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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

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