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Description
California natives Lawrence Lasker and Walter Parkes wrote the screenplay for WarGames, a 1983 thriller that tapped into America’s cold war fears and was a box office hit. Lasker and Parkes earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay and went on to successful careers in producing and writing. Credits they share include Awakenings (1990) and Sneakers (1992). Here they discuss the making of their breakthrough film and its impact in Hollywood.
Type
sound
Format
Master Audio cassette
Extent
2 Tapes of 2
Identifier
calawgf_000011_t01; calawgf_000011_t02
Subject
Lasker, Lawrence Parkes, Walter F
Provenance
Writers Guild Foundation California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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