Tron
Short description
Kevin Flynn designs video games, but his former employer took credit for his work and let him go. He tries to break into the company's computer system to obtain proof that the games are his, with help from two former colleagues, Alan and Lora. The central computer, a program called the Master Control Program that has developed a mind of its own, notices the intrusion and uses an experimental laser to send Flynn inside the machine. There he finds a world where programs look and act like people, the Master Control Program rules over them, and the games he once wrote are fought as deadly contests. Flynn joins forces with Tron, an independent program written by Alan, in a struggle against the system's control.
Steven Lisberger directed the film from his own screenplay, and it was the first feature he directed, followed by Hot Pursuit in 1987 and Slipstream in 1989. Jeff Bridges plays Flynn, with Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley and Tron, David Warner as Ed Dillinger and Sark, and Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes and Dan Shor among the cast. It was made by Walt Disney Productions with Lisberger/Kushner Productions on a budget of 17 million dollars and took about 33 million dollars worldwide.
On IMDb the film holds 6.7 out of 10 from roughly 145,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.6 out of 10 from about 2,900 votes. A critics' rating of 6.4 out of 10 from 162 reviews places it close to the audience scores, a modest but similar level of approval.
What's left behind the scenes
- The programmers who worked on the film "Tron" later also created video games based on it.
- This feature film demonstrated computer animation of a face for the first time in the history of cinema, although it was largely simplified.
- In one of the episodes, you can also notice the game "Pac-Man" on the display of one of the terminals.
- The film was a milestone in the development of CGI in cinema, paving the way for the creation of fully computer-generated films. According to John Lasseter, creator of the first such film, "Toy Story," "without 'Tron' there would be no 'Toy Story'."
- The terminals of some older computers had a Trace On (TRON) button for step-by-step tracking of program execution (and, accordingly, TROFF). However, the director claims that the name of the program "Tron" came from an abbreviation of the word "Electronic".
- The renowned French artist Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Syd Mead, famous for his work on "Blade Runner," participated in the creation of "Tron."
- The computer special effects were created on a PDP-10 (Programmed Data Processor, model 10) machine with a total memory of 1152 kilobytes.
- When one of the characters arrives at his workplace at ENCOM, the inscription "Gort Klaatu Barada Nikto" is visible. This is a reference to the science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951).
- As the programs fly to destroy the "Master Control Program", a Mickey Mouse head-shaped location can be noticed under their ship.
- The film was excluded from the Oscar nominations for "Best Visual Effects" because the Academy at the time considered the use of computers to be cheating.
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