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Weird Science

film by Hughes [1985]

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Downey

In Robert Downey, Jr.
…movies, including the cult hit Weird Science (1985), led to a stint (1985–86) on the television comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live. With his boyish looks and raffish charm, Downey then scored the lead in the romantic comedy The Pick-up Artist (1987) and broke out further with his visceral performance…
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Paxton

In Bill Paxton
…older brother in John Hughes’s Weird Science (1985) and as a vampire in Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark (1987).
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