Short Circuit

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comedy film film science fiction film

Short Circuit is a 1986 science fiction comedy film about a military robot that gains sentience after being struck by lightning.

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Short Circuit canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossUS approximately $40,700,000 ⓘ
cinematography Nick McLean ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Badham ⓘ
distributor TriStar Pictures ⓘ
editor Frank Morriss ⓘ
filmingLocation Oregon ⓘ
followedBy Short Circuit 2 ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Ben Jabituya ⓘ
Howard Marner ⓘ
Johnny 5 ⓘ
Newton Crosby ⓘ
Number 5 ⓘ
Stephanie Speck ⓘ
hasRobotCharacter Johnny 5 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme artificial intelligence ⓘ
military technology ⓘ
sentience ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
mpaaRating PG ⓘ
musicBy David Shire ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of a sentient military robot in a comedic context ⓘ
originalNetwork theatrical release ⓘ
plotSummary A military robot gains sentience after being struck by lightning and escapes its creators. ⓘ
producer David Foster ⓘ
Lawrence Turman ⓘ
productionCompany TriStar Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1986-05-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
robotAlsoKnownAs Johnny 5 ⓘ
robotName Number 5 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 98 ⓘ
setting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
starring Ally Sheedy ⓘ
Austin Pendleton ⓘ
Fisher Stevens ⓘ
G. W. Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steve Guttenberg ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s ⓘ
writer Brent Maddock ⓘ
S. S. Wilson ⓘ

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Steve Guttenberg → notableWork → Short Circuit ⓘ
Astoria → featuredInFilm → Short Circuit ⓘ
subject surface form: Astoria, Oregon
Astoria, Oregon → featuredInFilm → Short Circuit ⓘ
Austin Pendleton → notableWork → Short Circuit ⓘ
Lawrence Turman → notableWork → Short Circuit ⓘ
Lawrence Turman → produced → Short Circuit ⓘ
Fisher Stevens → notableWork → Short Circuit ⓘ
Fisher Stevens → actedIn → Short Circuit ⓘ
Guttenberg → notableWork → Short Circuit ⓘ
subject surface form: Steve Guttenberg
G. W. Bailey → notableWork → Short Circuit ⓘ