Short Circuit | 
 enlarge | Director: John Badham
Actors: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.w. Bailey
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 1070
Format: Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 014381006124
UPC: 014381006124
EAN: 0014381006124
ASIN: B0000UJDLM
Theatrical Release Date: May 9, 1986
Release Date: March 23, 2004
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Product Description
When a lightning bolt strikes a top secret experimental military robot, it comes to life and escapes to the home of a woman who tries to keep it from being \""repaired\"" by its computer-genius creator.
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: PG
Release Date: 23-MAR-2004
Media Type: DVD
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John Badham's family-oriented adventure comedy, though obviously hatched in the wake of E.T. and Star Wars, manages to create its own identity through a sweet tone and an affectionate sense of fun. Military robot Number 5, a well-armed killing machine, is zapped by lightning during a test and emerges with a consciousness, curiosity, a wacky sense of humor, and a new peace-loving philosophy. Ally Sheedy (who debuted in Badham's hit WarGames) is the animal lover whose home is sanctuary for a zoo-full of strays and who adopts the adolescent robot. Steve Guttenberg is the goofy but reclusive robotics designer who goes off in search of his creation to save him from the gun-happy army. The mix of gentle slapstick and innocent romance makes for a harmless family comedy. It veers toward the terminally cute, what with 5's hyperactive antics and E.T.-ish voice, and the mangled grammar of Guttenberg's East Indian sidekick (Fisher Stevens) threatens to become offensive, but Badham's breezy direction keeps the film on track. Sheedy and Guttenberg deliver spirited and engaging performances, but most importantly the robot emerges as a real person. Give credit to designer Syd Mead, an army of puppeteers and robotics operators, and the cartoony voice of Tim Blaney: Number 5 is alive. --Sean Axmaker
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 Short Circuit - Blu-ray Info September 3, 2008
LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan)
Version: U.S.A / Region-A
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
MPEG-4 AVC 1080i59.94
Running time: 1:38:34
Movie size: 17,528,340,480 bytes
Disc size: 21,390,890,600 bytes
Average video bit rate: 19.00 Mbps
DTS-HD Master 5.1 2438Kbps (48kHz/16-bit) English
DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish
#Audio Commentary
#Cast Interviews (SD, 59 minutes)
#The Creation of Number-5 (SD, 7 minutes)
#Isolated Music and Effects
#Behind-the-Scenes Featurette (SD, 3 minutes)
#Press Kit (SD)
 Short Circut DVD August 25, 2008
Susan L. Hoepfner (salt lake city)
My kids were so glad that it was still available. They just love this movie.
As good as I remembered it to be! August 15, 2008
Cindy L. Faria
Short Circuit
I went with my 12 year old daughter to see the movie Wall*E, it was good but it triggered a memory rush back to an old favourite 'Short Circuit', which I enjoyed much more. We could only find Short Circuit 2 at the store, so I ordered it from Amazon. I enjoyed it just as much all these years later and my daughter loved it just as much, so much so she has had her girlfriends over for a "Short Circuit" movie night which included Short Circuit 2. They all loved it. I guess we proved it's a timeless movie!
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Cynthia Benart
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thank yo for combing my order. It was as just as you descrided it. I recieved both DVD's right away. Again Thank!
 barely entertaining August 9, 2008
R. Boyd (Vista, CA)
I was going to watch this with my six year old grand-daughter, but fortunately previewed it. I barely recall seeing the movie when it came out many years ago and didn't recall how bad it was. Not very entertaining and unnecessarily profane.
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