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Short Circuit


Genre: Comedy

Reviewed In Issue 43 (Nov 2000) Of Widescreen Review®

Stars:
Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey

WSR Review Scores
WSR Picture Rating: 2
DD Sound Rating: 3.5
DTS Sound Rating: NA
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Reference Systems
Critics' Composite Score: 4
Internet Links
http://www.image-entertainment.com

Special Features
Image Entertainment rarely offers added features on their releases, so it was a pleasant surprise to find three-menu-pages of well-done, informative, and entertaining extras here. Produced by Steve Howearth and Marc Walkow, they include an audio commentary by the director & screenwriters, a behind-the-scenes featurette, a segment on the making of the robot, cast and crew video biographies, photo gallery, Number Five original artwork, production notes, a second set of biographies, and the theatrical poster and press kit photos.


 DVD General Information

(Studio/Distributor): Image Entertainment
(Catalog Number): ID9173CUDVD
(MPAA Rating): PG
(Rating Reason):

NA
(Retail Price): $24.98
(DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
(Widescreen Edition): Yes
(Full Screen Edition): No
(Anamorphic Widescreen): No
(Running Time In Minutes): 99
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
(Closed Captioned): No
(Regional Coding): 1
(Theatrical Year): 1986
(Theatrical Release): Yes
(Direct-To-Video Release): No
(DVD Release Date): 09/19/00
(THX® Digitally Mastered): No

 Credits Information

(Director): John Badham
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  WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
Short Circuit stars Ally Sheedy as a catering truck driver who befriends Number Five, a top-secret robot who escaped into the real world. Number Five was short circuited during an electrical storm and now thinks he

DVD Picture:
The 2.35:1 DVD (the first-ever widescreen video edition of

Soundtrack:
The Dolby