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When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.
Language
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue $12,952,019
English
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue $12,952,019
Keywords
genius
laser
u.s. air force
boy genius
ego
teen comedy
computer cracker
woman director
Casts
Val Kilmer
Chris Knight
Gabriel Jarret
Mitch Taylor
Michelle Meyrink
Jordan
William Atherton
Professor Hathaway
Robert Prescott
Kent
Louis Giambalvo
Major Carnagle
Jon Gries
Lazlo Hollyfeld
Ed Lauter
CIA Man Decker
Stacy Peralta
Shuttle Pilot
Daniel Ades
Laser Ray Victim
Andres Aybar
Bartender
Charles Shull
Air Force General
Beau Billingslea
George
Charles Parks
Larry
Sean Frye
Boy at Science Fair
JoAnn Willette
Girl at Science Fair
Ina Gould
Old Lady
Nadine Vix
Student at Science Fair
Paul Tulley
Mr. Taylor
Joanne Baron
Mrs. Taylor
Harry Johnson
Darlington Recruiter
Patti D'Arbanville
Sherry Nugil
Monte Landis
Dr. Dodd
Sandy Martin
Mrs. Meredith
Severn Darden
Dr. Meredith
Randy Lowell
Cornell
John Shepherd Reid
Carter
Tommy Swerdlow
Bodie
Mark Kamiyama
'Ick' Ikagami
Martin Gundersen
Math Professor
Brett Miller
Carpet Man
Dean Devlin
Milton
Yuji Okumoto
Fenton
Lynda Wiesmeier
Chris' Girl at Party
Penny Baker
Ick's Girl at Party
Marcia Karr
Cornell's Girl at Party
Isabelle Walker
Girl at Party
Marii Mak
Girl at Party
Cheri Wells
Girl at Party
Catherine MacNamara
Girl at Party
Johnny Vasily
Student
Ed Garrabrandt
TV Makeup Man
Isabel Cooley
TV Stage Manager
Robin Stober
Waitress
Deborah Foreman
Susan
David Marvit
Student in Hall
Michael Crabtree
Air Force Gate Guard
Charles Sweigart
Air Force Gate Guard
Peter Parros
Air Force Gate Guard
Ronald Taylor
Computer Technician
James Carrington
Air Force Major
Michael Backes
Air Force Controller
Corki Grazer
Air Force Sergeant
Jeanne Mori
Laser Technician
David Ursin
Engineer
Joe Dorsey
Congressman
Will Knox
Laser Specialist
Kevin Hurley
Air Force Technician
Kimberly Spak
Girl in Popcorn (uncredited)
Crews
Martha Coolidge
Director
Neal Israel
Screenplay
Neal Israel
Story
Pat Proft
Screenplay
Pat Proft
Story
Robert Daley
Executive Producer
Brian Grazer
Producer
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Richard Chew
Editor
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Josan F. Russo
Production Design
Jack G. Taylor Jr.
Art Direction
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration
Zoltan Elek
Makeup Artist
Edie Panda
Hairstylist
Phil Cory
Special Effects Coordinator
Richard L. Bennett
Visual Effects Supervisor
John J. Connor
Camera Operator
PJ Torokvei
Screenplay
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Sam Crespi-Horowitz
Associate Producer
Becky Mancuso-Winding
Music Supervisor
Michael Papale
Music Supervisor
Julia Evershade
Supervising Sound Editor
George Budd
Sound Designer
Ted Whitfield
Music Editor
Marla Schlom
Costume Supervisor
Joseph Roveto
Costumer
Michael F. Hamer
Costumer
David Stipes
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kenny Alexander
Stunts
Shane Dixon
Stunts
Kenny Ferrugiaro
Stunts
Linda Lee Franklin
Stunts
Allan Graf
Stunts
Marian Green
Stunts
Debby Porter
Stunts
Bernie Pock
Stunts
Spiro Razatos
Stunts
Edward J. Ulrich
Stunts
David M. Graves
Stunts
Billy Ray Smith
Unit Production Manager
Stephen McEveety
First Assistant Director
Joseph P. Moore
Second Assistant Director
Erin M. Cummings
Set Designer
Steven Wolff
Set Designer
Alex Tavoularis
Other
Ken Nishino
First Assistant Camera
Robert Samuels
Second Assistant Camera
Frederick Elmes
Second Unit Director of Photography
Richard W. Deats
Key Grip
Jerry D. Deats
Grip
Robert Jason
Best Boy Electric
Arthur Coburn
Additional Editing
Albert Coleman
First Assistant Editor
Alexandra Leviloff
Other
Deborah Cichocki
Other
Bill Wilner
Other
Anna Boorstin
Sound Editor
Virginia Cook-McGowan
Sound Editor
Cari Lewis
Sound Editor
Marshall Winn
Sound Editor
Roxanne Jones McCarthy
Sound Editor
Beth Bergeron
Supervising ADR Editor
Lauren Palmer
ADR Editor
Paul C. Warschilka
Assistant Sound Editor
Christy Richmond
Assistant Sound Editor
John P. Fasal
Sound Effects
Doug Hemphill
Sound Effects
Carlton Kaller
Other
John Roesch
Foley Artist
Ellen Heuer
Foley Artist
Gary A. Hecker
Foley Artist
John T. Reitz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
C. Darin Knight
Sound Mixer
Elliot Lurie
Music Coordinator
John Vigran
Music Consultant
Donald A. Bolger
Boom Operator
Charles J. Bond
Cableman
Terry E. Lewis
Property Master
Sandra Renfroe
Assistant Property Master
David L. Glazer
Assistant Property Master
James Husbands
Leadman
Mark S. Taylor
Set Dresser
Joanie Blum
Script Supervisor
Mike Schilz
Second Second Assistant Director
Marcia Reed
Still Photographer
Jan Walker
Producer's Assistant
Backdrops & Posters
