Weird Science (film)
Weird Science
Two teenagers, Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-S use a computer to design the perfect woman. They feed various data (images mostly) into Wyatt's computer. 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 (à 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 the bathroom). She is a sexed-up but deeply caring "80's
babe" with Einstein's IQ, David Lee Roth's attitude and inexplicable supernatural
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. Using her magic powers, she takes them
to a Blues Club, confronts Wyatt's nasty, bullying, domineering older brother
Chet (Bill Paxton), and throws a giant party at Wyatt's upscale home. In the end,
the boys get no sex from their mentor, but are seemingly on the path to a relationship
with two cute girls their own age.
Tagline : It's all in the name of science. Weird Science.
Cast
Anthony
Michael Hall - Gary Wallace
Kelly LeBrock - Lisa
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
- Wyatt Donnelly
Bill Paxton - Chet Donnelly
Suzanne Snyder - Deb
Judie Aronson - Hilly
Robert Downey Jr-. Ian (as Robert Downey)
Robert Rusler - Max
Vernon Wells - Lord General
Britt Leach
- Al Wallace
Barbara Lang - Lucy Wallace
Michael Berryman - Mutant Biker
Ivor Barry - Henry Donnelly
Ann Coyle - Carmen Donnelly (as Anne Bernadette
Coyle)
Suzy J. Kellems - Gymnast
John
Hughes wrote this film in two days.
Anthony Michael Hall makes a reference
to a girlfriend from Canada. His character "Brian" from The Breakfast
Club (1985) also makes a reference to a fictional girlfriend from Canada.
Kelly
LeBrock initially turned down the role of Lisa, as she was vacationing in France
at the time and was "having too much fun riding horses on the beach".
The Time Magazine from which Gary and Wyatt accidentally create a nuclear
missile is the January 31, 1983 issue. [1]
Shermer, the fictional town in
which many of John Hughes' movies are set, is derived from the name of a village
(Shermerville) outside Chicago, Illinois. Northbrook, an affluent suburb, is the
community used to represent Shermer in Hughes' films. Shermer Road can be found
there.
During the computer scene, when the two are gaining access to a better
computer, a reference to The Twilight Zone is made; The Twilight Zone intro is
shown as computer generated images.
The character Lisa is named after the
Apple Lisa.
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