• Weird Science is a 1980s teen comedy. The film revolves around two pubescent nerds who use a computer to design the perfect woman.

• Fast Facts

  1. Director: John Hughes
  2. Producer: Joel Silver
  3. Screenwriter: John Hughes
  4. Release Date: August 2, 1985
  5. Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr.
  6. Title taken from 1950s comic book of the same name
  7. Anthony Michael Hall's character Gary makes reference to a fiction girlfriend in Canada just like his character in The Breakfast Club
  8. A television show based on the movie ran for 88 episodes in 1994

• 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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  Anthony Michael Hall | Kelly LeBrock | Bill Paxton | Robert Downey Jr. | John Hughes | Sixteen Candles | The Breakfast Club | Pretty in Pink | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Some Kind of Wonderful | Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

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