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Ray Bradbury's Electric Grandmother
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0079474546109
Format: NTSC, Color
Label: LCA
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: LCA
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1981
Publisher: LCA
Running Time: 50 unknown-units
Studio: LCA
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Plot Summary for Electric Grandmother, The (1982) (TV) To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper...
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - The Ending Holds the Magic
As a retired school teacher, I have seen this video once a year for 25 years 5-7 times a day. I would cry every time, every class, every period. My kids thought I was crazy. I think that it is more truly appreciated as we get older, watch our parents and grandparents become older, that the child becomes the parent and vice versa. The story of the grandmother finally breaking through to Agatha is tender and true, but the ending holds the true message of the story....the circle of life. I always ... Read More
Rating: - Must have seen it dozens of times
When I heard that Maureen Stapleton passed, I immediately remembered her as her character in this movie. My brother and I watched this movie over and over and over when we were 4 and 7 years old, respectively. It is touching and appropriate, a wonderful, timeless family classic. We later found out that it was filmed at a house in the town where we lived, so any time we drove past the house, we excitedly pointed out the "Electric Grandmother House" to anybody within earshot.
Rating:  - DVD is available
This is available on DVD now. It's an import, but it's region 0 or NTSC. You can buy it on e-bay from $25-$40.
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Rating: - Delightful, fun, yet sad--all wrapped into one movie!
This is an excellent children's movie. I saw it as a child myself when it first came on Nickelodeon (you know, back in the stone age of the 80's?).
Maureen Stapleton plays the "Electric Grandmother" who is a robot bought by an widower inventor for his children. The "grandmother" is extremely caring and friendly and it's hard to accept the fact that she's supposed to be none other than a robot, but anyhow, it's a good film about life and adjusting to new things.
The father ... Read More
Rating: - Pure Childhood HBO Nostalgia
"Timothy, Timothy.... never you fear. Trouble won't, trouble you... now that I'm here. I know a secret.... that grandmother's know. Trust me, you'll find it. And help you to grow."
Holy cow. I still remember that darn song! The last time I saw this movie was back in the early 80's as a 5th grader watching HBO. Of course this was back in the times when most cable companies carried only HBO as a premium channel. This movie is so child and family oriented I was suprised just now to ... Read More
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