Top billed cast

1. 

   Val Kilmer

   Chris Knight

2. 

   Gabriel Jarret

   Mitch Taylor

3. 

   Michelle Meyrink

   Jordan

4. 

   William Atherton

   Professor Hathaway

5. 

   Robert Prescott

   Kent

6. 

   Louis Giambalvo

   Major Carnagle

7. 

   Jon Gries

   Lazlo Hollyfeld

8. 

   Ed Lauter

   CIA Man Decker

9. 

   Stacy Peralta

   Shuttle Pilot

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2018-04-28

The Big Bang guys when they were in college (not really, but sort of)

RELEASED IN 1985 and directed by Martha Coolidge, "Real Genius" is a college dramedy about a 15 year-old genius in laser technology (Gabe Jarret) who’s recruited by physics Professor Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton), who has ulterior motives for having the kid work in his personal lab. The newbie’s roommate turns out to be the most brilliant freshman in history, who’s now a senior and seemingly clouded by college-age mischief (Val Kilmer). Michelle Meyrink plays a kinetic student interested in Mitch (Jarret) while ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$12,952,019.00

Keywords

• genius
• laser
• u.s. air force
• boy genius
• ego
• teen comedy
• computer cracker
• woman director