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Real Genius is rated 15 and runs for 102 minutes. It was originally released in 1985 By Tristar Picture Inc. This DVD was released in 2002 by Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment. It cost £7.99.
This disc comes in a normal plastic DVD case with the title of the film and a picture of ... Read review
An underrated little picture,Real Geniusoffers a rare college comedy that doesn't rely on ... more
gross-out humour as well as a look at Val Kilmer before he turned into a star. A high school whiz kid (Gabriel Jarret) arrives at a brainy college, where the crèm...
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An underrated little picture,Real Geniusoffers a rare college comedy that doesn't rely on ... more
gross-out humour as well as a look at Val Kilmer before he turned into a star. A high school whiz kid (Gabriel Jarret) arrives at a brainy college, where the crèm...
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Two brilliant teenagers head a team of young geniuses with a penchant for practical jokes ... more
developing a laser for what they believe is a class project. When they find out that their professor intends to turn their work over to the government for use a...
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Hold on for a free-wheeling, uproarious look at just how much mischief a bunch of high IQers can concoct.Chris (Val Kilmer) is the top brain who just wants to pa...
An underrated little picture,Real Geniusoffers a rare college comedy that doesn't rely on ... more
gross-out humour as well as a look at Val Kilmer before he turned into a star. A high school whiz kid (Gabriel Jarret) arrives at a brainy college, where the crème de la crème of the science students are marshalled under an ambitious professor (expert villain William Atherton). Unbeknown to them, the kids are working on a weapons system that the prof. plans on selling to the government. The star student and chief rabble-rouser is played by Kilmer, in good early form as a cocky genius who hasn't lost touch with his goofy side. The director is Martha Coolidge, whoseValley Girlwas one of the brightest (and most unexpected) of 1980s comedies; she keeps the movie perking along and never worries about dumbing down a film that just happens to be about smart people. --Robert Horton
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Advantages: Very funny film Disadvantages: Nothing
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Real Genius is rated 15 and runs for 102 minutes. It was originally released in 1985 By Tristar Picture Inc. This DVD was released in 2002 by Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment. It cost £7.99.
This disc comes in a normal plastic DVD case with the title of the film and a picture of Val Kilmer on the front. Val is sat on an office desk, wearing a shirt and shorts with an 'I love toxic waste' tee shirt underneath. ...and some of them are real blink and you miss them type of gags. This is the type of film that you would want to watch a second time because it is so funny and still pick up on the gags you missed out on the first time around.
Some of the gags that made me laugh were really so funny that I had to mention were;
At the Winter Science Fayre and experiment is being conducted on 'The effect of Alcohol on laboratory mice.' ... more
We had a bit of a disaster in our house this weekend. We had a power cut. Why would this be such a disaster you may think, with all the power off it's a perfect opportunity for family bonding -you know the sort of thing; sitting around talking or playing games with the children.
Well, it wasn't so much the fact that the power cut was a disaster - it was the fact that when it came back on it created a power surge and killed my satellite digital box!! After lengthy telephone conversations with Sky, we came to the conclusion that it could not be fixed over the telephone, and an engineer would not be able to come out until Tuesday. This left us with a terrible situation - NO SKY!!!
We had to call in drastic measures and have a look for a DVD to watch. My husband has loads of films I've not seen, but I was in the mode for something really funny to cheer me up - and this film proved to be it.
Real Genius is rated 15 and runs for 102 minutes. It was originally released in 1985 By Tristar Picture Inc. This DVD was released in 2002 by Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment. It cost £7.99.
This disc comes in a normal plastic DVD case with the title of the film and a picture of Val Kilmer on the front. Val is sat on an office desk, wearing a shirt and shorts with an 'I love toxic waste' tee shirt underneath.
The film is about a boy called Mitch Taylor (played by Gabe Jarret). Mitch is an extremely gifted fifteen year old. He applies to go to Pacific Technical College (even though he is about five years too young.) At a Winter Science Fayre, Professor Hathaway (played by William Atherton) a teacher at the College arrives to tell Mitch he has been accepted.
Upon arrival at the College, Mitch has to share a room with Chris Knight (played by Val Kilmer).
When Mitch starts attending lectures, he is placed in charge of a group of students who are making a high powered laser.
Professor Hathaway is under pressure to have this laser finished, so he starts to resort to extreme tactics to try and make his students finish it in time.
Chris is trying to get the laser finished but Kent is determined to sabotage him in any way possible, no matter how much he has to bend the rules.
Why is Professor Hathaway so desperate to have the laser finished so quickly - is it in the interest of his students passing their exams, or does he have another, more dangerous motive.
I loved this film. It is genuinely funny, without having to resort to swearing or nudity that you tend to see in films made now. The laughs come thick and fast in this, and some of them are real blink and you miss them type of gags. This is the type of film that you would want to watch a second time because it is so funny and still pick up on the gags you missed out on the first time around.
Some of the gags that made me laugh were really so funny that I had to mention were;
At the Winter Science Fayre and experiment is being conducted on 'The effect of Alcohol on laboratory mice.' There are two identical cages, each with a mouse and a wheel in. One cage is labelled Alcohol the other Water. The mouse in the Water cage is running around happily in his wheel, while the mouse in the Alcohol cage is fast asleep - you really need to see it.
Another of the gags that stuck in my mind was an old lady asks Professor Hathaway what Einstein is really like, to which Professor Hathaway replies - 'Dead'.
There is also the time that Chris decides to cut slivers of liquid nitrogen to use as 'coins' for the coffee machine.
The ultimate revenge that Mitch, Chris and the rest of the students have on Kent and Professor Hathaway at the end of this film is absolute classic - it will have you reaching for the rewind button!!
As well as the numerous funny gags in this film, there is also the sad one, such as Kent recording an emotional telephone conversation Mitch has with his parents and then playing the recording to the entire canteen. At this point I really felt sorry for Mitch, you could feel his embarrassment.
At the beginning of this film Mitch is straight laced and just wants to spend his time studying and Chris wants to do nothing but party. Halfway through the film their roles are reversed and it comes across really well.
My favourite character in this has to be Chris. He has a wonderful carefree attitude and the jokes just roll off his tongue without any effort. I think that Val Kilmer really brings this character to life.
My least favourite character is Kent - not because he was badly acted or anything, but because the actor played him so well he just became the character that you love to hate. He's hated so much because he crawls around Professor Hathaway and constantly 'tells tales'.
The soundtrack is typical of the 80's so it is a bit out of date, even though there are songs on there you will recognise, but as it's the era of the film then they go well.
Unfortunately as with a lot of 80's films which are being released onto DVD, there are no special features. It does however include; 1) Trailers for Groundhog Day (which starred Bill Murray) and Hook (which starred Robin Williams.) 2) Subtitles - Allows you to have subtitles on during the film if hard of hearing etc. 3) Scene Selections - Allows you to pick certain points of the film to watch. 4) Audio Set Up - Lets you chose which language you want to hear the film in.
Overall this is a wonderfully funny film, plenty of gags to keep everyone entertained. You will need to watch the film twice to manage to hear and see all the gags. I had to rewind the DVD several times as my husband (who has seen this film several times) would say did you hear/see that then?
If this film was made now it would probably be rated a 12 as there is no language (or none that I remember hearing anyway) or nudity.
I would recommend this film to anyone and everyone.
Advantages: BENNY HILL Disadvantages: NOT LONG ENOUGH
The late great Benny Hill real name Alfred Hawthorn Hill was in my opinon a real comic genius,a true natrual,alway's simmering with mischief and a talant that will be sadly missed.
I purchased this DVD for my Father who's a big fan and had to have a quick look. It shows a range of sketch's and gag's which are mainly shot on the streets of New York city.
The Benny Hill's World, Look Out New York DVD brought back to me a lot of notalgia to the day's when Benny was on the telly chasing anything with a short skirt and slapping some small old bald guy on the head pretty damn quick. His show was axed by ITV back in the eighty's I think due to women's lib not wanting to be seen as sex object's but this saw the end of his thirysomething career..
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The DVD is not that long at 60mins which is a bit of a shame but there's more than ...
When a group of crazy college geniuses put their heads together, almost anything can happen. A look at just how much mischief a bunch of high IQ'ers can concoct...
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"...REAL GENIUS lives up to its title....There are laughs amid serious implications, a high level of inventiveness and a thicket of scientific nomenclature..." (Los Angeles Times, p.C7, 08/08/1985)
"...[The] performances are a plus with Kilmer energetic and enjoyable to watch and Jarret endearingly sincere..." (Variety, 07/08/1985)
DVD Description
When 15-year-old science genius Mitch Taylor (Gabe Jarrett) is recruited by the pompous Professor Hathaway (William Atherton) to be part of a special research team, he has no idea he will be working on a top secret military weapon. Enrolling at Pacific Tech College, he meets his fellow whiz kid classmates, including infamous senior Chris Knight (Val Kilmer), whose intelligence and irreverent behavior are legendary; they become roommates, despite their different approaches to life. When Hathaway threatens to expel Chris for bad behavior, the two brains join forces to finish the special laser project before it is too late, in the process unveiling secrets about the project that inspire them to plot an elaborate revenge.
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