Short Circuit (1986)
Genre: Comedy / Family
Duration: 98 minuten
Alternative title: Kortsluiting
Country:
United States
Directed by: John Badham
Stars: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg and Fisher Stevens
IMDb score:
6,6 (70.806)
Releasedate: 9 May 1986
Short Circuit plot
"Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive!"
War robot Number 5 is struck by lightning, escapes and thinks he is alive. No. 5 goes looking for input, and meets Stephanie Speck (Ally Sheedy) who teaches him/her/it a lot about Life. The military wants to destroy the robot. The inventor Newton Crosby (Steve Guttenberg) who protects Number 5 with Stephanie falls in love with her.
Actors and actresses
Stephanie Speck
Newton Crosby
Ben Jabituya
Howard Marner
Skroeder
Frank
Number 5 (voice)
Duke
Otis
Mrs. Cepeda
Reviews & comments
Filmkriebel
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- 10133 messages
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Life is not a malfunction
Childhood nostalgia (I was 12 when that movie came out) and a movie for the younger audience. It does indeed have a lot to do with ET, which is of course much better, but Short Circuit remains a nice companion anyway. The actors were looking forward to it and are infectious (especially Sheedy), the humor wasn't bad and number 5 was definitely cuddly and unforgettable, especially when he dances with Sheedy. It's not complicated at all, but what's wrong with that in this case? A sweet film that is definitely worth seeing (again). One of the underrated movies of the 80's.
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K.A.N. de Laar
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- 98 messages
- 393 votes
Nice movie, especially with nostalgia. I think it could be even more fun with a re-make, a little more speed, better actors.
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wendyvortex
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- 5290 messages
- 7308 votes
Only in the 80's when we thought that all those computers would change our lives completely. Envious computers, women out of computers, game shows that start WW3 and military robots that suddenly came to life. I had missed this one in the 80s. We actually only saw robot Number Five in the top hit of El Debarge. This is a nice family movie.
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
Short Circuit 2
1988
2 comments
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