The 80s Film That Took Research Too Far

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What happens when a Hollywood movie hits a little too close to reality? In 1983, WarGames, a teenage hacker thriller, didn’t just entertain audiences; it rattled President Ronald Reagan and changed U.S. cybersecurity forever. From the incredible production design that outshined NORAD itself, to the real Cold War tensions that made it all feel too real, this is the story of how a movie production freaked out a U.S. President.

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0:00 The REAL LIFE Nuclear Scare
1:56 The 80s Movie Production That Freaked out a President
2:09 The Genius
4:14 Checking out NORAD
6:05 Hackers
7:25 The ambitious screenplay
8:45 Dogs
9:47 Production Begins and a director gets fired
10:56 Visual Effects Ahead of Its Time
14:21 Ronald Reagan Asked the question
16:16 The birth of cyber security
17:54 Did Hollywood partially help end the cold war?
19:09 They built an entire world inside this studio

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