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An American rock ’n’ roll singer (Val Kilmer, making his feature debut) gets caught up in a wacky espionage mission in East Germany in this outrageous spoof from the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker crew. Poking fun at teen musicals and spy thrillers, and pilfering beloved moments from "The Wizard of Oz," "Goldfinger," "The Sound of Music," "The Blue Lagoon," and the cinema of Steven Spielberg, this laugh-a-minute comedy co-stars Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, and Peter Cushing. 90 min. C/Rtg: PG Real Genius (1985) Pacific Tech senior Chris Knight (Val Kilmer)--once the smartest freshman in university history, now an underachieving party animal--meets up with new roomie Mitch Taylor (Gabe Jarret), who wants to tap Chris’ brain for his high-powered laser research project. When the wacky whizzes learn that their prof (William Atherton) intends to weaponize their creation and sell it to the government, they set out to sabotage the works. Wild comedy from director Martha Coolidge co-stars Michelle Meyrink, Jon Gries. 106 min. C/Rtg: PG Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Region Free