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Short Circuit(Movie, 1986)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 38min | Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family, Science Fiction
Short CircuitRating: 3.3/5 (with 632632 votes)
Short Circuit is a 1986 American science fiction comedy film directed by John Badham and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock. The film centers on an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a human-like intelligence, prompting it to escape its facility to learn more about the world. It stars Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, and G. W. Bailey, with Tim Blaney providing the voice of the robot Number 5. Short Circuit was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on May 9, 1986, by Tri-Star Pictures. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a box office success, grossing $40.7 million against a $15 million budget. It earned... ()
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About Short Circuit

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.

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"Short Circuit" (1986) HD Theatrical Trailer(Trailer, 1:45)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Oregon
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 24 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/21/1986 (World premiere: 05/09/1986)
Appearing Characters: Johnny 5
Director: John Badham
Executive Producer: Mark Damon
Film Editor: Frank Morriss
Director of Photography: Nick McLean
Composer: David Shire
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Um Robô em Curto Circuito"
"Short Circuit 1"
"霹雳五号"
"Cortocircuito"
"Rövidzárlat"
"ショート・サーキット"
"Cortocircuito"
Budget: 10,000,000 USD
Revenue: 40,697,761 USD (= 407%)

2 movies in the Short Circuit Collection

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Other movies with this title: Short Circuit (FR, 1981), Short Circuit (1985), Short Circuit (IN, 2019)

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