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File Size..................: 1.09 GB

Codec .....................: xvid

Movie Length...............: 1h 35m 47s

Resolution.................: 640 x 288

Video Bitrate..............: 1.182 mb/s

FPS........................: 23.976

Audio Type.................: AC3

Audio Bitrate:.............: 48000Hz  448 kb/s total (5 chnls)

Language...................: English

Subtitles..................: None

IMDB Link..................: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/

IMDB Rating................: 6.4

Source.....................: Retail DVD

Burn Tested................: Yes

Standalone Compliant.......: Yes



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Writer.....................: Steven Lisberger, Bonnie MacBird

Director...................: Steven Lisberger

Release Date...............: July 9, 1982

Genre......................: Sci-Fi

Tagline....................: The Electronic Gladiator

Plot.......................: A hacker is literally abducted into the world of 

                             a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial 

                             games where his only chance of escape is with the help 

                             of a heroic security program.

Cast.......................: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy

                             Morgan.



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Kevin Flynn is a young and gifted programmer who once worked for the software 

mega-corporation ENCOM. Flynn created several video games on the ENCOM mainframe 

while working after hours with the aim of eventually creating his own games company. 

Before he is ready to present his projects to senior management, his work is 

stolen by another programmer, Ed Dillinger. Dillinger locks Flynn out of the system 

and goes on to present the games as his own work, thus earning himself a series of 

promotions.



Three years later, Dillinger is now a senior executive of ENCOM, and the company 

is run mainly by the Master Control Program (MCP), an artificial intelligence that 

started as Dillinger's chess program. Flynn, after being fired by Dillinger, has 

been reduced to running his own video game arcade, which ironically features several 

of the games he created. As a result, he attempts to break into the ENCOM mainframe 

and find the evidence he needs to prove Dillinger's wrongdoing. The MCP catches one 

of Flynn's computer programs, Clu, poking around in sensitive memory and "de-resolves" 

(erases) the program. The MCP then summons Dillinger to discuss the matter, and 

Dillinger authorizes it to shut down access to all personnel in Flynn's former 

security group (Group-7 access). In the process, it inadvertently locks out a current 

ENCOM employee, Alan Bradley.



Alan goes to speak with Dillinger, and in the process reveals that he is working 

on a security program named Tron, which would be used to monitor communications 

between ENCOM and outside systems. When asked, he states that it would not be a 

part of the MCP, but rather that it would serve as a watchdog for the MCP as well. 

Dillinger dismisses him quickly, only to be confronted by the MCP about Alan's 

project. The MCP informs Dillinger that it plans to take over the Pentagon's computer 

systems, having calculated that it can run things "900 to 1200 times better than any 

human." When Dillinger attempts to reassert his control over the MCP, it essentially 

blackmails him into keeping quiet and complying with its wishes.



Meanwhile, Alan goes to speak with his girlfriend, Lora, an ENCOM laser lab technician 

and Flynn's ex-girlfriend. In the lab, Lora and her coworker Walter (who started 

ENCOM in his garage) have just successfully digitized an orange using a powerful 

laser (causing it to disappear and reappear intact). Alan and Lora later set off to 

Flynn's arcade/apartment to warn him that Dillinger knows about his hacking. After 

being convinced that Flynn is looking for evidence that he was cheated by Dillinger, 

Alan and Lora sneak him into the laser lab, where he works on forging an access 

code for a different security group. This would allow him to find the information he 

is looking for, and would also allow Alan to finish his work and get Tron online.



Flynn settles down at Lora's lab terminal, where her laser points directly at the 

terminal. As Flynn tries to gain access to the system, the MCP confronts him. While 

he "chats" with the MCP, it takes control of the laser and suddenly digitizes Flynn 

into the world inside the computer, where programs are physical characters that 

resemble their creators.



Flynn materializes in the digital world and is taken to a holding pit. There, a 

financial program, Ram, tells Flynn that he is a "guest" of the Master Control 

Program, and that he is going to be made to play games. Flynn, who is convinced 

that he is dreaming, seems excited about this at first, saying "I play games better 

than anybody."



Flynn and a number of other Programs are soon taken to meet Sark (Dillinger's 

counterpart in the digital world). Sark tells each of the Programs that either 

they can join the MCP willingly, or they will be forced to compete in gladiator-style 

games that will result in their eventual elimination. Each Program receives an 

identity disc that stores their actions and experiences, and also doubles as a powerful 

weapon. On their way back to the holding pen, Flynn sees Tron fighting a number of 

other Programs, and Ram tells him that Tron fights for the Users.



Before he can return to the holding pit, Flynn is taken to his first game. The game 

is essentially a vertical version of jai alai, except that the players stand on 

platforms made up of concentric rings that disappear when the ball hits them, 

forcing them to jump over the gaps. Flynn is forced to face Crom, "one of his own 

kind" according to Sark. After several volleys, Crom falls off his platform and 

struggles to climb back up. When Flynn refuses to finish off his opponent, Sark 

terminates the game and sends Crom plummeting to his death. However, he spares Flynn, 

recalling the MCP's admonition: "I want him in the games until he dies playing."



Flynn returns to a holding area where Ram and Tron are waiting for him. Flynn 

immediately mistakes Tron for Alan, and Tron reveals that Alan is his User. Feigning 

disorientation, Flynn says that he is starting to remember "all kinds of stuff", 

including that his "User" wants him to take out the MCP. Tron states that that is 

his goal as well, but before they can talk much more, the three are taken to the Light 

Cycle arena. In here, the three must attempt to guide their opponents into their 

light trails. They team up and manage to force one of their enemies into the side 

of the arena, opening a large crack in the wall through which they escape. Sark quickly 

launches his security forces (which consist of Flynn's Tank and Recognizer programs) 

to seek them out.



The three locate an I/O tower that Tron needs to access in order to communicate with 

Alan, but on the way, Flynn's and Ram's Light Cycles are destroyed by a Tank and Tron 

is separated from the group. Flynn takes the injured Ram to a pile of junk, which 

turns out to be a damaged Recognizer. He "accidentally" activates it and starts for 

the I/O tower, but on the way, Ram begins to die. Ram asks Flynn if he is a User, and 

then he asks Flynn to help Tron just before he dies and de-rezzes.



Meanwhile, Tron breaks into a simulation chamber where a Solar Sailer is being 

constructed. There, he finds Yori, a program written by Lora. After Tron breaks Yori 

out of her reporting routine, the two programs make their way to the I/O tower and 

confront Dumont (Walter's computer counterpart), the keeper of the tower. He grants Tron 

access to the port, and Tron receives the critical instructions he needs from Alan in 

order to destroy the Master Control Program. They then make their way back to the 

Solar Sailer, narrowly escaping Sark's forces, and set off for the MCP. Along the way, 

Flynn rejoins them, having accidentally disguised himself as one of Sark's troops. 

He explains to Tron and Yori at this point that he is actually a User.



Sark eventually captures Flynn and Yori, ramming the Solar Sailer with his ship. Sark 

then disembarks and begins de-rezzing the ship. Although Yori and the ship begin to 

fade away around him, Flynn manages to keep her alive and the ship intact. Yori believes 

Tron to be dead, but in reality, Tron has escaped on Sark's shuttle, which lands 

nearby the MCP's core. Here, a number of captured programs, including Dumont, are 

locked against a wall to face the MCP, which appears as a giant red face on a huge 

spinning cylinder. The MCP senses Tron's presence and sends Sark out to battle him, 

and then the MCP begins to tell the Programs of their impending fate: "You will each 

become a part of me, and together, we will be complete."



Sark and Tron battle on the mesa, until Tron gains the upper hand, severely damaging 

Sark and destroying his disc. The MCP then transfers his functions to Sark, causing 

him to grow many times Tron's size. Tron begins to attack the MCP directly, attempting 

to break through the shield protecting its core. As the battle continues, Yori guides 

the remains of Sark's ship toward the core, where Flynn jumps inside. This distracts 

the MCP long enough for Tron to throw his disc through a gap in the shield, destroying 

the MCP.



The digital world comes alive after the MCP's defeat. I/O towers light up all over 

the landscape, and the Programs rejoice in the fact that their world has again become 

a free system. They ponder Flynn's fate, but Flynn is sent back to the real world, 

the laser re-materializing him at the terminal. A nearby printer then begins printing 

the evidence that Flynn's programs were "annexed" by Dillinger.



Dillinger arrives at the office the next morning to discover a message on his computer's 

screen showing the evidence of his wrongdoing, and it can be implied that the evidence 

has been sent to every computer at ENCOM, and sometime that day Dillinger will be 

either fired or arrested. The movie closes with a brief scene where Alan and Lora 

greet Flynn at the helicopter pad on top of the ENCOM building. Flynn is now the chief 

executive of the company.



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