Editing Mazes and Monsters (section)

{{short description|1982 television film starring Tom Hanks}}
{{about|the 1982 television film|Rona Jaffe's 1981 book|Mazes and Monsters (novel){{!}}''Mazes and Monsters'' (novel)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image              = MazesMonstersVHSCover.jpg
| caption            = VHS cover
| genre              = {{plainlist|
* [[Fantasy drama]]
* [[Psychological thriller]]
}}
| based_on           = {{based on|''[[Mazes and Monsters (novel)|Mazes and Monsters]]''|[[Rona Jaffe]]}}
| writer             = [[Tom Lazarus]]
| director           = [[Steven Hilliard Stern]]
| starring           = {{plainlist|
* [[Tom Hanks]]
* [[Chris Makepeace]]
* [[Wendy Crewson]]
* [[David Wallace (American actor)|David Wallace]]
* [[Lloyd Bochner]]
* [[Peter Donat]]
* [[Louise Sorel]]
* [[Susan Strasberg]]
}}
| music              = {{plainlist|
* [[Hagood Hardy]]
* Judith Lander (song "Friends in This World")
}}
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| executive_producer = Tom McDermott
| producer           = Richard Briggs
| cinematography     = Laszlo George
| editor             = Bill Parker
| runtime            = 100 minutes
| company            = {{plainlist|
* McDermott Productions
* [[Procter & Gamble Productions]]
}}
| network            = [[CBS]]
| released           = {{Start date|1982|12|28}}
}}

'''''Mazes and Monsters''''', also known as '''''Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters''''', is a 1982 American [[television film|made-for-television]] film directed by [[Steven Hilliard Stern]] about a group of [[college]] students and their interest in a fictitious [[role-playing game]] (RPG) of the same name.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/28/arts/tv-mazes-and-monsters-fantasy.html|title=TV: 'MAZES AND MONSTERS,' FANTASY|author=O'Connor, John J.|date=December 28, 1982|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> The film stars [[Tom Hanks]] in his first lead acting role.<ref name="Wired">{{cite news|last=Kushner |first=David |title=Dungeon Master: The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax |work=Wired.com |url=http://archive.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/news/2008/03/ff_gygax?currentPage=all |accessdate=2008-10-16 |date=March 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031210259/http://archive.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/news/2008/03/ff_gygax?currentPage=all |archivedate=October 31, 2014 }}</ref>