Watch: Real Genius 1985 123movies, Full Movie Online – Mitch Taylor is one of the youngest students ever accepted to a university known for its programs for geniuses. He partners up with his roommate, science club legend Chris Knight, on a project to develop a high-powered laser. Together with their hyperkinetic friends, they employ their intellects in the pursuit of bigger blasts, practical jokes, and a deeper understanding of what real genius means. When they find out that their professor intends to turn their work over to the military for use as a weapon, they decide to get even..
Plot: Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 15-year-old college wiz kid. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project with a mysterious deadline, they still find time to use their genius to discover new ways to have fun.
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Jiffy Pop
The imagination and quality of Hollywood movies in the early and mid 80’s had regressed back to the pre “Bonnie and Clyde” days (the early and mid-60’s being the worst ever period of American movie-making).Fortunately there were a few gems like “Real Genius” to sustain audiences. Any film that features a memorable moment like Deborah Foreman’s articulation of her standards for a male companion, a memorable character like Michelle Meyrink’s hyper-kinetic Jordon, and the memorable sight of a house exploding from the force of a giant Jiffy Pop container can never be forgotten.
And who doesn’t feel good just watching the neighborhood kids play in a mountain of popcorn to the sound of Tears For Fears’ “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”.
Although “Real Genius” has not totally escaped the ravages of the past 20 years, it has held up reasonably well. Now it can even be appreciated as a sort of time capsule, demonstrating rather strikingly the complete computerization of the applied sciences that has occurred during the relatively short time period since its 1985 release. Other than Kent’s incidental use of an early computer in his dorm room and a mostly decorative monitor in the lab, these now essential machines are absent from this techno film. Amazing!
Then again, what do I know? I’m only a child.
Terrific ’80’s Film
I’ve noticed that some people who’ve commented on REAL GENIUS do not appear impressed. This must be either because they lack a sense of humor or simply don’t know a good movie when they see one. Val Kilmer is hysterical, the script is filled with clever one-liners. William Atherton is THE ego-meniacle bad guy. And Chris Knight and Mitch Taylor have a guy named Lazlow living in their closet. Come on, this film is terrific. I could watch this film every day. It’s that good.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 8000000
Revenue 12952019
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Director Martha Coolidge
Writer Neal Israel, Pat Proft, PJ Torokvei
Actors Val Kilmer, Stacy Peralta, Daniel Ades
Country United States
Awards 2 wins & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Stereo, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex, Panavision C- & E-Series Lenses
Laboratory Metrocolor, Culver City (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 2,893 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2022 remaster), Dolby Vision, Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm