so many movies ... so much to celebrate!!!
On this day in 1986 (in Canada and the U.S.), No. 5 came alive as Short Circuit premiered in theatres. For those of you who don't know, No. 5 was WALL*E before WALL*E was cool. (I thought I'd read somewhere that some Hollywood executive wanted to reboot this franchise, but I'm coming up empty on a search right now.) Written by the team of S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, and Jay Tarses, the SciFi/Comedy was directed by John Badham; and it starred Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes."
For the record:
Short Circuit enjoyed three nominations (but no wins) at the 1987 Saturn Awards sponsored by the Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films in the categories of 'Best Special Effects,' 'Best Director,' and 'Best Science Fiction Film.'
-- EZ
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes."
For the record:
Short Circuit enjoyed three nominations (but no wins) at the 1987 Saturn Awards sponsored by the Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films in the categories of 'Best Special Effects,' 'Best Director,' and 'Best Science Fiction Film.'
-- EZ
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