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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Surround Sound, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
When a group of crazy college geniuses put their heads together, almost anything can happen. Hold on for a free-wheeling, uproarious look at just how much mischief a bunch of high IQers can concoct. Chris (Val Kilmer) is the top brain who just wants to party. Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is the 16-year-old wiz kid, and Lazlo (Jonathan Gries), America's number one brain, literally lives in a world of his own...Chris' closet. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project, they still find time to turn the dorm into an ice skating rink, dismantle a nerd's car and re-assemble it in his room, and throw a beach party in the auditorium complete with a lagoon and bikini-clad beauties. When the geniuses discover that their unscrupulous mentor, Professor Hathaway (William Atherton) has had them working on a secret weapon for the military they plot an elaborate revenge. Their plan culminates in an incredible scheme that out-smarts the military and convinces the Professor that it doesn't pay to fool with Real Genius!
"...swift, brainy, buoyant fun!" The Village Voice
Editor's Note
When 15-year-old science genius Mitch Taylor (Gabe Jarrett) is recruited by the pompous Professor Hathaway (William Atherton) to be part of a special research team, he has no idea he will be working on a top secret military weapon. Enrolling at Pacific Tech College, he meets his fellow whiz kid classmates, including infamous senior Chris Knight (Val Kilmer), whose intelligence and irreverent behavior are legendary; they become roommates, despite their different approaches to life. When Hathaway threatens to expel Chris for bad behavior, the two brains join forces to finish the special laser project before it is too late, in the process unveiling secrets about the project that inspire them to plot an elaborate revenge.
Plot Summary
An unscrupulous college professor, Hathaway (William Atherton), recruits several highly intelligent students for an advanced science project without telling them that it will be used by the military as a powerful weapon. The newest recruit, Mitch (Gabe Jarrett), and the star senior whiz kid, Chris Knight (Val Kilmer), join forces to finish the project, but when the kids learn that they are being used, they decide to exact revenge--and hell hath no fury like a bunch of geniuses scorned.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Dolby Surround | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Bonus Trailers | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Remastered In High Definition | | Widescreen And Full Screen Presentation |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 1/22/2008 |
| Running Time: 106 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1985 | | Catalog ID: 07734 | | UPC: 00043396077348 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...[The] performances are a plus with Kilmer energetic and enjoyable to watch and Jarret endearingly sincere..." 08/07/1985Los Angeles Times
"...REAL GENIUS lives up to its title....There are laughs amid serious implications, a high level of inventiveness and a thicket of scientific nomenclature..." 08/08/1985 p.C7 USA Today
"...An amusing comedy..." 06/21/2002 p.5E Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
...This is the first movie in a long time that's set on a college campus where the students are supposed to be intelligent... What I like best about [director Martha Coolidge] is that she gives her characters the freedom to be themselves... Real Genius contains many pleasures, but one of the best is its conviction that the American campus contains life as we know it. - Roger Ebert
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