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Mood:
- HumorousFeel GoodTouching
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Plot:
- A.I.Androids and RobotsImaginaryDisorderExperiment Gone AwryFish Out of Water
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Genres:
- ComedySci-Fi
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- OregonUSA
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Audience:
- Family Outing
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousFantastic
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Short Circuit, 1986
English
USA
Profile of Short Circuit
The mood of Short Circuit is humorous, feel good, and touching. The plot centers around A.I., androids and robots, and imaginary themes. It is a comedy and sci-fi movie. In approach, Short Circuit is fantastical. The setting is Oregon. It happens in the 1980s. Short Circuit is especially suggested for a family outing.
Summary of Short Circuit
When a laser-armed Department of Defense robot named Number 5 gets zapped by a lightning bolt, he "malfunctions" and starts spouting peace slogans and developing a human-like consciousness. Naturally, the newly pacifist machine wants out of the military and escapes. As a frantic search for the creature begins, Number 5 settles down in his new home, with a gentle young woman named Stephanie (Ally Sheedy), who has every intention of holding on to her find, teaching Number 5 about popular culture and other mysteries of life. Thoroughly convinced that the robot is alive, she develops a strong bond with the creature. In order to prevent his capture by the military--who view Number 5 as an armed-and-dangerous weapon--the pair must convince his inventor, a reclusive scientist named Newton Crosby (Steve Guttenberg), that he is truly alive and more than just a metal machine. The highly innovative robot created for director John Badham's film brings to mind other lovable science fiction icons such as E.T. and R2D2 from STAR WARS.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 9 May 1986 |
| Runtime: | 98 min |
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as Stephanie Speck
as Newton Crosby
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