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Real Genius

Movie (1985)


Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 16-year-old wiz kid, and Lazlo, 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!

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Released: Aug 7th, 1985
Budget: N/A
Revenue: $13,000,000.00

Real Genius Main Cast

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Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer
plays Chris Knight
Gabriel Jarret
Gabriel Jarret
plays Mitch Taylor
Michelle Meyrink
Michelle Meyrink
plays Jordan
William Atherton
William Atherton
plays Prof. Jerry Hathaway
Jon Gries
Jon Gries
plays Lazlo Hollyfeld
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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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  • Movie Goof (incorrectly regarded as a mistake): During the laser test, the range controller clears the B-1 to Flight Level Six-Five-Zero, which is 65,000 feet. The service ceiling, or, highest altitude the B-1 can attain, is around 40,000 feet, but, given that the B-1 was not officially "released", and that this is supposed to be a specially modified aircraft, it means that the probability does exist for it to fly at that high an altitude.
  • Movie Goof (continuity error): Kent smudges the optic lens to sabotage it, but the smudge is different later in the movie.
  • When Chris and Mitch enter the plane, a background technician speaks "Final check: latitude 65 degrees, 19 minutes, longitude 44 degrees, 09 minutes." These coordinates lie in Russia just below the Arctic Circle near the White Sea, which was a key Soviet, now Russian Federation, naval and submarine base.
  • The "liquid nitrogen" coins have baffled viewers for many years, and are considered by many to be a goof. However the very first draft of the script shows that it wasn't an error. The thermos contains liquid nitrogen, which in turn contains a column of super-cooled CO2 (dry ice), which is what Chris uses in the vending machine.
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