Short Circuit / Flight Of The Navigator

Starring: Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens Director: John Badham, Randal Kleiser Original UK Premiere: 1986 Dvd Release: 3rd May, 2004 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Short Circuit was a 1986 comedy sci-fi film starring Ally Sheedy & Steve Guttenberg & directed by John Badham. It revolves around an intelligent & sentient robot named Number 5 that is worth $11,000,000 & 17 cents. The robot later takes the name Johnny 5. A sequel, Short Circuit 2, was released in 1988. Number 5 was one of five prototype robots for the millitary at a robotic center called Nova Laboratories. During a storm the five robots are outside the laboratory & lightning strikes Number 5. Somehow, the lighting strike causes the robot to become sentient. It escapes from Nova Laboratories & explores the world. He meets a young women with an affinity for animals who takes a liking to the robot & hides Number 5 when the millitary comes looking for the very expensive run away. The big message of the movie, very loosely, is what qualifies as alive. Number 5 was also a trademark of the company that built the robot, Input Incorporated. Short Circuit   at the Internet Movie Database.

Flight of the Navigator is a 1986 Disney motion picture that deals with a boy & his adventurous experiences on returning back to society after 8 years of time travel. It also shows his experiences & travels with an alien spaceship. The film involves a 12 year old boy who is abducted by an alien spacecraft & returned eight years later. The boy is unaware that he ever left earth & does not grow or change at all. He is forced to piece together what has happend to him while avoiding NASA & the rest of the government. He eventually catches up with the spacecraft & meets its pilot, a robot named Max whose voice has striking resemblance to Peewee Herman. Flight of the Navigator   at the Internet Movie Database.

This twin DVD is an absolute bargain! containing two classic movies from 1986. This DVD has been brought as a gift for my 7 year old Son for Christmas as he thinks both films are fabulous! What more can I say - loved by young & old alike & totally timeless. Buy it you wont be dissapointed.

Paul Reubens, is an American actor, writer & comedian, best known professionally for his character Pee-wee Herman. In the 1970s, Reubens performed at local comedy clubs & made four guest appearances on The Gong Show. He soon joined the L,A. -based improvisational comedy team The Groundlings for 6 years, working with Bob Mc Clurg, John Paragon, Susan Barnes & Phil Hartman. Reubens wrote sketches & developed his improvisational skills. He also forged a significant friendship & working relationship with Hartman, with whom he developed the Pee-wee Herman character. Pee-wee was an eccentric man-child with a perpetually giddy disposition. Reubens auditioned for Saturday Night Live the season that Eddie Murphy started, but wasnt accepted into the cast. Instead, he started a stage show with the Herman character. Originally, Reubens imbued Pee-wee with a sexuality that was later toned down as the character made the transition from raucous night club to childrens television. His stage show was immortalized by HBO when The Pee-wee Herman Show was aired in 1981.

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