we find that flynn,
just to be safe.
there's a 68.71% chance
you're right.
cute.
come on !
hey, alan.
you think i could have
some of your popcorn ?
yeah, sure.
- sit down.
- thank you.
[ clears throat ]
we've had to shut down
all group-7 personnel.
just briefly.
security.
someone with that access
has been tampering.
i hope you don't
think it's me.
i don't even balance
my checkbook on downtime.
- i have an abacus
at home for that.
- i'm sure you understand.
it'll only be a couple of days.
what's the project
you're working on ?
it's called tron.
it's a security program
itself, actually.
it monitors all contacts
between our system
and other systems.
finds anything going on
that's not scheduled,
it shuts it down.
i sent you a memo
on it.
part of the
master control program ?
no, it'll run independently
and watchdog the mcp as well.
sounds good.
we should have you running
in a couple of days.  i hope.
okay.
thanks.
oh, boy.
[ mcp ]  mr. dillinger,
i'm so very disappointed in you.
i'm sorry.
i can't afford to have
an independent programmer
monitoring me.
do you realize
how many outside systems
i've gone into ?
how many programs
i've appropriated ?
come on !
a couple of days.
hi, dr. gibbs.
well, here goes nothing.
yeah, interesting.
you hear what you just said ?
"here goes nothing."
well, what i meant was--
actually, what we propose to do
is to change something
into nothing and back again.
you might just as well
have said, "here goes something,
here comes nothing."
right.  mm-hmm.
[ dr. gibbs ]
this is the
big moment.
i know.  this will
narrow your theory that
the scanned u-v beam...
is superior to
single pulse exposure.
[ woman on p.a. ]
laser activity will
exist in 30 seconds.
put on your goggles.
leave the bay.
[ lora ]
let's see if we've
got the green light.
- is the target area shielded ?
- they verified safety.
twenty seconds.
looks good.
let her rip.
this is what we've
been waiting for.
ten seconds.
- five seconds.
- [ machines whirring ]
perfect !
[ coworkers clapping ]
beautiful !
hi, alan.
you two having fun
disintegrating things ?
not disintegrating,
digitizing.
a laser dismantles
the molecular structure
of the object,
and molecules remain
suspended in the laser beam.
then, when the computer
plays out the model,
!
the molecules fall back
into place, and voilaАА
great.  can it
send me to hawaii ?
yeah, but you've got to
purchase your program
30 days in advance.
how's it going upstairs ?
frustrating.
i had tron almost ready...
when dillinger cut everyone
with group-7 access
out of the system.
ever since he got
that master control program,
the system's got more bugs
than a bait store.
you gotta expect
some static.
after all, computers
are just machines.
they can't think.
some programs will
be thinking soon.
[ chuckles ]
won't that be grand ?
computers and programs
will start thinking,
and the people will stop.
i'm gonna stay around,
put some data through.
see you tomorrow.
bye.
come on.
did you say
group-7 access ?
yeah.
what a hassle.
i was all set.
did he say why ?
something about tampering.
tampering ?
flynn has been thinking
about breaking into the system
ever since dillinger canned him.
and he had
group-7 access.
flynn had access
to you too.
[ lora ]  i want to
go to flynn's place.
what for ?
to warn him.
of what ?
that dillinger's onto him.
i don't see why i have
to do that guy any favors.
i don't know what you
ever saw in that guy,
anyway.
i loved him for his brains.
[ chuckles ]
don't put any change
in the meter.  we're gonna
need it for the games.
boy !  i haven't been
here in a long time.
#### [ music ]
[ chattering ]
[ girl ]
hey, bobby, up here.
where is he ?
i don't know.
somewhere in here,
lost in one of his games.
excuse me.
do you know
where flynn is ?
yeah, he's over there
on his machine.
[ boy ]
he's really on a