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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Disney
EAN: 0786936207682
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Disney Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: Disney Home Video
MPN: D29091D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Disney Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 14, 2003
Running Time: 91 minutes
Studio: Disney Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 31, 1969
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Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2004 Rating: G
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He's Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell), just a regular-guy college student at Medfield College--until one fateful night he is accidentally transformed into a human computer. His newfound genius makes him an overnight sensation when he gets all the answers right on a college quiz show. This instant celebrity status also brings an instant massive ego, which threatens his friendships as well as his safety. Caught up between battling college deans (Joe Flynn and Alan Hewitt) and a dangerous mobster (Cesar Romero), Dexter soon learns friends are more valuable than money. This movie, released in 1970, is a true romp with silly situations and madcap misadventures. The size of the computer itself is now good for a sight gag. It's likable but goofy, with no real weight. A fun, innocent diversion that the whole family can look and laugh at, each for different reasons. Did people really dress like that? --Peggy Maltby-Etra
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i'm from the 60's and i think the older shows are better than the new ones there is not so much violance in them i enjoyed them as a child and still do!!!!
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Medfield College student Dexter Riley(Kurt Russell) was just another underachiever in a group of friends on the brink of being booted out of school by ever-flustered Dean Higgins(Joe Flynn). That is, until an accident with the science lab's new computer results in Dexter getting a super-charged brain. Soon, the world is catering to Dexter and other colleges are vying for him. It's a bit much for an innocent, unworldly guy like Dexter to take, even with his newfound smarts. Even local big-shot businessman A.J. Arno(Cesar Romero) has taken an interest in Dexter, though more as a tool for playing the ponies than anything else. But when a glitch in his databanks causes Dexter to reveal A.J.'s secret, illegal business locations, Dexter finds out who his real friends are as they work together to save him from Arno and get him to the big college quiz show in time to win the school some much needed prize money!
Released in 1969 and the first of three Dexter Riley films starring Kurt Russell as the Medfield college student who was repeatedly acquiring special powers through strange science accidents, "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" is a delightful family film from Disney balancing comedy, fantasy, charm, and just a hint of drama (don't worry, they make it painless). Reminiscent of Disney college classics like "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones", "The Absent Minded Professor", and "The Monkey's Uncle" (would have been neat if they'd stuck with the old Disney alma matter of Midvale), "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" and its sequels manage to carry on that special Disney sense of quality fancifulness and fun beyond Walt's years and through the studio's much maligned '70's offerings. Yes, to many fans the Dexter Riley films are among Disney's best stuff (well, in the less dramatic line at least), despite the time period they hail from. It's no wonder that there is talk of new Dexter Riley material in the works, possibly graphic novels and maybe even feature films (potentially starring Kurt Russell as father to a Dexter Riley Jr., if not an all out recreation of the original character). At least, that's something I picked up from people in-the-know at a comic convention last year. We can only wait and hope.
This DVD looks great when one overlooks the issue of format, which is a rather hinky one when it comes to Disney films. They often were shot one way with intentions of another, leaving the public with differing ideas and not very straightforward information sources. Though, the fact that the only extra features here are trailers for other Disney films leads one to believe that no effort was really made in putting out the best DVD possible, so likely the formatting is incorrect too. Regardless, the film looks fine and is highly enjoyable, and I'd recommend this DVD for anyone's movie collection.
"The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" was remade once already, actually, as a 1995 Disney TV movie starring Kirk Cameron in the role of Dexter; a fine effort that unfortunately never resulted in sequels. Also unfortunate is that the remake, along with many other Disney TV remakes, sequels, and originals of the time, has never been released to DVD. Though, if you find you enjoy the original "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" (and if you're a good person you will, ha), then I also recommend the sequels, "Now You See Him, Now You Don't" and "The Strongest Man In the World", as well as these other Disney/Kurt Russell favorites: "Follow Me, Boys!", "The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band", "The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit", "The Barefoot Executive", "Charley and the Angel", "Superdad", and "Sky High". And, oh, if they'd only release "Disneyland Showtime" and "Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?" in one of those wonderful Disney Treasures sets!
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We've been watching a lot of these old Disney live-action movies for family movie night, and we LOVED "Flubber" and "Son of Flubber," but this one was a bit too advanced for my 8YO son, and a bit too dull for the adults. Still, it was fun to see Kurt Russell at an early age.
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The movie is really funny, and even though the story is highly improbable, it is enjoyable.
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this movie is from the same triology of the advantures of Dexter Railly
and i loved it very much..all the three of them...
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