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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)

Starring Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn, William Schallert, Alan Hewitt
Directed by Robert Butler
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)

A small-town college student gains the super-intelligence of a powerful computer in an electrical accident, but after becoming an international celebrity, he lets the fame go to his head.

This routine Disney comedy isn't particularly funny, but has its charms, and is notable for featuring a young Kurt Russell years before his later stardom, and for spawning a couple of sequel films featuring Russell's character, as well as co-stars Flynn, Schallert, and Romero.  Despite the sci-fi premise, there's little in the way of special effects, and the film's climactic chase sequence can't compare to the more madcap action of Disney's past efforts.

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