The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Robert Butler

Writer:

Joseph L. McEveety (written by)

Release Date:

31 December 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Comedy

Tagline:

Programmed for laughs!

Plot:

Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college...

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Computer Memory | Illegal Business | Electric Shock | Friendship

Cast

Kurt Russell	...	Dexter Reilly
Cesar Romero	...	A. J. Arno
Joe Flynn	...	Dean Higgins
William Schallert	...	Professor Quigley
Alan Hewitt	...	Dean Collingsgood
Richard Bakalyan	...	Chillie Walsh
Debbie Paine	...	Annie
Frank Webb	...	Pete
Michael McGreevey	...	Schuyler
Jon Provost	...	Bradley
Frank Welker	...	Henry
Alexander Clarke	...	Myles
Bing Russell	...	Angelo
Pat Harrington Jr.	...	Moderator (as Pat Harrington)
Fabian Dean	...	Little Mac

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

The "campus" shown outside the window of the Dean's office is actually a photograph of buildings in the Walt Disney Studios. This very same backdrop was used during the run of the "Disneyland" television show for scenes shot on the set that served as Walt Disney's "office" when he hosted segments of the program. One oddity is that the building seen in the backdrop was actually the one that housed the real location of Walt's office.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Pete and Annie are reviewing the "Applejack" sequence on their reel to reel tape recorder, the reels change speed between the close-ups and medium shots.

Quotes:

Dean Higgins: Oh, you don't know him. You don't know him at all! The man is ruthless! He gets all that taxpayers' money, and still he's ruthless!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Computer Wore Menace Shoes (#12.6)" (2000)

I wish I had the power!!!!!

"The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" is a very good film. Released by the Disney company in 1970 or so, it's a movie about a student who has all the knowledge, all the power, all the info - that made him as smart as one of those huuuuuge computers of the time!!!!! Hence, the name of the film is called "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes!"

I've seen this original version not on the Old Disney Channel, but on a local station late one Saturday night in '97. It was good; I also remember the 1995 TV remake that I watched on ABC as were we moving here to Texas!

Man, I wish I had all the knowledge like that boy did!!!!! Oops, this reminds me - I gotta quit writing reviews at the moment and finish writing my midterm paper - now!!!!!

Before I go, let me say, enjoy this film!!!!!

10/10