Circuitry Man (1990)

In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the... See full summary »

Director:

Steven Lovy

Writers:

Robert Lovy, Steven Lovy

Stars:

Jim Metzler, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Lu Leonard

Cast

Credited cast:
Jim Metzler	...	Danner
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson	...	Lori
Lu Leonard	...	Juice
Vernon Wells	...	Plughead
Barbara Alyn Woods	...	Yoyo
Dennis Christopher	...	Leech
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steven Bottomley	...	Bartender
Barney Burman	...	Cheater
Andy Goldberg	...	Squid
Garry Goodrow	...	Jugs
Amy Hill	...	Bartender (Oxy Hill)
Deborah Holland	...	Singer
Steve Hunter	...	Medic Attendant
Darren A. Lott	...	Jackee
Karen Maruyama	...	Biker Bandit

Storyline

In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Lori, a female body guard steals a case of such chips and flees underground Los Angeles with Danner, a pleasure android so that they can smuggle the chips to New York. In pursuit is Plughead, a dangerous criminal so named because of the many sockets and ports which decorate his scalp so that he can test and use the chips that he is after.

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Plot Keywords:

scissors | sword | showdown | cynicism | shot in the forehead | 

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Taglines:

The final frontier is not outer space. It is the human mind.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 December 1990 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Circulatory Man

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

IRS Media, Skouras Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

At the end of the movie, where Leech is held at knife point, he clearly holds his cigar in his left hand, as the assailant forces him to his knees. When the camera angle changes from side to front, the cigar is in his mouth.

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Crazy Credits

The events, characters and firms depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarities to actual persons, living, dead or synthetic, or to actual events or firms are purely coincidental.

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Connections

Followed by Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)

User Reviews

beautiful

circuitry man's only flaw was the obnoxious pleasure droid's failure to die.. other than that, i found it stunning and captivating. i fell instantly in love with the darkly beautiful, sadistic "plughead". as a huge fan of dark sci-fi (dark city, a.i., blade runner, the matrix), this was everything i could want in a movie.