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About Real Genius

Chris Knight (Val Kilmer) is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch Taylor (Gabe Jarret) is the 16-year-old whiz kid, and Lazlo Hollyfeld (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! [108 min; comedy, romance, sci-fi; English]

“A witty, whip-smart and wise classic.” — Nick Rogers, Midwest Film Journal

"What makes it work (and simultaneously cements it as an '80s classic) is Kilmer's appealingly goofy performance." — Betsy Bozdech, DVDJournal.com

"See it. If you have seen it, see it again. It's a moral imperative." — Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com

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