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The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995)
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The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: By accident, the content of a computer encyclopedia is transferred into the brain of Dexter Riley, a less than average college boy. Because of his newly acquired knowledge he competes in a quiz show between various universities, where he sweeps all the points. A wiz kid from another university finds out about his cheated wisdom and does everything to discredit Dexter.
Plot: computer, hacker, dancing, teenage love, genius, student, friendship, college, internet, jealousy, computer genius, best friend, nerd, rivalry, exam, greed, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, arrest, selfishness, electric shock, accusation, fictional game show, tv show in film, manic laughter
Place: seattle
Keyword: reboot

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The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a ...
Style: semi serious, humorous
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Plot: computer, hacking, friendship, geek, gangster, hacker, college student, science and technology, cognitive science, computer hacker, robot, cybersecurity ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
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Frankenstein: The College Years (1991)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When professor Lippzigger dies, his favorite student Mark inherits the key to his secret laboratory. There he and his friend Jay find the hundreds of years old body of Frankenstein - and revive it. But where to go with him? They take him with them ...
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The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
Style: slapstick, exciting, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
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Time: 60s
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The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Strongest Man in the World is a 1975 film starring Kurt Russell as Dexter Riley, a student in the fictional Medfield College. A school laboratory accident mixes one student's vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley's chemical experiment. ...
Style: fast, feel good, humorous, offbeat, not serious ...
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Time: year 1972
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Duration: 90 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A very intelligent teenager is sent to college where he meets his roommate, a popular jock. Therefore, he must learn to adapt to adult life, wild parties, and romance.
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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