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Weird Science is a 1980s teen comedy. The film revolves around two pubescent nerds who use a computer to design the perfect woman.
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- Director: John Hughes
- Producer: Joel Silver
- Screenwriter: John Hughes
- Release Date: August 2, 1985
- Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr.
- Title taken from 1950s comic book of the same name
- Anthony Michael Hall's character Gary makes reference to a fiction girlfriend in Canada just like his character in The Breakfast Club
- A television show based on the movie ran for 88 episodes in 1994
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Plot:
Two nerds Gary (played by Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (played by Ilan Mitchell-Smith) frustrated with their lack of ability to meet women decide to create their own. Using various forms of data (such a centerfold images) they feed information into their computer to create the perfect woman. Following a electrical storm they find themselves unable to stop the program or turn off the computer. Moments later Lisa (played by Kelly LeBrock) emerges from the bathroom. She is a incredibility attractive girl with high intelligence who takes the two on several wild adventures. In the end the two shed their nerdy exteriors and become men (in a sense). -
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Weird Science on Amazon
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Weird Science (High School Reunion Collection) - $14.98
Yes, that is Bill Paxton as Ilan Mitchell-Smith's militaristic big brother. And that's Robert Downey Jr. as one of the in-crowd jerks who makes nerds Mitchell-Smith and Hall's lives miserable. Fortunately, this is a John Hughes comedy and o...
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Weird Science - The Complete Seasons 1 & 2 - $44.95
Wyatt Donnelly and Gary Wallace are two regular high school nerds struggling with unpopularity, a serious dating drought, and the endless torment of Wyatt s older brother Chett. They use their computer skills to create their dream girl, Lis...
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The EC Archives: Weird Science Volume 2 (v. 2) - $49.95
This volume reprints the second six complete issues (24 stories) of the comic book Weird Science, originally published in 1951 and 1952, and features science fiction and fantasy stories, flying saucers, aliens, other worlds, space travel, s...
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Weird Science (Flashback Edition) - $19.98
Teen life is full of mysteries, but nothing is more hilarious or more fun than Weird Science, the out-of-this-world comedy that helped define a generation! Join two socially challenged computer whizzes (Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchel...
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