Another case involving a movie influencing Reagan, US policy and related to nuclear weapons is The Day After:<p><i>> President Ronald Reagan watched the film several days before its screening, on November 5, 1983. He wrote in his diary that the film was "very effective and left me greatly depressed," and that it changed his mind on the prevailing policy on a "nuclear war". The film was also screened for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A government advisor who attended the screening, a friend of Meyer's, told him "If you wanted to draw blood, you did it. Those guys sat there like they were turned to stone." Four years later, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed and in Reagan's memoirs he drew a direct line from the film to the signing.</i><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After#Effects_on_policymakers" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After#Effects_on_polic...</a>
Recently re-watched this movie thanks to Ready Player One: so great to see plausible hacking in a movie (as much as I enjoy Hackers for the entertainment value) - I love this behind the scenes snippet about the movie and its real world impact!
This movie launched my love to computers and I owe my career to it. I was in awe how broderick got to hack all computers, have the adventure and get the girl. Perfect, I'll have some of that please. I still want to thank him one day.
The screenwriters meeting with Willis Ware at RAND reminds me of how Steve Jobs would call up various S.V. legends in his youth.<p>It pays off to make that call!
This seems quite relevant again now: The story of the IMSAI - the War Games computer:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10033325" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10033325</a>
"I'm starting to think a major motion picture has lied to me about the capabilities of home computers!" <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisarchitect/status/701794179613995008" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/chrisarchitect/status/701794179613995008</a>