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I like Real Genius. It's not exactly a good movie, and yet, it has attained a certain cult status. The movie is based on Caltech and some of the pranks featured
by Rod 18y ago
I like Real Genius. It's not exactly a good movie, and yet, it has attained a certain cult status. The movie is based on Caltech and some of the pranks featured in the movie actually happened in the 1960s and 1970s.
That character who lived in the tunnels, Lazlo Hollyfeld, was also based on a Caltech student who once lived a few weeks in the campus underground tunnels because he needed temporary accommodation or something like that...
- ewiethoff 18y agoAh, yes, Lazlo was the name. Thanks for the Caltech scoop. (I was RPI ages ago.)
- Rod 18y agoRemember that scene where Lazlo comes up with a way of hacking some sweepstakes? That was based on a real event: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Caltech_Sweepstakes_Caper http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Caltech_Sweeps... More info on the actual stories portrayed in the movie: http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~erich/real_genius_refs.html http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~erich/real_genius_refs.html
- ewiethoff 18y agoNope, sorry, but thanks for the links. At the moment, I'm chuckling to myself about the hyper gal who knits sweaters for everyone at night because she never sleeps. Oh, and the ice covered hallway. And here I am awake all night...