DVD : Short Circuit
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381006124
Format: Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Subtitled
Label: Image Entertainment
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Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
MPN: IMED0061D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 23, 2004
Running Time: 98 minutes
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: May 09, 1986
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 10/03/2003 Run time: 99 minutes Rating: Pg
Amazon.com:
John Badham’s family-oriented adventure comedy, though obviously hatched in the wake of E.T. and Star Wars, manages to create its own identity through a sweet tone and an affectionate sense of fun. Military robot Number 5, a well-armed killing machine, is zapped by lightning during a test and emerges with a consciousness, curiosity, a wacky sense of humor, and a new peace-loving philosophy. Ally Sheedy (who debuted in Badham’s hit WarGames) is the animal lover whose home is sanctuary for a zoo-full of strays and who adopts the adolescent robot. Steve Guttenberg is the goofy but reclusive robotics designer who goes off in search of his creation to save him from the gun-happy army. The mix of gentle slapstick and innocent romance makes for a harmless family comedy. It veers toward the terminally cute, what with 5’s hyperactive antics and E.T.-ish voice, and the mangled grammar of Guttenberg’s East Indian sidekick (Fisher Stevens) threatens to become offensive, but Badham’s breezy direction keeps the film on track. Sheedy and Guttenberg deliver spirited and engaging performances, but most importantly the robot emerges as a real person. Give credit to designer Syd Mead, an army of puppeteers and robotics operators, and the cartoony voice of Tim Blaney: Number 5 is alive. –Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
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- Short Circuit review
An excellent DVD. Very funny. It was delivered on time and in excellent condition.
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- Its all about the 80s
At the time this movie was released I was 8 years old and I really enjoyed the film. Feeling a little nostalgia I bought the blu-ray version and boy was I disappointed , not by the movie, but the quality of the Blu-ray. This Blu-ray version is 1 notch above VHS quality and thats even debatable. The scene outside with the fog is were you can really see the lack of quality in this movie.
Rating: - Amazing transition to Blu-Ray
Note: This is a review of the Blu-Ray and it’s technical aspects, not the film.
You would never know in watching Short Circuit on Blu-Ray that this is a film that is over 20 years old. While the Blu-Ray is not in 1080p (it’s in 1080i) the clarity and lack of graininess in the transfer was astounding to me. I have come to expect that older movies that weren’t shot digitally and with older film equipment wouldn’t see much benefit from the transition to blu-ray, this has me thinking otherwise. … Read More
Rating: - Great as a kid, still is.
I remember watching this growing up. It is a funny movie with witty comments as well as nerd jokes. Also, not to mention “robots do not feel things, they run programs”, well clearly not Johnny 5.
I bought this to show my wife where they came up with the design for WallE (the face) and she thought the movie was going to be stupid but she loved it to and has watched it several times since we got it 2 weeks ago.
Rating: - Short Circuit
This is a good movie, however, I expected more from a bluray version. Film quality is bad - it does not seem to have been post-processed at all to improve the image quality beyond the original film. Poor analog to digital transfer. If you own a DVD or even VCR version of this movie, don’t bother repurchasing it.
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February 12th, 2009 at 10:42 am
This is NOT where they came up with the design for WALL-E, as they look nothing alike. The eyes are probably the thing on them that looks the LEAST alike (you should’ve said the treads if you wanted a real argument). WALL-E’s eyes were based on binoculars, simple as that.