What movie is this?
12-22-04, 10:44 PM
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What movie is this?
OK, a review link on the main page ("Cloak and Dagger") made me think of a film i've seen long time go in Europe, and unfortunately I didn't catch it from the beginning, so I don't know the name.
The premise is close to "Wargames", but it's not it. I'd guess they were made around the same time (early 80s).
Basically, you have a nerdy kid (called Gregory) who strikes a friendship with an AI/talking computer. At some point, the computer helps a guy (a teacher of Gregory's) steal some money and deposit it into his account, but later kills the greedy dude. Towards the end of the movie, the computer is supposedly destroyed, but Gregory is greeted one day by the electronic voice at some terminal (the computer keeps saluting him with "Hello, Gregory").
Can anyone think of the name for this movie?
The premise is close to "Wargames", but it's not it. I'd guess they were made around the same time (early 80s).
Basically, you have a nerdy kid (called Gregory) who strikes a friendship with an AI/talking computer. At some point, the computer helps a guy (a teacher of Gregory's) steal some money and deposit it into his account, but later kills the greedy dude. Towards the end of the movie, the computer is supposedly destroyed, but Gregory is greeted one day by the electronic voice at some terminal (the computer keeps saluting him with "Hello, Gregory").
Can anyone think of the name for this movie?
12-23-04, 02:32 AM
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The bank transfer thing sounds like Sneakers. Hmm I will google some...
Perhaps Midas Valley or some such, I searched IMDB for all Male characters with the name Gregory, then parsed by things in the 80s, and judging by the movie names, I didn't see anything that looked like it might be that movie. Odd.
Perhaps Midas Valley or some such, I searched IMDB for all Male characters with the name Gregory, then parsed by things in the 80s, and judging by the movie names, I didn't see anything that looked like it might be that movie. Odd.
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12-23-04, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Forum Troll
Sounds an awful lot like the movie "Electric Dreams". You can catch the trailer here
12-23-04, 12:22 PM
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