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McKittrick:
[McKittrick approaches Falken's group on stairs]
I don't know what you think you can do here, Stephen. Stephen Falken:
[suddenly noticing]
John! Good to see you. I see the wife still picks your ties. McKittrick:
What is- What has this kid been telling you? Stephen Falken:
[looking at screens]
How far's he gone? McKittrick:
Well the President about ready to order a counterstrike. That's what we're recommending he do. Stephen Falken:
It's a bluff, John, call it off. McKittrick:
No, it's not a bluff. It's real. Stephen Falken:
[raising his voice from stairs]
Hello, General Beringer! Stephen Falken! General Beringer:
[standing]
Mr. Falken you picked a hell of a day for a visit! Stephen Falken:
Uh, uh, General, what you see on these screens up here is a fantasy; a computer-enhanced hallucination. Those blips are not real missiles. They're phantoms. McKittrick:
[McKittrick approaches Beringer]
Jack, there's nothing to indicate a simulation at all. Everything is working perfectly! Stephen Falken:
But does it make any sense? General Beringer:
Does what make any sense? Stephen Falken:
[points to the screens]
That! General Beringer:
Look, I don't have time for a conversation right now. Stephen Falken:
[Falken speaks as he approaches]
General, are you prepared to destroy the enemy? General Beringer:
You betcha! Stephen Falken:
Do you think they know that? General Beringer:
I believe we've made that clear enough. Stephen Falken:
[face to face]
Then don't! Tell the President to ride out the attack. Colonel Joe Conley:
Sir, they need a decision. Stephen Falken:
General, do you really believe that the enemy would attack without provocation, using so many missiles, bombers, and subs so that we would have no choice but to totally annihilate them? Female Airman First Class:
[on loudspeaker]
One minute and thirty seconds to impact. Stephen Falken:
General, you are listening to a machine! Do the world a favor and don't act like one. Female Airman First Class:
[on loudspeaker]
One minute and twenty seconds to impact
[McKittrick approaches Falken's group on stairs]
I don't know what you think you can do here, Stephen. Stephen Falken:
[suddenly noticing]
John! Good to see you. I see the wife still picks your ties. McKittrick:
What is- What has this kid been telling you? Stephen Falken:
[looking at screens]
How far's he gone? McKittrick:
Well the President about ready to order a counterstrike. That's what we're recommending he do. Stephen Falken:
It's a bluff, John, call it off. McKittrick:
No, it's not a bluff. It's real. Stephen Falken:
[raising his voice from stairs]
Hello, General Beringer! Stephen Falken! General Beringer:
[standing]
Mr. Falken you picked a hell of a day for a visit! Stephen Falken:
Uh, uh, General, what you see on these screens up here is a fantasy; a computer-enhanced hallucination. Those blips are not real missiles. They're phantoms. McKittrick:
[McKittrick approaches Beringer]
Jack, there's nothing to indicate a simulation at all. Everything is working perfectly! Stephen Falken:
But does it make any sense? General Beringer:
Does what make any sense? Stephen Falken:
[points to the screens]
That! General Beringer:
Look, I don't have time for a conversation right now. Stephen Falken:
[Falken speaks as he approaches]
General, are you prepared to destroy the enemy? General Beringer:
You betcha! Stephen Falken:
Do you think they know that? General Beringer:
I believe we've made that clear enough. Stephen Falken:
[face to face]
Then don't! Tell the President to ride out the attack. Colonel Joe Conley:
Sir, they need a decision. Stephen Falken:
General, do you really believe that the enemy would attack without provocation, using so many missiles, bombers, and subs so that we would have no choice but to totally annihilate them? Female Airman First Class:
[on loudspeaker]
One minute and thirty seconds to impact. Stephen Falken:
General, you are listening to a machine! Do the world a favor and don't act like one. Female Airman First Class:
[on loudspeaker]
One minute and twenty seconds to impact
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You bet Do you think they know that
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I believe we've made that clear enough
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Then don't
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Tell the president to ride out the attack
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Sir They need a decision
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Do you really believe that the enemy would attack without provocation
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using so many missiles bombers and subs
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so that we'd have no choice but to totally annihilate them
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One minute and 30 seconds to impact
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General you are listening to a machine
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Do the world a favor and don't act like one
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Beeping
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Woman over PA One minute and 20 seconds to impact
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Movie Summary
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.
