Short Circuit Page #4

Synopsis: Number 5, one of a group of experimental military robots, undergoes a sudden transformation after being struck by lightning. He develops self-awareness, consciousness, and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory. With the help of a young woman, Number 5 tries to evade capture and convince his creator that he has truly become alive.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Director(s): John Badham
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG
Year:
1986
98 min
1,894 Views


Come on.

Hey!

Damn it! You klutz!

Look what you did.

Error.

Grasshopper disassembled.

Reassemble.

Reassemble.

I can't reassemble him.

You squashed him, he's dead.

Dead?

Right.

Dead as a doornail.

Reassemble, Stephanie.

Reassemble.

I know you don't understand.

But when you're dead,

you're dead.

That's just the way it is.

Dead is forever.

Squash, dead.

Disassemble, dead!

Disassemble, dead!

Slow down.

- No disassemble.

- Where are you going?

- Please, escape.

- Oh, my God!

Hey, you!

Get out of my truck.

Hey! Hey! Let me in.

Let me in.

No! Don't.

You open this door

right now.

Get out of my truck,

you thief.

No, don't start my truck.

You don't know how to drive.

Come back here with my truck,

you big hunk of tin.

You can't take my truck.

You better be heavily insured

because you'll find yourself...

slapped with

a humongous lawsuit!

Newton, I'm seeing a blip

on my scope. Drive slowly.

Sorry, sorry.

Sorry.

Newton, there it goes.

It's moving at extreme velocipede.

Right of the line.

The right.

Accurate, proper,

correct, appropriate.

My side, over here.

Quickly!

- The right.

- Right.

The right.

Look out! Look out!

My kitchen!

No!

Where she going? I thought

Howard told her to stay put.

Go figure out chicks, man.

Look out!

Oh great! Nice work,

can head.

- Thanks at lot.

- Sorry.

Oh, no. Stop it now!

Stop!

- Turn left or we're going to crash!

- Left!

Turn! Turn!

- Fish!

- Look out!

Salmon!

Sushi.

Jeez, Number Five,

we're going to be killed.

- Disassemble.

- Disassemble all over the place.

Disassemble.

No!

Escape! Escape!

Flee! Hide! Refuge!

What are you afraid of?

What's the matter with you?

Nova Robotics.

Disassemble. Dead.

Disassemble Number Five. Dead.

But you can't die.

You're a machine.

- No.

- No, you're not a machine?

- Yes.

- Yes, you are or you're not?

- Yes.

- Yes, what?

Yes, not.

Talk about a malfunction.

Not malfunction, Stephanie.

Number Five is alive.

Just keep going straight.

Just keep going straight.

Ok, Ok, alright...

We're getting closer.

Ben, we're getting closer.

I can sense it,

I can sense it.

There they are! You see them?

They're right there.

Nova. Disassemble.

Dead. Disassemble number 5.

Dead.

Girlie, girlie, come quick!

Girlie, danger! Come on!

No, no disassemble,

No disassemble,

Number Five.

Come on, you!

What planet is this guy from?

No, no disassemble.

Oh, number 5, don't be scared.

You just wait here a second.

I'll be right back.

Come on, Number one.

Come on. Very good.

Careful. Moving nicely.

Jeez, another one.

How many of these guys

have you got, anyway?

- You are a girl, right?

- Yes, as far as I know.

Hi.

How you doing?

Your little brother's hiding

in my truck.

I have seen some

strange bizarre drivers...

but you may be

awarded the cake.

Me? Talk to your robot.

He did the driving.

Did you say the robot

drove the truck?

Yeah, that's right, chum.

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Oh, bull dyke, you cannot hold

your water with that story, girl.

Hey, I was there, okay?

You're sure you weren't doing any

steering or anything like that?

Yeah, I like to drive off cliffs.

- There's no way my robot could have driven.

- Are you calling me a liar?

No, but maybe you

have amnesia.

Newton! We are wasting

valueless time.

So what are these guys

used for, anyway?

- It's top-secret crap.

- That's what I figured.

Dr. Love, I'd like to get

my robot back.

He knows that,

but he's scared.

It's a machine.

It doesn't get scared.

It doesn't get happy.

It doesn't get sad.

- It just runs programs.

- How do you explain that?

You see?

He's scared that if you take him

apart he's going to die.

- Where'd you hear that?

- Number Five told me.

He'd tell you if you'd

just talk to him.

That's what I've been

trying to do for...

No, I mean with your mouth.

Watch.

Okay, Ben,

this is the plan.

Number Five!

Number Five!

Come on out. It's okay.

- Is it cool?

- It's okay.

These guys aren't going

to hurt you. They're friends.

- No disassemble?

- No, no.

They just want

to talk to you.

Come forward.

Do you remember forward?

- Forward.

- That's it, come on.

I can't believe it.

It's listening to her, not to us.

I am standing here

beside myself.

Okay! Now.

You just tell them

what you told me.

Number Five

not just robot.

There it is! Move out!

Move! Move!

Move out!

Go! Go! Go!

Today, gentleman, today!

- Down, girlie!

- What, are you nuts?

Stop! Please.

I have clearance!

I have clearance!

Bend down!

You quit doing that!

You think I'm doing this for

my own self-gratification?

Go!

No, Don't! Stop!

Stephanie!

They're killing him!

Hold your fire!

Damn it, stop!

Hold your fire!

Hold your fire!

Number Five alive!

Stephanie!

Number Five,

I'm sorry.

Steph-an-ia...

You're paralyzing him.

I cut all his power. You can

load it on the truck now.

What the hell

is the matter with you...

you four-eyed idiot.

What an a**hole.

I heard that.

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!

Where are you taking him?

Okay, I want you guys to...

He's not being a him.

It's only being wires and several

mechanisms and other such...

machine type apparatus...

for the Pete of sake.

The sake of Pete...

No, you have to turn

him back on.

He was talking before

like a real person.

Couldn't you see that?

Look, lady, all I could see was that

something mechanical...

is screwed up and

I'm going to fix it, okay?

Ok, fine! You fix it,

Einstein.

I plan to.

And it's Crosby.

Newton Crosby.

- Stephanie Speck.

- Nice meeting you.

Same here.

- Ben? Ben?

- Sir! Stat!

I want you to go with Number Five

and make sure they do not...

switch off the memory.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

- Absolutely, sir.

- Okay.

Bye-bye, goofy woman.

I enjoyed repeatedly throwing

you to the ground.

No mistake.

Stat.

You can call me

if you want to.

Call you?

To let me know

if Number Five's okay.

Okay, maybe I will.

Well, don't do me

any favors, Jack.

So there we are.

We're right on top of

Mount St. Helen's...

- and we've got two flat tires.

- Two, that's bad.

Now Hazel's running around

the parking lot.

Hazel.

She's waving

her credit card...

It's life.

It's life.

That is very funny

American name, Hazel.

Well, It's sure not one you

can hear much anymore.

I never heard it

before I met her.

All except for witch hazel,

who I think she's named after.

- I thought it was a nut.

- That's an old name.

It's an old family name.

They were from

some place in Europe...

and there's always a Hazel in it.

In her family.

I guess there's always some

Hazel in Europe.

She's running around trying

to buy somebody's spare tire.

She's showing people her ID's

to prove the checks are good...

like a branch of our bank

where they could check.

She was even trying to swap some

souvenirs when she was gotten.

All of which were made from

the ashes of the volcano...

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