Super brain in tennis shoes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Super brain in tennis shoes |
| Original title | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | Robert Butler |
| script | Joseph L. McEveety |
| production | Bill Anderson |
| music | Robert F. Brunner |
| camera | Frank V. Phillips |
| cut | Cotton Warburton |
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Super brain in tennis shoes (Original title: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes ) is an American comedy film from 1969. The film had two sequels with It cracks, it hisses, nothing to see and The test tube Goliath and was in 1995 under titled Dexter Riley - Totally Wired And Nothing Made For TV.
action
The dean of Medfield College Higgins refuses to spend $ 10,000 for science from Professor Quigley. The students around Dexter, Schuyler and Annie Hannah are disappointed that he is resisting modernization, which is why they ask the wealthy local businessman AJ Arno to donate them a computer. Since he already donates US $ 20,000 a year to the football team and needs his computer for illegal horse betting, he cancels for the time being. Only when all bets have been calculated does he donate the computer to the university in lieu of the $ 20,000 donation. The computer quickly fails and Dexter tries to fix it, electrocuting him. The next day he is so intelligent that he not only solves the university comparison test at record speed, but also 100% correctly. The subsequent visit to the doctor ensures that Dexter has taken over all the capabilities of the computer. He appears on a national television show where he is asked to answer questions from all areas of knowledge. He impresses with his enormous self-confidence, intelligence and speed with correct answers. This made him a national and global celebrity and went on trips.
When he returns, everyone is keen to see him work for them. Higgins wants him to take part in a national knowledge competition for his college, which is advertised for $ 100,000. Since Dexter is not yet enrolled for the winter semester , Dean Collingsgood from a competing university is also tearing himself up for Dexter's talents. Dexter, however, is currently in the process of placing horse bets for Arno and taking part in illegal games of chance. During a police raid, he is arrested together with Arno, Higgins and Collingsgood, who argue in the cell about whom Dexter should use his intelligence for in the future. Dexter doesn't know who to choose. Only when he sees that all of his friends are paying the bail for him does he take the knowledge test for them. He knows all the questions and so defeats team after team and makes it to the final against Springfield State . Unfortunately, he is asked a question that ensures that knowledge about Arno's illegal gambling is accessed. Arno's people kidnap Dexter and the police become aware of the case.
The friends quickly find out that Arno is behind it and where Dexter is being held. Disguised as painters, they observe and search the house. They discover a box that Dexter is in, overwhelm Arno's men and flee from his people and his shots to the television studio, where Schuyler fails the knowledge test. Dexter can be released in time and takes place in the competition. But his answers are getting slower and slower and he seems to be losing his intelligence so that he cannot answer the last, all-important question. But that's exactly when Schuyler knows the answer, so that they win the competition. Shortly afterwards, Arno appears and is arrested and the money is unfortunately not used for Quigley's science department.
criticism
"[...] cozy, lovable, as exciting as porridge or an antiseptic and predictable like any half-hour family TV show."
"Not in-depth, but very enjoyable Disney comedy."
publication
The film had its world premiere on December 31, 1969 and was broadcast for the first time in Germany on October 21, 1995 on RTL .
Web links
- The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Superhirn in tennis shoes atrotten tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roger Greenspun: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) on nytimes.com of November 4, 1970 (English), accessed on May 15, 2012.
- ↑ Super brain in tennis shoes. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .