Press Release SPHE Press Release: Real Genius (1985) (4k UHD Combo) (1 Viewer)

[Scott Voth]

I remember Don Henley’s All She Wants To Do Is Dance and Bryan Adams’s One Night Love Affair playing in the group party scene in the auditorium.

Don't forget Tears for Fears - Everyone Wants to Rule The World at the end. Great movie for us science types.

 

[Scott Voth]

I'll have to get this - this is one of those quirky movies that I really liked when it came out since I was just starting a chemistry career at the time. The Nineth Gate with Johnny Depp is another one.

 

[Desdinova]

VERY happy to see this! Saw it a few times in the theatre and I still have a bunch of the promo materials from its original home video release, including the limited "I Toxic Waste" t-shirt. Day one for sure.

 

[Todd Erwin]

I have no interest in this film. That's not a negative comment -- just that I've never seen it.

However, I kind of get a kick out of this kind of release that seems to come out of left field.

I mean, Sony recently gave us "1776" over the past two weeks. It's a small title with a limited (but vocal) fanbase.

To see a small title like REAL GENIUS get its due is kind of neat in the same way.

Happy for the fans and at the same time seeing Sony go deep into their catalog and release a title like this on 4k.

Ron, this is a hilarious film. If you want to “borrow” it via Screen Pass on Movies Anywhere, drop me a pm.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Ron, this is a hilarious film. If you want to “borrow” it via Screen Pass on Movies Anywhere, drop me a pm.

Todd, let's talk about that. I'll try to remind myself to bring it up next time we converse email. Appreciate the offer.

 

[Ethan Riley]

I don't remember if I saw it or not back in the 80s. As someone else mentioned, the airbrushed Val Kilmer art on the vhs was off-putting. I probably thought it was a cheapie. I've been flipping through youtube vids of this film, some of it does seem familiar, like when they made the orchestra pit into a swimming pool. Maybe I watched part of it on HBO way, way back. I dunno...

 

[RBailey]

If you love popcorn, you'll love REAL GENIUS.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

I mix up this film with My Science Project (I don't know why) and don't really remember it.

This film is a comedy whereas My Science Project is more a science fiction with time travel twist story.

 

[jayembee]

If you love popcorn, you'll love REAL GENIUS.

Or if you like seeing "Dickless" being...well...a dick...

 

[Jeffrey D]

Or if you like seeing "Dickless" being...well...a dick...

He sure gets his comeuppance at the end of the film.

 

[jayembee]

He sure gets his comeuppance at the end of the film.

I sometimes feel bad for William Atherton, always playing characters that audiences love to see get their comeuppance. But only sometimes, as I'm sure he -- at least on some level -- enjoys the notoriety.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I sometimes feel bad for William Atherton, always playing characters that audiences love to see get their comeuppance. But only sometimes, as I'm sure he -- at least on some level -- enjoys the notoriety.

I’m pretty sure I read an interview somewhere where he said that he enjoyed being so well known for those parts and being called out for it - that it’s the highest compliment that he was so good in roles he did ages ago that people are still angry at him today for things those characters did.

 

[Henry Gondorff]

I sometimes feel bad for William Atherton, always playing characters that audiences love to see get their comeuppance. But only sometimes, as I'm sure he -- at least on some level -- enjoys the notoriety.

Nobody does "Smarmy" like Atherton.

 

[Dave Moritz]

Count me in on the 4K release. I have not seen this movie in a long time but I remember it being a fun film.

 

[Sega]

I have this movie on DVD. And LaserDisc.
I will pick it up when it gets into the $25.00 buck Zone
on 4K.

 

[sultan of cinema]

Many memories of what I feel is one of the TOP 80's Films. I went to a Hewlett Packard screening before it opened as they were using their computers and the end credits had Hewlett spelled WRONG! Wanna hear 500 people moan in unison?! It still remains on the Sony disc and should NOT be corrected as its part of the original film. Cast is wonderful as is the score which I managed to obtain (very rare score by Thomas Newman which includes all of the music and 4 bonus tracks with extended versions of Chaz Jankel's Number One and I' Falling (Comsat Angels). I'm sure the disc will be beautiful. " Can you do this?"

 

[Todd Erwin]