DATE/TIME CHANGED: Tron (1982) dir. by Steven Lisberger @ Jordan-Newby Library

CHANGE OF PLANS: I double-booked this accidentally, so I'm moving it instead to October 8 and to Jordan-Newby Library (not Pretlow.) That'll give us a couple days before the new movie, Tron: Ares, is in theaters! (h/t cinephile Jadyn)

RUNTIME: 96 minutes

SYNOPSIS: When talented computer engineer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) finds out that Ed Dillinger (David Warner), an executive at his company, has been stealing his work, he tries to hack into the system. However, Flynn is transported into the digital world, where he has to face off against Dillinger's computerized likeness, Sark, and the imposing Master Control Program. Aided by Tron (Bruce Boxleitner) and Yori (Cindy Morgan), Flynn becomes a freedom fighter for the oppressed programs of the grid.

BLURBS:
"It’s a bit like Through the Looking Glass combined with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea — a skilled commingling of wonder and adventure." - Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter

"A dazzling movie from Walt Disney in which computers have been used to make themselves romantic and glamorous. Here's a technological sound-and-light show that is sensational and brainy, stylish, and fun." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"In retrospect, Tron may be the film that kicked off a generation of movies about guys getting sucked into the operational innards of powerful computers. Visually, this film is state of the art, à la 1982, and Bridges turns in some of his better work." - Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle