USA, 1982
96m
35mm film, 70mm film, “filmed in Super Panavision 70”, colour, 2.20:1 (70mm prints), 2.35:1 ((35mm prints)
Dolby Stereo (35mm prints), 70mm 6-Track (70mm prints), English
An American science fiction film directed by Steven Lisberger.
Plot Summary
Kevin Flynn, a former employee of software giant ENCOM, now runs a video arcade. As he tries to find evidence that five games he created were stolen by ENCOM, he is transformed into data by ENCOM’s artificial intelligence, Master Control Program, and transported into a digital world inside the computer where he joins the fight against the dictatorial MCP.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Steven Lisberger
© MCMLXXXII [1982] – Walt Disney Productions
Walt Disney Productions presents a Lisberger/Kushner production. Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.
Executive Producer: Ron Miller
Produced by: Donald Kushner
Associate Producer: Harrison Ellenshaw
Screenplay by: Steven Lisberger
Story by: Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird
Director of Photography: Bruce Logan
Film Editor: Jeff Gourson
Music by: Wendy Carlos
Production Sound Mixer: Jim Larue
Costumes Designed by: Elois Jenssen, Rosanna Norton
Make-up Supervisor: Robert J. Schiffer
Hair Stylist: Joy Zapata
Mechanical Special Effects: R.J. Spetter
Visual Effects Concepts by: Steven Lisberger
Visual Effects Supervised by: Richard Taylor, Harrison Ellenshaw
Computer Effects Supervisor: Richard Taylor
Computer Effects: Magi Sythnavision; Information International, Inc.
Transition to Electronic World and Main Title: Robert Abel and Associates
“Tron” Formation and the “Bit”: Digital Effects Inc.
Production Designer: Dean Edward Mitzner
Cast
Jeff Bridges (Kevin Flynn/Clu)
Bruce Boxleitner (Alan Bradley/Tron)
David Warner (Ed Dillinger/Sark[/Master Control Program])
Cindy Morgan (Lora/Yori)
Barnard Hughes (Dr Walter Gibbs/Dumont)
Dan Shor (Ram)
Peter Jurasik (Crom)
Tony Stephano (Peter/Sark’s lieutenant)
Craig Chudy (warrior #1)
Vince Deadrick (warrior #2)
Sam Schatz (expert disc warrior)
Jackson Bostwick (head guard)
Dave Cass (factory guard)
Gerald Berns (guard #1)
Bob Neill (guard #2)
Ted White (guard #3)
Mark Stewart (guard #4)
Michael Sax (guard #5)
Tony Brubaker (guard #6)
Charles Picerni (tank commander)
Pierre Vuilleumier (tank gunner #1)
Erik Cord (tank gunner #2)
Loyd Catlett (conscript #1)
Michael J. Dudikoff II (conscript #2)
Richard Bruce Friedman (video game player)
Rick Feck, John Kenworthy (boys in video game arcade)
Alternative Titles
Disney’s TRON: The Original Classic – Australia (video)
Tron – Uma Odisséia Eletrônica – Brazil
Tron, avagy a számítógép lázadása – Hungary
Tron, el guerrero electrónico – Spain
Tron: The Electronic Gladiator – Australia (advertising)
Tron: The Original Classic – US DVD box title
Links
Sequels
Tron (1982b)
Tron: Legacy (2010)
Tron: The Next Day (2011)
Tron: Uprising (2012)
Extracts included in
The Making of Tron (2002)
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.12 no.4 (May 1982) pp.18-21 – illustrated article (Walt Disney computerizes filmmaking, and finds that film may soon be passe by David J. Hogan)
- Entertainment Weekly vol.1 no.635 (18 January 2002) p.60 – review (Nostalgic DVD of the week: Reboot camp (B-) by Steve Daly)
- Rolling Stone no.376 (19 August 1982) – article (The secrets of Tron by Charles Solomon)
- Screen International no.376 (8-15 January 1983) p.26 – illustrated note (UK provincial box office: ‘Tron’ makes big strides by Tina McFarling)
