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Real Genius is a 1985 American science fiction comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge, written by Neal Israel, Pat Proft, and PJ Torokvei, and starring Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarret.
Aug 7, 1985 · Real Genius: Directed by Martha Coolidge. With Stacy Peralta, Daniel Ades, Andres Aybar, Louis Giambalvo. An uptight teenage prodigy enters a top engineering college, but feels awkward among the freewheeling students.
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- Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Martha Coolidge
- 1985-08-07
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- 2 min
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Real Genius (1985) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
When science whiz Mitch Taylor (Gabe Jarret) arrives at Pacific Tech as a freshman, he's paired up with genius senior Chris Knight (Val Kilmer) to work on a laser project.
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- Martha Coolidge
- PG
- Val Kilmer
RELEASED IN 1985 and directed by Martha Coolidge, "Real Genius" is a college dramedy about a 15 year-old genius in laser technology (Gabe Jarret) who’s recruited by physics Professor Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton), who has ulterior motives for having the kid work in his personal lab.
Mitch Taylor, a 15-year-old genius, is accepted into a special college program. As part of the course he joins a special project, run by the renowned scientist Professor Jerry Hathaway and involving Chris Knight, a student whose genius is legendary.
