Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger (1984)

Cloak & Dagger

1/5
(68 votes)
6.6IMDb

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The secret plans shown on the cartridge are at a very high resolution and include many "camera movements" such as zooms, pull-outs and pans.

All of these were impossible to do on an Atari 5200.

When Davey is picked up by the MacCreadys and taken to the car at the Alamo, it is daylight out.

Shortly after leaving, it is night.

Direction that the Cloak & Dagger game faces when, Jack Flack tosses it to Davey, changes.

Among the Atari 5200 games shown as being available in store shelves are Cloak & Dagger and Tempest.

However, neither one of these games was ever released for the Atari 5200.

Hal Osbourne is a Master Sergeant in the USAF yet refers to himself as a Staff Sergeant when he is convincing security to let him fake being a pilot at the end of the movie.

The insignia on his uniform indicates that he is a Master Sergeant (E7) denoted by having 6 stripes, 3 of which are beneath the star.

When Davey is Driving Rice's Car in the parking Garage as he is exiting the parking garage you can clearly see that an adult is driving the car, not Davey.

When Davey calls Kelly Field Air Force Base from the phone booth, he asks for "Master Sgt Hal Osbourne", but near the end of the film, Hal identifies himself as a Staff Sgt.

Given his age, the former is more likely, which would be an E7 pay grade.

The secret plans on the cartridge are for an "invisible bomber.

" However, the schematic is clearly that of the SR-71 Blackbird, an unarmed spy plane.

The Atari 5200 game cartridge is referred to a number of times by several different people as a "tape".

While there is actually no tape inside an Atari 5200 cartridge, game players of that era often referred to such cartridges as "tapes".

It was a common misnomer as cassette tapes were a prevalent medium at the time.

When we first see Davy talking with Jack Flack in the staircase, Davy is looking at his reflection out through the window in the mirrored building next door.

However, when Jack sits down next to Davy you can see a brief glimpse of his reflection in the mirror building, even though he is imaginary.

When Morris unlocks the plans on the video game, the word retrieval is misspelled.

When Rice shoots Morris, Rice can be seen in the reflection of the monitor firing the gun but the monitor remains intact.

However, in a subsequent scene Davey and Kim discover that Morris is missing and the monitor now has a bullet hole in its center.

The time of year listed at the beginning of the movie is Summer, but a Dallas Cowboys game is heard on the car radio.

Awards

Young Artist Awards 1985


Young Artist Award
Best Family Motion Picture - Adventure

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Reviews

I love it. For some people maybe it's a little slow, but for me it's the right way to do it.

Davey Osborne (Henry Thomas) lives in an imaginary world playing a game with superspy Jack Flack (Dabney Coleman). He lives with his single father Hal Osborne (Dabney Coleman) in San Antonio, Texas.

I can't believe it, are you freaking kidding me? AN ENTIRE SEASON!!!???

A show with a slow, nonsensical story line and a hideous sound track. It takes all sorts so I suppose some people will like it but they live on a different planet to me.

For a show to be good, it needs good writing, casting, producing and directing. That's the essence for any series.

I love how authentic they were in tackling real world issues. They didn't sugar coat or shy away from racial disparities, police brutality, abuse of power, domestic violet, human trafficking, drug/alcohol abuse, why people become dealers, what makes us who we are, choices...

It was alright however the start of tjbhe season where stuff started 2 get interesting was like episode 4 or something..

As other reviews have stated it's slow going but after 7 episodes it seemed to be something that was going to be quite good but then all of a sudden episode 9 happens and it's completely confusing. There no reason for the characters to start acting like they do.

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