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The Wizard
Release Date: December 15, 1989
Year | : | 1989 |
Slogan | : | «They're on a cross-country adventure to the world's greatest video championship. It's more than a game...it's the chance of a lifetime.» |
Genres | : | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family |
Production Companies | : | Universal Pictures, Carolco Pictures, Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions, Pipeline Productions |
Director | : | Todd Holland |
Producers | : | Mali Finn, Lindsley Parsons Jr., Sally Lear, Ken Topolsky, Daniel Schneider, David Chisholm |
Writers | : | David Chisholm |
RunTime | : | 100 mins. |
Budget | : | 6000000 |
Revenue | : | 14278900 |
Corey refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl, who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a "wizard" at video games and can achieve the high score on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and a sinister bounty hunter, the trio head for a climactic showdown at the national video game championships in California.
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