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Weird Science
Weird Science is a 1985 American teen science fantasy comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock. It is based on the 1951 pre-Comics Code comic "Made of the Future" by Al Feldstein, which appeared in the magazine of the same name. 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. Humiliated and disappointed at their direction in life and wanting more, Gary convinces the uptight Wyatt that they need a boost in popularity in order to win their crushes away from Ian and Max. Alone for the weekend with Wyatt's parents gone, Gary is inspired by the 1931 film Frankenstein to create a virtual woman using Wyatt's computer, infusing her with everything they can conceive of to make the perfect dream woman.
More details
| author | John Hughes |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Illinois |
| director | John Hughes |
| editor | Christopher Lebenzon Mark Warner Scott Wallace |
| events | artificial intelligence computing |
| genre | comedy fantasy science fiction |
| keywords | 1959 cadillac eldorado .44 magnum bikers blue catatonic state dive bar drive duck hunt fake id frankenstein hunt medium-range ballistic missile morning older brother out of control outlaw motorcycle club pershing ii porsche 928 return home shermer high school slushie social outcast talk terrorize the breakfast club water gun water pistol |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn |
| producer | Joel Silver |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Chicago |
| theme | buddy buddy comedy high school science fantasy |