behind-the-scenes without Gates's knowledge," and said that Gates and Epstein never socialized together and that the disgraced financier actively pursued a relationship with her client.

"Bill Gates regrets ever meeting with Epstein and recognizes it was an error in judgment to do so," Arnold said. "Gates recognizes that entertaining Epstein's ideas related to philanthropy gave Epstein an undeserved platform that was at odds with Gates' personal values and the values of his foundation."

On August 10, 2019, Epstein died by suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City following his arrest on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York.

In September 2019, Bill Gates told The Wall Street Journal of Epstein: "I didn't have any business relationship or friendship with him."

2021

Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce in May 2021.

"Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives," they said in a joint statement.

"We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives."

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cyberpunkcinema · 6 years

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Sneakers(1992)

A quirky whitehat security team descends a back door of algorithms, espionage and encryption. What would happen if you could pwn the phone lines, the banks, the databases and every global 1990’s system with 14.4 kbps and tape drives? Sneakers was written by the same team responsible for Wargames, and is chock full of Cap’n Crunch era hacks, as well as a bittersweet portrayal of our current cybersecurity state. Featuring an ensemble cast of Dan Aliens and Vodka Aykroyd, Robert Momcrush Redford, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Pointier, River Indy Jr Phoenix, Lord James Earl Vader Jones, Ghandi Kingsley, David That Guy Straitharn, It’s a doooozy Tobolowski & Mary mother of Darko McDonnell. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson and written by Lawrence Lasker & William F. Parkes, and set in the SF Bay Area :)

#cyberpunkcinema #cyberpunk #sneakers #thrillhosuerecords #theknockousf

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gordoncheung · 4 years

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Gordon Cheung’s shoe is featured in Shoes Or No Shoes (SONS)! A museum with a collection of over 1600 objects of contemporary artists, unique pieces of the world’s most famous shoe designers, texts about shoes/feet from famous writers, and more than 3000 pairs of shoes from more than 155 countries and regions – including moccasins worn and signed by Michael Jackson, unique pieces from Salvatore Ferragamo, and Ugandan tribal sandals from the beginning of all centuries.⁣ 🦶⁣ “Almost every human being owns a pair in one or another execution. On the one hand this universal object leads a visitor of SONS through all ethnic cultures and peoples, from the first foot-covered footsteps of humans till today. On the other hand through the world of modern art, highlighted out of a surprising perspective.”⁣ 🦶 Featured alongside @markgrotjahn, @sterlingruby, @zhanghuanofficial, @iandavenportofficial, @christo, @tom_wesselmann, @studioerwinolaf, @edruschaofficial, @jessicastockholder, Haim Steinbach, Edward and Nancy Kienholz, Jonathan Lasker, @peterhalley, Lawrence Weiner, @richardprince_official, Richard Long, Carl Andre, @jonathan_meese, @dexterdaub. 🦶⁣ #GordonCheung #BritishChineseArt #ShoeArt #Shoes #FeetArt #FootArt #HistoryOfShoes #Footwear #FootwearArt #SculptureArt #InstallationArt #ShoesShoesShoes #ShoesOrNoShoes #ShoesAddict #ShoeStyle #ShoeLover #ShoePorn #ShoeFie #ShoeLove #ShoeMaker #HandmadeShoe #ShoeAddiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CEKASUIF1EO/?igshid=vtz18ja8pkgj

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