Product Details

• Actors: Maureen Stapleton, Edward Herrmann, Robert McNaughton
• Format: NTSC, Color
• Language: English
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: LCA
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001CKHR8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,834 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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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...

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes me cry, September 29, 2005

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Allan W. Horbach "Allan" (Osan Air Base, Korea) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ray Bradbury's Electric Grandmother (VHS Tape)

Ever see a happy ending that makes you force tears back? Well, Electric Grandmother is that movie that does it for me. I don't know what buttons are being pushed but pushed they are. I even watch this movie quite a few years ago to prove to myself that I wouldn't shed movie-tears. Dismal failure. With that said, this is an excellent movie that really does justice to the written fiction of Ray Bradbury translated to the screen. Highly recommended!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Childhood HBO Nostalgia, December 28, 2005

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Quipuha "GuamGuy" (Honolulu, HI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ray Bradbury's Electric Grandmother (VHS Tape)

"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 find out it was created by Ray Bradbury. It was so happy and touching that I could barely remember any dark aspects of the film. To this day, as a 32 yr old pediatrician, I can still remember those scenes where the grandma would serve milk out of her finger, the three kids growing old at the end of the movie when they're robotic grandmother returns, and even how the grandmother hated her grey hair-- unbeknownst to her this was chosen by the little girl whom she had the most trouble connecting to.

It's so funny, or perhaps tragic in some ways, how these little weird films shown to me by HBO as a child have stuck into my memory This film is one. "The Learning Tree" is another. And finally, the now cult classic "Midnight Madness."

As soon as this film is made for DVD I'm buyin!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A heartwarming movie, February 4, 2004

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Sarah Roth (Fort Mill, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ray Bradbury's Electric Grandmother (VHS Tape)

I love this movie. It is a wonderful children's movie and even adults will like it too.
You will feel good after this movie.. Make sure you have some kleenex.