THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES

THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES. Robert Butler, dir. USA: Disney/Buena Vista, 1970. Kurt Russell, star.

The wearer of the tennis shoes is struck by lightning while repairing a computer, receiving from the bolt all the data in the computer. Remade and updated to the 1990s (Disney version, anyway). Later remade for TV: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. Peyton Reed, dir. USA: Disney, 1995; Joseph L. McEveety and Ryan, script, from "the feature film written by Joseph L. McEveety"; Kirk Cameron, star.[1]