A high school science nerd gains telekinetic powers after a laboratory accident and uses them for revenge upon bullies.
Director:
Robert J. Rosenthal
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Cast
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| Scott Baio | ... | Barney Springboro | |
| Willie Aames | ... | Peyton Nichols | |
| Robert Mandan | ... | Walter J. Coolidge | |
| Felice Schachter | ... | Bernadette | |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Dexter Jones | |
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Roger Bowen | ... | Mr. Springboro |
| Mews Small | ... | Mrs. Springboro (as Marya Small) | |
| Greg Bradford | ... | Robert Wolcott | |
| Hilary Beane | ... | Corrine Updike | |
| Sue Ane Langdon | ... | Rose Burnhart | |
| Heather Thomas | ... | Jane Mitchell | |
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Hardy Keith | ... | Roscoe Brown |
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Curt Ayers | ... | Art |
| Merritt Butrick | ... | Gary Cooter | |
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Jennifer Chaplin | ... | Melissa Granger |
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Barney Springboro and Peyton Nichols are fun-loving high school students working on a science project with white mice. When one of the mice begins to move food toward itself with out touching it, Barney finds he has accidentally discovered a formula for telekinetic powers. Now, how much trouble can a high school kid who can move things with just his mind get into? Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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stockings | high school prom | sexual fantasy | clothes torn off | public nudity |Taglines:
An A+ comedy you have to get your hands on! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 September 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$16,897,768Company Credits
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Albert Einstein: Sounds like too many chili dogs, Dex. Have to learn to relax!
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Music by Charles Fox
Lyrics by Stephen Geyer (as Steve Geyer)
Performed by Plain Jane
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Final theatrical feature film directed by Robert J. Rosenthal. The film's sequel Zapped Again! (1990) was also the final film of actress Sue Ane Langdon ; the only original cast member to return. See more »Goofs
Barney's father pours rum into his prune juice, twists the cap on and sets the bottle down. Cut to another angle; the rum bottle's in his hand and he repeats his actions. See more »Quotes
Dexter Jones: [stoned and dreaming] Mr. Einstein! I'm feeling strange. Someone's putting some shit on my mind.Albert Einstein: Sounds like too many chili dogs, Dex. Have to learn to relax!
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Crazy Credits
Actor Robert Mandan's character is called "Walter Coolidge" during the movie but in the closing credits the character is named "Walter Johnson". See more »Alternate Versions
The movie was re-shot to add nudity to achieve an R rating, mostly the sex scene with Barney and Bernadette. See more »Soundtracks
Shoot the MoonMusic by Charles Fox
Lyrics by Stephen Geyer (as Steve Geyer)
Performed by Plain Jane
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And I ain't joshin'.
Why Scott Baio gets the proverbial shaft when great actors are discussed is beyond me. Here's a cat who has dated all the hottest tail and was the driving force behind what is arguably the edgiest, most acerbic teen flick ever in "Zapped!" ... yet he is often mentioned in the same breath with the two-headed Corey Monster (Haim and Feldman) and his frequent, far less dramatically astute compatriot, Mr. Willie Aames. Such degradation is tantamount to a travesty.
This movie is a cutting comedic triumph. Baio's character makes incisive observations about the empty rhetoric of adolescence, and challenges authority not only with his telekinetic powers, but alcohol, tobacco and sex. And let's examine the telekinesis closer -- is it just another one of those blessing-and-a-curse afflictions that finds the right guy or girl? Absolutely not. We're talking about a uniquely Zen ideal, a manifestation of a young man's private internal nirvana in the laboratory of the local high school. Beakers move, brooms sweep up debris, roulette wheels spin out of control, dad tosses liquid laxative all over himself uncontrollably ... this is a celluloid incarnation of unrivaled genius.
Alas, who am I kidding? This movie is stupid bad. And yet I still love it, dammit. So sue me.