Real Genius
by Martha Coolidge
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Actor: Gabriel Jarret, Jon Gries, Michelle Meyrink, Val Kilmer, William AthertonDirector: Martha Coolidge
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond
Producer: Brian Grazer
Producer: Robert Daley
Producer: Sam Crespi-Horowitz
Writer: Neal Israel
Writer: Pat Proft
Writer: Peter Torokvei
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Closed-captioned; Color; DTS Surround Sound; DVD; Full Screen; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC
DVD Reviews of Real Genius
DVD Review: You must buy this film - it's a moral imperative
Summary: 5 Stars
"Real Genius" is a story about Mitch Taylor (Played wonderfully by Gabe Jarret), a 15 year old genius who is accepted to Pacific Tech (Cal tech) for the winter term, the only student ever admitted for the winter term, whose Laser ideas on fluorescent compounds are the most original Professor Jerry Hathaway (played wonderfully smug by William Atherton) has ever seen. All Mitch really wants, other than to do his work is to be accepted by his peers. He meets Chris Knight (Val Kilmer at his best) a genius like Mitch who becomes his friend and mentor, and a love interest, Jordan Cochran (played exquisitely by Michelle Meyrink) who shows Mitch how to love and strip hardwood floors; it's a shame you never really see girl characters like Jordan in films ("I think most guys are intimidated by me. I'm Brilliant, I'm eighteen, I'm hyperkinetic, and possibly if I stopped to think about it I might be upset").
However, there are also the cautionary characters that Mitch meets (the, "don't let this happen to you people"): Professor Hathaway, the pompous `Carl Sagan' like professor exploiting his student genius' for his own benefit ("You took Advantage of me"). Lazlo Hollyfeld (played incredibly by Jon Gries), the genius from the 70's ("smarter than you and me put together") who lives in the steam tunnels. And lastly Kent Torokvei (Played to a perfect obnoxiousness by Robert Prescott), the brown noser, suck-up, teacher's pet, that no one likes cause he is just so annoying and will stab you in the back if given the chance. These are the obstacles and lessons Mitch must over come if he wants to make it at Pacific Tech.... and in life.
"Citizen Kane" is the film that I tell everyone is my favorite (Or "Woman of the Dunes" if I feel like being esoteric), but secretly, it is "Real Genius". Hands down one of the best comedies with the best lines, I actually like watching this movie with closed-captioning on, there are some lines you don't hear but show up on the closed captioning. Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but this film has been incredibly influential to me and my life -- strange, huh? But with characters like Chris Knight ("he's a Legend in the National Physics Club"), Mitch Taylor ("You know they stuffed me in a mail box in high school, did I tell you that?"), Lazlo ("You want to borrow my Pajamas?"), Ick ("Now if we can only keep it from exploding"), Jordan ("Do you have a bed, cause if you didn't I was going to make you one"), Kent ("I'm not insane... or am I?"), and Professor Hathaway ("Hi, I'm Jerry Hathaway with 'Everything'"); it's almost like some bizarre Beckett play that seems just funny on top but is tremendously meaningful and profoundly insightful underneath. I'd recommend this film to everyone: family members, friends, in-laws, out-laws, and random strangers on the street.
Don't blame me if I sound crazy (blame the voices in my head) but this film is strangely addicting. It's a good day when this movie is on, and recently, it has been on at least 10 times a month; which I try to watch all 10 times. I know what you are thinking, but don't judge me until you've watched this film (or, hopefully, bought it); with all its' great lines, characters, settings and pathos.
The Greatest Quotes:
Jordan: I never sleep, I don't know why. I had a roommate and I drove her nuts, I mean really nuts, they had to take her away in an ambulance and everything. But she's okay now, but she had to transfer to an easier school, but I don't know if that had anything to do with being my fault. But listen, if you ever need to talk or you need help studying just let me know, 'cause I'm just a couple doors down from you guys and I never sleep, okay?
Chris Knight: If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... Well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
Kent: You're all a bunch of degenerates.
Chris Knight: Oh, really? Well, what about that time I found you naked with that bowl of Jell-O?
Kent: You did not.
Chris Knight: This is true.
Kent: Yeah, well I was hot and I was hungry.
And drum roll Please, the Best quote is:
Mitch: The weirdest thing just happened to me.
Chris Knight: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid, with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?
Mitch: No...
Chris Knight: Why, am I the only one who has that dream?
Well, now I have that dream too -- and I like it!
Maybe you will too?
Description of Real Genius
When a group of crazy college geniuses put their heads together, almost anything can happen. Hold on for a freewheeling, uproarious look at just how much mischief a bunch of high-IQers can concoct. Chris (Val Kilmer) is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is the 16-year-old whiz kid, and Lazlo (Jonathan Gries), America's number one brain, literally lives in a world of his own ... Chris' closet. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project, they still find time to turn the dorm into an ice-skating rink, dismantle a nerd's car and reassemble it in his room, and throw a beach party in the auditorium complete with a lagoon and bikini-clad beauties. When the geniuses discover that their unscrupulous mentor Professor Hathaway (William Atherton) has had them working on a secret weapon for the military, they plot an elaborate revenge. Their plan culminates in an incredible scheme that outsmarts the military and convinces the professor that it doesn't pay to fool with a Real Genius!An underrated little picture, Real Genius offers a rare college comedy that doesn't rely on gross-out humor--and a look at Val Kilmer before he turned into a star. A high school whiz kid (Gabriel Jarret) arrives at a brainy college, where the crème de la crème of the science students are marshaled under an ambitious professor (expert villain William Atherton). Unbeknownst to them, the kids are working on a weapons system that the prof plans on selling to the government. The star student, and chief rabble-rouser, is played by Kilmer, in good early form as a cocky genius who hasn't lost touch with his goofy side. The director is Martha Coolidge, whose Valley Girl was one of the brightest (and most unexpected) of '80s comedies; she keeps the movie perking along and never worries about dumbing down a film that just happens to be about smart people. --Robert Horton
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