Making Mr. Right Page #2

Synopsis: A reclusive scientist builds a robot that looks exactly like him to go on a long-term space mission. Since the scientist seems to lack all emotions, he is unable to program them into his automaton, and an eccentric woman is hired to "educate" the robot on human behavior. In the end, she falls in love... but is the robot or the Dr. Mr. Right?
Director(s): Susan Seidelman
Production: HBO Video
 
IMDB:
5.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
PG-13
Year:
1987
98 min
115 Views


OF ALL MAGAZINES?

WOMEN.

AND IF THIS PUBLICITY

CAMPAIGN IS GONNA WORK,

THAT, GENTLEMEN,

IS YOUR TARGET GROUP.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE

SOMETHING YOU COULD DO

IN, SAY, 35 DAYS?

ONLY IF I CAN PUBLICIZE

THE ANDROID MY WAY,

AND THAT MEANS:

FULL MEDIA SATURATION.

AND I PROMISE YOU, BOYS,

I'LL HAVE EVERYONE

IN CONGRESS ITCHING

TO FUND YOUR PROGRAM

BEFORE YOU CAN SAY E.T.

WELCOME TO CHEMTEC.

PARKING IN LOT C.

THANKS.

WELCOME TO CHEMTEC,

MISS STONE.

OH, DR. RAMDAS,

IT'S A PLEASURE.

QUITE A FACILITY

YOU'VE GOT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

IT'S THE WAY

OF THE FUTURE.

YOUR VISITOR'S PASS.

WOULD YOU:

FOLLOW ME, PLEASE?

SURE.

P.A.:
PAGING DR. NIPATOE.

DR. NIPATOE TO ROBOTICS,

ROOM D, PLEASE.

DR. NIPATOE...

THIS IS WHERE:

ULYSSES WAS BORN.

IN THE FUTURE,

MAKING LOVE WILL

NO LONGER BE NECESSARY

FOR THE CREATION

OF LIFE.

IT CAN ALL BE DONE

FAR MORE EFFICIENTLY

IN THE LAB.

HOW ROMANTIC.

OF COURSE, I MYSELF

PREFER:

THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.

WHY DON' YOU WAIT IN HERE?

I'LL SEE

IF DR. PETERS IS FREE.

I KNOW HE'D

LIKE TO MEET YOU.

OKEY-DOKEY.

OH!

OH, HI, YOU MUS BE DR. PETERS.

I'M FRANKIE STONE.

WHAT DO YOU:

CALL THESE?

WHAT?

OH--WH--

WHAT ARE YOU--

YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS LAB

TOO LONG, BUDDY!

P.A.:
PAGING DR. STEVENSON.

YOU'RE WANTED IN IMAGE

PROCESSING, DR. PETERBERG.

OH, MY GOD!

I KNEW IT!

ONE MINUTE WITH A WOMAN

AND HE SHORT-CIRCUITS.

MY GOD,

HE LOOKS LIKE YOU!

WHAT DID YOU THINK

HE'D LOOK LIKE,

AN ERECTOR SET?

WHAT'S THE MATTER,

NO MAN EVER LOSE HIS HEAD

OVER YOU BEFORE?

[SNORTS]

HE LOOKS SO REAL.

HE--HE--

HE IS REAL...

IN HIS OWN WAY.

METAL, PROTEINS,

SYNTHETIC FIBERS.

HE'S NO DIFFEREN THAN YOU OR I.

WHAT'S THAT?

THAT--I-I--

IS HIS RESET BUTTON.

IT REACTIVATES:

HIS MOTOR CONTROL.

I TOLD RAMDAS:

THAT THE CONCEP OF A WOMAN WOULD

MERELY CONFUSE HIM.

ULYSSES,

STOP PLAYING GAMES.

ULYSSE--

ULYSSES!

HERE.

OH--UH!

[BEEP BEEP]

Dr. Ramdas:
I THOUGH SHOWING YOU THESE TAPES

MIGHT HELP TO MAKE YOU

MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE DROID.

YOU SEE, MISS STONE,

PROGRAMMING THE ANDROID

TAKES HIM JUST SO FAR.

THE REST MUST BE

LEARNED:

LIKE A HUMAN CHILD.

WE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY WITH

HIS GROSS MOTOR FUNCTIONS

BEFORE WE MODIFIED

HIS CEREBRAL:

MUSCULAR COORDINATION.

[FRANKIE GIGGLES]

Dr. Peters, severely:

EDGE PERCEPTION, MISS STONE,

IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

[GIGGLES]

Dr. Peters:
IT--I MAY LOOK SIMPLE TO YOU,

BUT IT REALLY IS

AN INCREDIBLY SOPHISTICATED

SERIES OF PROGRAMS.

Dr. Peters:

ONCE WE WERE ABLE

TO MODIFY:

HIS HAND/EYE COORDINATION,

WE--WE REALIZED HE HAD

A RETINAL RESOLUTION

10 TIMES GREATER THAN THA OF THE AVERAGE HUMAN EYE.

Dr. Peters:

AND AS YOU CAN SEE,

WE LICKED THAT PROBLEM.

Frankie:
WELL,

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