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Editor's Note
A video game designer trying to prove a big time executive stole his idea is sucked into a corporation's mainframe where programs are personified counterparts of their writers and "users" are subjects of religious faith. A well-crafted and scripted metaphor, TRON benefits from breakthrough computer animation.
Plot Summary
The MCP, a master computer program, is appropriating all other programs in order to become the controlling program in the world. To regain access to the computer for users, hacker Kevin Flynn sneaks into the system, but gets himself digitized. Stuck inside the system, he pretends to be a program and manages to help another program, Tron, free the machine from the tyrannical control of the MCP.
| Features | A masterpiece of breakthrough CGI ingenuity, Disney celebrates the 20th anniversary of TRON, a dazzling film at the flashpoint of a continuing revolution in its genre. This special collector's edition showcases an epic adventure inside a brave new world where the action is measureed in microseconds. When Flynn (Jeff Bridges) hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer to prove his work was stolen by another executive, he finds himself on a much bigger adventure. Beamed inside by a power-hungry master control program, he joins computer gladiators on a deadly game grid, complete with high-velocity "light cycles" and Tron (Bruce Boxleitner), a specialized security program. Together, they fight the ultimate battle with the MCP to decide the fate of both the electronic world and the real world! |
| Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Buena Vista Home Video |
| Release Date: 8/22/2006 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1982 | | Catalog ID: 4154303 | | UPC: 00786936298369 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "The best programmer ENCOM ever saw, and he winds up playing space cowboy in some back room." (Alan, about Flynn) | | "User requests are what computers are for." (Walter)|"Doing our business is what computers are for." (Dillinger) | | "With the information I can access, I can run things 900 to 1200 times better than any human." (The Master Control Program to Dillinger) | | "I knew you'd come. They haven't built a circuit that can hold you." (Yori to Tron) |
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