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Short Circuit 2 is a american film of genre Drama directed by Kenneth Johnson released in USA on 6 july 1988 with Tim Blaney
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
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Add to a movie listShort Circuit 2 is an American 1988 comic science fiction film, the sequel to 1986's film Short Circuit. It was directed by Kenneth Johnson, and starred Fisher Stevens as Ben Jahveri, Michael McKean as Fred Ritter, Cynthia Gibb as Sandy Banatoni, and Tim Blaney as the voice of Johnny 5 (the main character – a friendly, naive, self-aware robot). Filming for this film took place in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Synopsis
Benjamin Jahrvi (Fisher Stevens), now unemployed, is peddling sophisticated toy robots that he makes himself by hand on the street corners of New York City. One robot wanders away from his stand and by chance makes its way into the office of Sandy Banatoni (Cynthia Gibb), a scout for a major toy company. Sandy tracks Ben down and orders 1,000 of his toys. Overhearing this offer is con artist Fred Ritter (Michael McKean), who smooth-talks his way into becoming Ben's business partner in the deal and later acquires the funding Ben needs to get his assembly line started from a loan shark.Actors
Tim Blaney
(the voice of Johnny 5)
Fisher Stevens
(Ben Jahrvi)
Michael McKean
(Fred Ritter)
Cynthia Gibb
(Sandy Banatoni)
Jack Weston
(Oscar Baldwin)
Short Circuit
(1986)
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