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Weird Science
Weird Science is a 1985 American science fantasy buddy comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock. The title is taken from a pre-Comics Code Authority 1950s EC Comics magazine of the same name, the rights to which were acquired by the film's producer Joel Silver. The title song was written and performed by American New Wave band Oingo Boingo.
Plot
Nerdy social outcast students Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly of Shermer High School (the same fictional high school used in The Breakfast Club) are humiliated by senior jocks Ian and Max for swooning over their cheerleader girlfriends Deb and Hilly. Rejected and disappointed at their direction in life and wanting more, Gary convinces the uptight Wyatt that they need a boost of popularity in order to get their crushes away from Ian and Max. Alone for the weekend with Wyatt's parents gone, Gary is inspired by the 1931 classic Frankenstein to create a virtual woman using Wyatt's computer, infusing her with everything they can conceive to make the perfect dream woman.
More details
| author | John Hughes |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Illinois |
| director | John Hughes |
| editor | Chris Lebenzon Mark Warner Scott K. Wallace |
| events | artificial intelligence computing |
| genre | comedy fantasy science fiction |
| keywords | 1959 cadillac eldorado bikers convertible dive bar drive frankenstein good time hack icee medium-range ballistic missile morning mutant older brother out of control outlaw motorcycle club pershing ii porsche 928 reject return home run social outcast talk the breakfast club the icee company water gun water pistol |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn |
| producer | Joel Silver |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Chicago |
| theme | buddy buddy comedy high school |