Short Circuit
1986 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 68,231 VOTES · DIR. John Badham
Overview
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,444 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:27 Enemy neutralized, ladies and gentlemen.
00:08:50 To tell them each robot costs 10 million dollars and it kills people?
00:13:55 - How're you doing? - Running late as usual.
00:17:53 How would you like to write the headline on that one?
00:22:27 You know you want me back.
00:25:03 Can you hang on for a second?
00:29:25 Don't touch.
00:32:26 our people go out of their way just to show you they're human.
00:36:00 Look out!
00:39:20 Hey!
00:43:34 - Yes. - Yes, what?
00:46:26 - Forward. - That's it, come on.
00:49:28 So there we are.
00:55:06 What happened?
00:58:00 Solitude, isolation. Alone.
01:01:36 The Three Stooges. Give it a rest, will ya?
01:05:21 Listen, what do you say we jump in my car...
01:08:35 Oh. Texaco.
01:11:51 Trying to hide something like this?
01:16:34 this little fart of a robot is beginning to give me red ass.
01:19:44 Yes, but only if it is less than twenty feet away.
01:23:20 I told me.
01:27:20 Damn it, Crosby, you lied to me again.
01:32:17 Now that, my friend, is how you kick ass!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,444
Dialogue density14.7 lines / min
First line00:04:27
Final line01:32:17
Production Record
DirectorJohn Badham
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$40,697,761
IMDb votes68,231