Smart House (1999)

A teenager wins a fully-automated dream house in a competition, but soon the computer controlling it begins to take over and everything gets out of control. Then teenage Ben must calm the computer named PAT.

Director:

LeVar Burton

Writers:

William Hudson (as William R. Hudson), Stu Krieger

Stars:

Kevin Kilner, Ryan Merriman, Katey Sagal

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Kilner	...	Nick Cooper
Ryan Merriman	...	Ben Cooper
Katey Sagal	...	Pat
Jessica Steen	...	Sara Barnes
Katie Volding	...	Angie Cooper
Emilio Borelli	...	Miles
Paul Linke	...	Tuttle
Jason Lansing	...	Johnny
Joshua Boyd	...	Ryan
Raquel Beaudene	...	Gwen Patroni
Niles Calloway	...	Charlie
Sean P. Donahue	...	Passing Kid (as Sean Donahuoe)
Nicole Bailey	...	Pretty Girl
Rachel Duncan	...	Judy
Susan Haskell	...	Natalie

Storyline

A 13-year-old boy wins a computerized house manned by a cyborg maid named PAT. When he and his dad move into the house, he figures that his dad will cease considering re-marrying since the house and PAT can handle all of the cooking and cleaning chores. However, his father soon shows an interest in the computer programmer. This sets the boy into tinkering with PAT's program and setting in motion a too-wife (and mother)-like nagging robot.

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Plot Keywords:

smart house | lifting person in air | liquid | table | disney channel original movie | 

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Taglines:

When The Computer At Home Has Opinions Of Her Own!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 June 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Casa Inteligente

Filming Locations:

Taft High School, 5461 Winnetka Ave, Woodland Hills, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alan Sacks Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Sarah confronts PAT at the locked room she has her goggles on her forehead, but when she runs into the other room her goggles are around her neck.

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Quotes

Ben: Pat, take it easy.
Pat: Easy? You think I wouldn't rather be taking it easy? But no, I'm too busy keeping up with the Coopers! Slaving away in a hot control room, doing homework, throwing parties, keeping schedules, making your lives perfect. So you can bring another woman into my domain? I don't think so, mister. I am a mother like no other and I will not sit back and allow myself to be preempted!

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Connections

References Beauty and the Beast (1991)

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Soundtracks

The House Is Jumpin'
Performed by Barry Goldberg, John Philip Shenale, Sterling Smith
Vocals by Chán André
Written by Barry Goldberg and Jill Wisoff & Joel Diamond

User Reviews

not great but not bad either

It's not a bad movie. The story's interesting, the acting is alright. It's got a lot of things in it that are unrealistic, but that doesn't make it bad (I mean how realistic is The Wizard of Oz or Planet of the Apes) It's pretty good for a made for TV movie, I'd say. If it's on TV and you've got nothing better to do, I would recommend watching it.