Directed by:
Martha CoolidgeScreenplay:
Pat ProftCinematography:
Vilmos ZsigmondComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, Michelle Meyrink, William Atherton, Jon Gries, Patti D'Arbanville, Stacy Peralta, Ed Lauter, Beau Billingslea, Joanne Baron (more)Plots(1)
When three brainy college students discover that their unscrupulous mentor, Professor Hathaway, has had them unknowingly working on a secret weapon for the military, they plot an elaborate revenge. It doesn't pay to fool with real geniuses! When three college geniuses put their heads together, almost anything can happen. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project, the trio, led by party-scheming Chris (Val Kilmer), finds time to turn the dorm into an ice skating rink, dismantle a nerd's car then reassemble it in his dorm room, and throw a beach bash in the auditorium complete with a lagoon and bikini-clad beauties. When the students discover that their unscrupulous mentor, Professor Hathaway, has had them unknowingly working on a secret weapon for the military, they plot an elaborate revenge. Their plan culminates in an incredible scheme that outsmarts the military and convinces the Professor that it doesn't pay to fool with real geniuses! (Cinemax)
(more)Cast
Val Kilmer
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
The Doors (1991)
Gabriel Jarret
USA
Best movies:
Apollo 13 (1995)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Real Genius (1985)
Michelle Meyrink
Canada
Best movies:
The Outsiders (1983)
Real Genius (1985)
One Magic Christmas (1985)
William Atherton
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Jon Gries
USA
Best movies:
Taken (2008)
Men in Black (1997)
Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
Patti D'Arbanville
USA
Best movies:
Big Wednesday (1978)
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
Celebrity (1998)
Stacy Peralta
USA
Best movies:
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Real Genius (1985)
Ed Lauter
USA
Best movies:
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
The Artist (2011)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Beau Billingslea
USA
Best movies:
Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
North and South (1985) (series)
The Pentagon Wars (1998) (TV movie)
Joanne Baron
Best movies:
Neo Ned (2005)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Threesome (1994)
Monte Landis
UK
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Targets (1968)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Tommy Swerdlow
Best movies:
Spaceballs (1987)
Child's Play (1988)
Real Genius (1985)
Dean Devlin
USA
Best movies:
Independence Day (1996)
My Bodyguard (1980)
Real Genius (1985)
Deborah Foreman
USA
Best movies:
Waxwork (1988)
Real Genius (1985)
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
Peter Parros
USA
Best movies:
Real Genius (1985)
Ladykillers (1988) (TV movie)
Death Before Dishonor (1987)
Lynda Wiesmeier
USA
Best movies:
American Pop (1981)
Real Genius (1985)
Touch and Go (1986)
Marcia Karr
Best movies:
Nobody's Perfect (1989)
Savage Streets (1984)
Real Genius (1985)
Severn Darden
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Vanishing Point (1971)
James Carrington
Best movies:
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Real Genius (1985)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Sean Frye
USA
Best movies:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)