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Tron is a 1982 American science fiction film by Walt Disney Pictures the film is now 27 years old.   Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is a gifted software engineer who used to work for the software corporation ENCOM, until he was swindled out of several video games he had created for the company by his former colleague Ed Dillinger (David Warner) who stole Flynn’s work and presented it as his own.  In doing so Dillinger earns himself a series of executive promotions, while Flynn is relegated to working at a video game arcade featuring the games that he had created.  Flynn is sure that if he can get inside the ENCOM mainframe he can find evidence of Dillinger’s wrongdoing but his program, Clu is caught and defeated by the Master Control Program (MCP).  The MCP with Dillinger’s authorization shuts down access to the security group Flynn is using,inadvertently locking out another ENCOM employee Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner).  Alan speaks to Dillinger about his access and reveals that he´s working on a security program called Tron which would monitor communications between the MCP and the outside world.  Alan is denied access for now and leaves after which the MCP confronts Dillinger about this, stating that it cannot afford to have programs monitoring it. Meanwhile Alan and his girlfriend Dr Lora Baines (Cindy Morgan) go to Flynn´s arcade and warn Flynn that he’s been noticed but instead of listening he convinces them to sneak him into ENCOM’s laser laboratory, where he can forge access to a different security group.  Lora who has been developing a method of digitizing real objects into the computer sets Flynn down at her terminal in the laser lab, where a laser is pointed directly at the terminal.  As Flynn pokes around the company computer system he is confronted by the MCP, who takes control of the laser and suddenly digitizes Flynn into the ENCOM mainframe.  Flynn wakes up dazed and confused realizing hes in the digital world, where Programs resemble their human creators The Users. Flynn is taken first to a holding pit where he meets the Program Ram and then he is taken with a number of other Programs to meet Sark, a control program that resembles Dillinger who is tasked with eliminating Flynn.  The MCP wants Flynn to be run through a series of game programs where he will be de res’d (deleted) upon being defeated.  Sark then informs everyone that they can either renounce their belief in The Users and join the MCP  or they will be forced to play a series of games that result in their eventual elimination.  Flynn who is a pretty good video game player survives his first challenge he is then taken back to another holding cell where he meets Tron (Alan’s program) a monitoring program Alan wrote.  Their next challenge gives them an opportunity to escape, after defeating their MCP allied opponents Tron, Ram and Flynn escape from the Light Cycle arena into the system forcing Sark to send out his forces in pursuit.  Eventually Sark’s forces catch up to the three programs,  a tank fires at the group killing Ram and separating Flynn and Tron.  As a User Flynn gradually discovers that he possesses powers within the computer dimension, enabling him to manipulate its physical laws at will.  Tron manages to make his way to an input output tower, where he receives instructions from Alan on how to destroy the MCP.   He then makes a escapes aboard a Solar Sailer simulation with the help of Yori (Lora’s program and is reunited with Flynn who disguised himself as one of Sark’s forces in order to move around more freely.  At this point Flynn tells Yori and Tron that he is actually a User as he does so Sark’s ship then collides with the Solar Sailer, capturing Flynn and Yori.  Tron is believed to be dead after the collision but in fact he escapes aboard Sark’s shuttle.   The Master Control Program senses Tron’s presence nearby and sends Sark out to investigate, resulting in a battle between Sark and Tron. Tron gains the upper hand and severely damages Sark, forcing the MCP to transfer its functions to its commander and causing him to grow to enormous size.  Tron begins attacking the MCP directly but his attacks are blocked by a shield. Flynn then jumps into the MC P’s cone to distract it long enough for Tron to throw his disc into the core, this destroys both MCP and Sark and frees the system from there control.  Flynn is rematerialized in the terminal in ENCOM’s laser lab where a nearby printer is printing the evidence he needs to prove Dillinger’s wrongdoing. Dillinger comes into work the next morning to find the MCP non functional and the same evidence displayed on his screen.  Flynn later becomes the new CEO of ENCOM.

Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges is an American actor his films include The Yin and the Yang of Mr Go (1970), Halls of Anger (1970), The Last Picture Show (1971), Fat City (1972), Bad Company (1972), Lolly Madonna XXX (1973), The Last American Hero (1973), The Iceman Cometh (1973), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Rancho Deluxe (1975), Hearts of the West (1975), Stay Hungry (1976), King Kong (1976), Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978), Winter Kills (1979), The American Success Company (1980), Heaven’s Gate (1980), Cutter’s Way (1981), TRON (1982), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), Against All Odds (1984), Starman (1984), Jagged Edge (1985), 8 Million Ways to Die (1986), The Morning After (1986), Nadine (1987), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), See You in the Morning (1989), Cold Feet (1989), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Texasville (1990), The Fisher King (1991), American Heart (1992), The Vanishing (1993), Fearless (1993), Blown Away (1994), Wild Bill (1995), White Squall (1996), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), Arlington Road (1999), The Muse (1999), Simpatico (1999), The Contender (2000), Scenes of the Crime (2001), K PAX (2001), Masked and Anonymous (2003), Seabiscuit (2003), The Door in the Floor (2004), The Amateurs (2005), Tideland (2005), Stick It (2006), Iron Man (2008), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), The Open Road (2009), A Dog Year (2009), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), Crazy Heart (2009), TRON: Legacy (2010) and True Grit (2010).  His older brother is actor Beau Bridges.

Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce Boxleitner is an American actor his films include Sixpack Annie (1975), The Baltimore Bullet (1980), TRON (1982), Breakaway (1990), Diplomatic Immunity (1991), Kuffs (1992), The Babe (1992), Wyatt Earp Return to Tombstone (1994), Free Fall (1999), The Perfect Nanny (2000), Life in the Balance (2001), Contagion (2001), Gods and Generals (2003), Silence (2003), Brilliant (2004), Snakehead Terror (2004), Legion of the Dead (2005), King of the Lost World (2005), Shadows in Paradise (2009) and TRON: Legacy (2010).  He has appeared in TV series such as Gunsmoke, Police Woman, Hawaii Five O, How the West Was Won, Tales from the Crypt, Touched by an Angel, Babylon 5, The Outer Limits, Commander in Chief, Cold Case, Chuck, Heroes and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

David Warner
David Warner is an English actor his films include We Joined the Navy (1962), The King’s Breakfast (1963), Tom Jones (1963), Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), The Bofors Gun (1968), Work Is a 4 Letter Word (1968), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968), The Fixer (1968), The Sea Gull (1968), Michael Kohlhaas (1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), Perfect Friday (1970), Straw Dogs (1971), From Beyond the Grave (1973), A Doll’s House (1973), Little Malcolm (1974), The Old Curiosity Shop (1975), The Omen (1976), Providence (1977), Cross of Iron (1977), Age of Innocence (1977), The Disappearance (1977), Silver Bears (1978), The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), Nightwing (1979), Airport 79 (1979), Time After Time (1979), The Island (1980), Time Bandits (1981), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), TRON (1982), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Summer Lightning (1984), The Company of Wolves (1984), Hansel and Gretel (1987), My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987), Keys to Freedom (1988), Waxwork (1988), Mr North (1988), Hanna’s War (1988), Hostile Takeover (1988), Magdalene (1989), Star Trek V The Final Frontier (1989), Mortal Passions (1989), Grave Secrets (1989), Tripwire (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret of the Ooze (1991), Blue Tornado (1991), Drive (1991), Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (1991), The Lost World (1992), Return to the Lost World (1992), Spies Inc (1992), L’oeil qui ment (1992), Piccolo grande amore (1993), Taking Liberty (1993), Otus (1993), Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993), Tryst (1994), Loving Deadly (1994), Felony (1994), Inner Sanctum II (1994), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Ice Cream Man (1995), Final Equinox (1995), Naked Souls (1996), Seven Servants (1996), The Leading Man (1996), Money Talks (1997), Titanic (1997), Scream 2 (1997), The Little Unicorn (1998), The Last Leprechaun (1998), Wing Commander (1999), Shergar (1999), Planet of the Apes (2001), Back to the Secret Garden (2001), Superstition (2001), The Code Conspiracy (2001), Kiss of Life (2003), Cortex (2004), Straight Into Darkness (2004), Ladies in Lavender (2004), Cyber Wars (2004), The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005) and Black Death (2010).  He has appeared in TV series such as Z Cars, Remington Steele, Hart to Hart, Father Dowling Mysteries, Twin Peaks, Star Trek The Next Generation, Murder She Wrote, Lois & Clark The New Adventures of Superman and Babylon 5.

Cindy Morgan
Cindy Morgan is an American actress she has starred in only a few films in her career, she is probably best known for her role as Yori in the 1982 film Tron.  Her films include Up Yours (1979), Caddyshack (1980), TRON (1982), Galaxis (1995) and Open Mic’rs (2006) and Summer Waters (2009).   She has appeared in TV series such as The Love Boat, CHiPs, The Fall Guy, Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, Falcon Crest, Matlock, Hunter and Harry and the Hendersons.

Barnard Hughes
Barnard Hughes was an American actor his films include The Young Doctors (1961), Hamlet (1964), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Where’s Poppa (1970), Cold Turkey (1971), The Pursuit of Happiness (1971), The Hospital (1971), Deadhead Miles (1972), Rage (1972), Sisters (1973), Oh, God! (1977), First Monday in October (1981), TRON (1982), Best Friends (1982), Maxie (1985), Where Are the Children (1986), The Lost Boys (1987), Da (1988), Doc Hollywood (1991), Sister Act 2 Back in the Habit (1993), The Fantasticks (1995), The Odd Couple II (1998) and Cradle Will Rock (1999).  He has appeared in TV series such as The Defenders, Route 66, Love Story, Hawaii Five O, Mr Merlin, Tales from the Darkside, Blossom and Homicide Life on the Street.  Barnard Hughes died in New York City, New York aged 90 on 11 July of 2006.

Peter Jurasik
Peter Jurasik is an American actor he is best known for his television role as Londo Mollari in the science fiction series Babylon 5.  His films include Straight Time (1978), Born Again (1978), TRON (1982), Enemy Mine (1985), Night Club (1989), Problem Child (1990), Huck and the King of Hearts (1993), Angel 4 Undercover (1993), Mr Jones (1993), Huck and the King of Hearts (1994), Angel 4: Undercover (1994), Breathing Hard (2000), Runaway Jury (2003), Stateside (2004), Grady’s 80′s (2004), The Writer’s Pub (2005) and Two Hours in the Dark (2010).  He has appeared in TV series such as M*A*S*H, Taxi, Fame, MacGyver, Remington Steele, Hill Street Blues, Midnight Caller, Columbo, Father Dowling Mysteries, Matlock, L.A Law, Babylon 5, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Sliders, NYPD Blue and Dawson’s Creek.

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