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:

Katey Sagal, Ryan Merriman, Katie Volding

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Katey Sagal	...	Pat
Ryan Merriman	...	Ben
Katie Volding	...	Angie
Kevin Kilner	...	Nick
Jessica Steen	...	Sara
Emilio Borelli	...	Miles
Paul Linke	...	Tuttle
Jason Lansing	...	Johnny
Joshua Boyd	...	Ryan
Raquel Beaudene	...	Gwen
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 | liquid | disney channel original movie | laser cutter | computer controlled house | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ryan Merriman, Kevin Kilner and Jessica Steen appeared in different episodes of Touched By An Angel.

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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

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Epic Disney Channel Movie Villains (2020)

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Soundtracks

Slam Dunk
Performed by Five
Composed by Denniz Pop, Max Martin (as Martin Sandberg), Herbie Crichlow (as Herbert Crichlow), Jacob Schulze (as Jacob Schultz)
Published by BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP) on behalf of Cheiron Songs/BMS Music Publishing Scandinavia AB.
Also published by Zomba Enterprises, Inc./Grantsville Publishing, Ltd. (Admin.) by Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (ASCAP) (for United States and Canada)/Grantsville Publishing, Ltd. (Administered by Zomba Music Publishers, Ltd. for the rest of the world) and Mega Scandinavia A/S.
Five provided courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.

User Reviews

better than usual Disney material

Hmmmm, why don't people seem to like this movie? I think it's one of the better made-for-Disney-Channel films in the last couple of years. After seeing how good Ryan Merriman was in Deep End, I was looking forward to Smart House and I wasn't disappointed. Hopefully, Ryan can do another Disney film in 2001.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 June 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Smart House

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