After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
Title | Short Circuit |
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Year | 1986 |
Genre | Science Fiction, Comedy, Family |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | TriStar Pictures, PSO, The Turman-Foster Company |
Cast | Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara |
Crew | John Badham (Director), Gregg Champion (Producer), David Foster (Producer), Lawrence Turman (Producer), David Shire (Original Music Composer), Nick McLean (Director of Photography) |
Keyword | artificial intelligence (a.i.), lightning, oregon, usa, robot, military, childlike |
Release | May 09, 1986 |
Runtime | 98 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.60 / 10 by 1,482 users |
Popularity | 20 |
Budget | 10,000,000 |
Revenue | 40,697,761 |
Language | English |