Short Circuit (1986)
Movie

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.
Directed By : John Badham
Genres : Science Fiction, Comedy, Family
Status : Released
Released : May 9, 1986
Tagline : Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive.
Length : 98 minutes
Cast
- Ally Sheedy
- Steve Guttenberg
- Fisher Stevens
- Austin Pendleton
- G.W. Bailey
- Brian McNamara
- Tim Blaney
- Marvin J. McIntyre
- John Garber
- Penny Santon
- Vernon Weddle
- Barbara Tarbuck
- Tom Lawrence
- Fred Slyter
- Billy Ray Sharkey
- Robert Krantz
- Jan Speck
- Marguerite Happy
- Howard Krick
- Marjorie Card Hughes
- Herb Smith
- Jack Thompson
- William Striglos
- Mary Reckley
- Shay McLean
- Eleanor C. Heutschy
- Sergio Kato
Crew
- Director : John Badham
- Producer : Gregg Champion
- Producer : Lawrence Turman
- Director of Photography : Nick McLean
- Original Music Composer : David Shire
- Production Design : Dianne Wager
- Producer : David Foster
- Editor : Frank Morriss
- Stunts : Vince Deadrick Sr.
- Stunts : Loren Janes
- Stunts : John-Clay Scott
- Stunts : Christine Anne Baur
- Stunts : Robert Jauregui
- Stunts : R.L. Tolbert
- Stunts : Sasha Jenson
- Stunts : Ted White
- Stunts : Clifford Happy
- Stunts : Marguerite Happy
- Stunts : Danny Costa
- Stunts : Bob Harris
- Stunts : Ben Scott
- Stunts : Brad Bovee
- Second Assistant Camera : Robert Samuels
- Writer : Brent Maddock
- Scenario Writer : S.S. Wilson
- First Assistant Director : Jerry Ziesmer
- Boom Operator : Marvin E. Lewis
- Second Assistant Director : Bryan Denegal
- Standby Painter : Jerry Gadette
- Greensman : Philip C. Hurst
- Gaffer : Colin J. Campbell
- Camera Operator : Michael D. O'Shea
- Sound Mixer : Willie D. Burton
- Property Master : Gregg H. Bilson
- Utility Sound : Robert W. Harris
- Unit Production Manager : Steve Perry
- Assistant Art Director : Donald B. Woodruff
- Camera Operator : Steve Bridge
- Sound Editor : Richard Burrow
- Sound Editor : Scott Burrow
- Makeup Artist : Tom Lucas
- Construction Foreman : Joseph C. Fama
- Construction Coordinator : Michael Muscarella
- Assistant Property Master : Stan Cockerell
- First Assistant Camera : Michael A. Chavez
- Still Photographer : Bruce McBroom
- Hairstylist : Damon Grill
- Sound Editor : Richard Oswald
- Assistant Sound Editor : Kelly L. Manger
- Supervising Sound Editor : William L. Manger
- Supervising Sound Editor : Milton C. Burrow
- Music Editor : Stan Witt
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer : Tom Beckert
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer : Wayne Artman
- Grip : Johnny London Jr.
- Unit Publicist : Vic Heutschy
- Negative Cutter : Donah Bassett
- Second Unit Director : Gregg Champion
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer : Tom E. Dahl
- Key Grip : Bill Young
- Production Illustrator : Martin A. Kline
- Dolly Grip : Donald L. Hartley
- Video Assist Operator : Richmond G. Cogswell
- Production Accountant : Jan Garner
- Leadman : Mark Woods
- Special Effects Coordinator : Chuck Gaspar
- Stunt Coordinator : Walter Scott
- Location Manager : Mark Indig
- Associate Producer : Gary Foster
- Title Designer : Wayne Fitzgerald
- Executive Producer : Mark Damon
- Script Supervisor : H. Bud Otto
- Casting : Jane Feinberg
- Production Coordinator : Mary Cay Hollander
- Title Designer : David Oliver Pfeil
- Associate Producer : Dana Satler Hankins
- Co-Producer : Dennis E. Jones
- Casting : Mike Fenton
- Art Direction : Dianne Wager
- Executive Producer : John W. Hyde
- Casting : Judy Taylor
- Set Decoration : Garrett Lewis
- Stunts : Freddie Hice