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MEMORIES:
Kapatsos remembers...this movie bleeds the 80's and boy was it good..would love to get it on dvd More »
Posted on 07/11/08
PHOTOS:
Cast:
Kevin Flynn...Jeff Bridges
Clu...Jeff Bridges
Alan Bradley...Bruce Boxleitner
Tron...Bruce Boxleitner
Ed Dillinger...David Warner
Sark...David Warner
Master Control Program (voice)...David Warner
Lora...Cindy Morgan
Yori...Cindy Morgan
Dr. Walter Gibbs...Barnard Hughes
Dumont...Barnard Hughes
Ram...Dan Shor
Crom...Peter Jurasik
Peter...Tony Stephano
Sark's Lieutenant...Tony Stephano
Warrior #1...Craig Chudy
Warrior #2...Vince Deadrick
Expert Disc Warrior...Sam Schatz
Head Guard...Jackson Bostwick
Factory Guard...David S. Cass Sr.
Guard #1...Gerald Berns
Guard #2...Bob Neill
Clu...Jeff Bridges
Alan Bradley...Bruce Boxleitner
Tron...Bruce Boxleitner
Ed Dillinger...David Warner
Sark...David Warner
Master Control Program (voice)...David Warner
Lora...Cindy Morgan
Yori...Cindy Morgan
Dr. Walter Gibbs...Barnard Hughes
Dumont...Barnard Hughes
Ram...Dan Shor
Crom...Peter Jurasik
Peter...Tony Stephano
Sark's Lieutenant...Tony Stephano
Warrior #1...Craig Chudy
Warrior #2...Vince Deadrick
Expert Disc Warrior...Sam Schatz
Head Guard...Jackson Bostwick
Factory Guard...David S. Cass Sr.
Guard #1...Gerald Berns
Guard #2...Bob Neill
Studio:
Disney
Release History:
1982 - Tron
Long before computers became regular household items, Tron was taking moviegoes into a CG world the likes of which they had never seen.
In the film, video game programmer Kevin Flynn had his designs stolen from him by Ed Dillinger, a scheming rival who uses the designs to make money for Encom, a large computer corporation. Ed is promoted to Senior Executive, while Flynn works as an arcade owner.
Flynn’s attempts to hack into Encom’s computers to prove that the designs are his are foiled by the MCP, or Master Control Program, a sentient program whose ultimate goal is to conquer the world. Encom employees Lora and Alan help Flynn to break into the company and access the MCP. But things go wrong – Flynn is hit by a ray that breaks apart his molecules and puts him inside the computer.
It’s there that Flynn must battle the MCP and its chief lieutenant, Sark. The set looks like a video game where Flynn has to fight an array of computerized enemies. But he’s got Tron on his side – a program that Alan created to destroy the MCP. Tron and Flynn join another program named RAM and Tron’s girlfriend Yori, get away during a “light cycles” competition, and attempt to speak at the I/O port with Tron’s “user,” Alan-1. Alan-1 gives them the information they need, and they’re off to try and finally defeat Sark and the MCP.
The groundbreaking look of Tron came from the extensive use of computer graphics, one of the first films to ever use this tool to such an extent. The design included elements such as bits, cycles, tanks, and grid bugs.
Regardless of its unique technology, the film never did well at the box office in 1982, perhaps confusing audiences who were barely familiar with the word “computer.” It did spawn two successful arcade games, 1982's Tron and 1983's Discs of Tron. Today, the film is viewed as an important stepping stone to the CGI films that are produced on a regular basis. Tron fans always knew they were on to something.
