Episode 587: Real Genius (1985)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 173 minutes

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Summary

Chris Bricklemyer (Outside the Cinema) and Ryan Luis Rodriguez (The Coolness Chronicles) join Mike to discuss the 1985 film from Martha Coolidge, Real Genius.

Written by Pat Proft and Neal Israel, the film stars Gabe Jarret as Mitch Taylor, a 15 year old who is recruited into a top engineering college by Professor Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton). Hathaway has been secretly contracted by the US military to create a new weapon -- a space laser -- which can vaporize a target from the upper atmosphere. Mitch is paired with the hottest of hot shots at the school, Chris Knight (Val Kilmer) in a real career kick-starter role.

Interviews on this episode include Gabe Jarret, Neal Israel, and Jon Gries.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.0	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:26.6	Compared to you, most people have the IQ of a carrot.
0:42.7	We're different than most people who makes.
0:44.7	Better.
0:45.8	I've decided to put you on my own research team with some of the finest minds on the campus.
0:50.1	You're going to be working with Chris.
0:52.0	He's a senior now, and he's as brilliant as he ever was.
0:55.0	Welcome to Pacific Tech smart people on ice!
0:59.0	What's all this to be?
1:01.0	This? This is ice.
1:03.0	This is what happens to water when it gets too cold.
1:05.0	This? This is Kent.
1:07.0	This is what happens to people when they get too sexually frustrated.
1:10.0	I'm Chris Knight.
1:11.6	Oh no.
1:12.6	Oh yes.
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