Short Circuit

Duration: 99

Year Published: 1984

Creator: Manfred Kirchheimer Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Francovich, Allan.; Primdahl, Andrea.; Santivañez, Roberto.; Icarus Films.

Description: Asks how an upper-middle-class liberal can make a documentary film about the black population and culture of his Manhattan neighborhood. , An ultra high-tech military robot known only as Number 5, undergoes a dramatic transformation when he is short-circuited during a thunderstorm. Number 5 finds himself wanting peace and love instead of war. When the Army accidentally discards him, a series of mishaps lead him to the catering truck of a beautiful young woman. Ruthless government agents are intent on destroying the robot but his inventor is determined to save him. When they all learn where Number 5 is hiding, the chase is on. Special effects bring the film's robot magically to life. (Circulates) Genre/FormFeature films.

Complete Record: Asks how an upper-middle-class liberal can make a documentary film about the black population and culture of his Manhattan neighborhood. , An ultra high-tech military robot known only as Number 5, undergoes a dramatic transformation when he is short-circuited during a thunderstorm. Number 5 finds himself wanting peace and love instead of war. When the Army accidentally discards him, a series of mishaps lead him to the catering truck of a beautiful young woman. Ruthless government agents are intent on destroying the robot but his inventor is determined to save him. When they all learn where Number 5 is hiding, the chase is on. Special effects bring the film's robot magically to life. (Circulates) Genre/FormFeature films. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE