Well, he's a brilliant man. A little flaky. He never understood the practical uses of his work.
8 seconds sound clip from the WarGames (1983) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:57:19 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- You used to work with Stephen Falken, didn't you?
- I started out as his assistant. How'd you know that?
- I read an article you wrote with him on poker and nuclear war.
- Bluffing. Yeah, that shook a few people up.
- He must have been pretty amazing, huh?
- Well, he's a brilliant man. A little flaky. He never understood the practical uses of his work.
- This machine over here runs his game program.
- See that sign up here? Up here?
- Yeah.
- DEFCON? That indicates our current defense condition.
- It should read DEFCON 5, which means peace. It's still on 4 because of that little stunt you pulled.
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