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'''''Weird Science''''' ([[1985 in film|1985]]) is a [[film|movie]] written and directed by [[John Hughes (film director)|John Hughes]]. |
'''''Weird Science''''' ([[1985 in film|1985]]) is a popular 1980s [[film|movie]] written and directed by [[John Hughes (film director)|John Hughes]]. |
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The title [[song]] was written and performed by [[United States|American]] [[New Wave music|New Wave]] stalwarts [[Oingo Boingo]]. |
The title [[song]] was written and performed by [[United States|American]] [[New Wave music|New Wave]] stalwarts [[Oingo Boingo]]. |
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.jpg) A film poster for Weird Science. | |
| Directed by | John Hughes |
| Written by | John Hughes |
| Produced by | Joel Silver |
| Starring | Anthony Michael Hall Kelly LeBrock Ilan Mitchell-Smith Bill Paxton Robert Downey Jr. Robert Rusler Judie Aronson Suzanne Snyder Vernon Wells Britt Leach |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Edited by | Chris Lebenzon Scott K. Wallace Mark Warner |
| Music by | Danny Elfman Ira Newborn Jimmy Iovine |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | August 2 1985 (USA) |
Running time | 94 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Weird Science (1985) is a popular 1980s movie written and directed by John Hughes.
The title song was written and performed by American New Wave stalwarts Oingo Boingo. Taglines:
- It's all in the name of science. Weird Science.
- It's purely sexual. (UK)
- If you can't get a date, make one!
- They went from zeroes to heroes in one fantastic weekend.
The title "Weird Science" was taken from the famous pre-Comics Code 1950s EC Comics magazine Weird Science.
Plot summary
Two super-nerds, Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), unable to find girls on their own, use a computer to design the perfect woman. Lacking sufficient processing power, they hack into a US Government mainframe and use its power to create a computer simulation of "the perfect woman" in order to place her in "real life sexual situations" and see how she reacts. A bizarre electrical storm (a la Frankenstein, their inspiration) follows, and they find themselves unable to shut the computer off.
Mysteriously, the result is "Lisa" (Kelly LeBrock), a real-life woman (who emerges from a red fog in a closet). She is a sexed-up but deeply caring "80's babe" with Einstein's IQ, David Lee Roth's attitude and inexplicable sci-fi powers. Self-aware from the moment of her creation, Lisa sets about revealing their inner coolness, transforming Gary and Wyatt from nerds into men through a series of wacky and bizarre adventures, the centerpeice of which is summoning the cast of The Road Warrior to crash a party at Wyatt's house.
TV series
- Main article: Weird Science (TV series)
A television show based on the film debuted in 1994 and ran for 88 episodes. Following the same basic plot as the movie it starred Vanessa Angel as Lisa, Michael Manasseri as Wyatt, John Mallory Asher as Gary, and Lee Tergesen as Chet.