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C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy's invention from him.
Style:
independent film, exciting, humorous, semi serious, cult film
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, robot, robot dog, families, invention, strength, heroes, hitman, androids and robots, pets, profanity, rivalry, danger, inventions and discoveries, animal life, imaginary, partner, disorder, odd couple, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, goofy hero, cons and scams, inventor ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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56%
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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