The Wizard

The Wizard

It's more than a game...it's the chance of a lifetime.

1989•1h 40m•6.0/10

AdventureComedyDramaFamily

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(338)

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.

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Production

Universal Pictures, Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Luke Edwards

Luke Edwards

Jimmy

Vince Trankina

Tate

Wendy Phillips

Wendy Phillips

Christine

Dea McAllister

Counselor

Sam McMurray

Sam McMurray

Bateman

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

Sam

Fred Savage

Fred Savage

Corey

Christian Slater

Christian Slater

Nick

Will Seltzer

Will Seltzer

Putnam

Roy Conrad

Bus Clerk

Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis

Haley

Roderick Dexter

Trucker #1 / Wrecking Yard Man

Ray Bickel

Trucker #2

Chuck Skinner

Grease Monkey

W.K. Cowan

Salesman #1

William C. Thompson

Salesman #2

Sonny Dukes

Biker

T. Dan Hopkins

T. Dan Hopkins

Old Navajo

Jason Oliver Lipsett

Tough Teen #1

Rowden Metzger

Tough Teen #2

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