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Real Genius is a 1985 American science fiction comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge, written by Neal Israel, Pat Proft, and PJ Torokvei, and starring Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarret.
Aug 7, 1985 · A teenage prodigy and his roommate plot to stop their professor from turning their laser project into a military weapon. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this 80s classic.
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- Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Martha Coolidge
- 1985-08-07
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the comedy film Real Genius, directed by Martha Coolidge. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, cinematographers, editors, and more.
When science whiz Mitch Taylor (Gabe Jarret) arrives at Pacific Tech as a freshman, he's paired up with genius senior Chris Knight (Val Kilmer) to work on a laser project.
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- Martha Coolidge
- PG
- Val Kilmer
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A comedy film about two teenage geniuses who join a university laser project and discover it is a military weapon. They team up with their friends to sabotage the plan and have fun along the way.
A movie about two brilliant students who work on a laser project for a greedy professor. Roger Ebert praises the film's characters, humor and campus life, and gives it three stars out of four.
