Not Quite Human
Dr. Jonas Carson, a scientist, invents Chip, an android teenager. Dr. Carson sends Chip to school with his daughter Becky to see whether an android could interact with others. But his former employer decides to try and make a profit by stealing the mechanical boy.
- Rated
- TV-G
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Released
- 1987
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1987
Storyline
Dr. Jonas Carson, a scientist, invents Chip, an android teenager. Dr. Carson sends Chip to school with his daughter Becky to see whether an android could interact with others. But his former employer decides to try and make a profit by stealing the mechanical boy.
Top credits
Jay Underwood — Chip Carson
Alan Thicke — Dr. Jonas Carson
Robyn Lively — Becky Carson
Joseph Bologna — Gordon Vogel
Did you know
• Both Jay Underwood and Robyn Lively would go on to act in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992). Underwood portrayed a young Ernest Hemingway who befriended the titular teenage Jones in 3 episodes, and Lively played Jones' girlfriend in Princeton, February 1916 (1993).
• Robyn Lively took Jay Underwood as her homecoming date after filming this movie.
• Chip is described as having a high-resolution, multi-flexible plastic coating that feels a lot like flesh. In real life, a variety of flesh like plastics and silicone resins exist, under trade names such as Cyber Skin, UR3, Fanta Flesh and others. These plastics are what allow life sized dolls to create and maintain the fantasy of a real life partner.
User reviews
If memory serves true, AMAZING
a funny, decent family/teenage film
Funny, Intelligent & Clever
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
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