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Short Circuit (1986) [PG]

Release Date:
May 9, 1986

Original Title:
Short Circuit

Alternate Titles:
Cortocircuito
Krótkie Spięcie
Rövidzárlat
Short Circuit 1
Um Robô em Curto Circuito
ショート・サーキット
霹雳五号

Genres:
Comedy | Family | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
PSO
The Turman-Foster Company
TriStar Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  DE: 6  DK: 7  FR: TP  GB: PG  IE: G  NL: 6  US: PG 

Runtime: 98

Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive!

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Dianne Wager

Assistant Art Director:
Donald B. Woodruff

Assistant Property Master:
Stan Cockerell

Assistant Sound Editor:
Kelly L. Manger

Associate Producer:
Gary Foster
Dana Satler Hankins

Boom Operator:
Marvin E. Lewis

Camera Operator:
Michael D. O'Shea
Steve Bridge

Casting:
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Judy Taylor

Co-Producer:
Dennis E. Jones

Construction Coordinator:
Michael Muscarella

Construction Foreman:
Joseph C. Fama

Director:
John Badham

Director of Photography:
Nick McLean

Dolly Grip:
Donald L. Hartley

Editor:
Frank Morriss

Executive Producer:
Mark Damon
John W. Hyde

First Assistant Camera:
Michael A. Chavez

First Assistant Director:
Jerry Ziesmer

Gaffer:
Colin J. Campbell

Greensman:
Philip C. Hurst

Grip:
Johnny London Jr.

Hairstylist:
Damon Grill

Key Grip:
Bill Young

Leadman:
Mark Woods

Location Manager:
Mark Indig

Makeup Artist:
Tom Lucas

Music Editor:
Stan Witt

Negative Cutter:
Donah Bassett

Original Music Composer:
David Shire

Producer:
Gregg Champion
Lawrence Turman
David Foster

Production Accountant:
Jan Garner

Production Coordinator:
Mary Cay Hollander

Production Design:
Dianne Wager

Production Illustrator:
Martin A. Kline

Property Master:
Gregg H. Bilson

Scenario Writer:
S.S. Wilson

Script Supervisor:
H. Bud Otto

Second Assistant Camera:
Robert Samuels

Second Assistant Director:
Bryan Denegal

Second Unit Director:
Gregg Champion

Set Decoration:
Garrett Lewis

Sound Editor:
Richard Burrow
Scott Burrow
Richard Oswald

Sound Mixer:
Willie D. Burton

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Beckert
Wayne Artman
Tom E. Dahl

Special Effects Coordinator:
Chuck Gaspar

Standby Painter:
Jerry Gadette

Still Photographer:
Bruce McBroom

Stunt Coordinator:
Walter Scott

Stunts:
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Loren Janes
John-Clay Scott
Christine Anne Baur
Robert Jauregui
R.L. Tolbert
Sasha Jenson
Ted White
Clifford Happy
Marguerite Happy
Danny Costa
Bob Harris
Ben Scott
Brad Bovee
Freddie Hice

Supervising Sound Editor:
William L. Manger
Milton C. Burrow

Title Designer:
Wayne Fitzgerald
David Oliver Pfeil

Unit Production Manager:
Steve Perry

Unit Publicist:
Vic Heutschy

Utility Sound:
Robert W. Harris

Video Assist Operator:
Richmond G. Cogswell

Writer:
Brent Maddock

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