Uniform Title |
Bicentennial man (Motion picture : 1999) |
Title |
Bicentennial man. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video, ©1999. |
Description |
1 DVD-video (126 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Columbia TriStar Home Video : D30198. |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. |
Based on the novel The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg (which is itself based on Asimov's original novella The Bicentennial Man). |
Special features: Original widescreen presentation ; Original movie trailer ; Behind the scenes featurette on the making of the movie with cast and crew interviews ; Isolated soundtrack ; Talent profiles ; Bonus trailers for other Robin Williams titles available on DVD. |
Credits |
Directed by Chris Columbus. |
Performers |
Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Wendy Crewson, Oliver Platt. |
Summary |
Richard Martin (Sam Neill) buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew (Robin Williams) by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot. |
Target audience note |
Censorship rating: PG. |
System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, Region 4, PAL, widescreen 16:9. |
Language note |
English. Subtitles in English, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hindi, Hebrew, Dutch, Croatian, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Arabic. |
Subjects |
Asimov, Isaac, -- 1920-1992 -- Film adaptations. |
Silverberg, Robert -- Film adaptations |
Androids -- Drama |
Families -- Drama |
Artificial intelligence -- Drama |
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Drama |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
Genre |
Comedy films |
Science fiction films |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Other Names |
Columbus, Chris director. |
Williams, Robin, 1951-2014 actor. |
Neill, Sam actor. |
Davidtz, Embeth, 1966- actor. |
Crewson, Wendy actor. |
Platt, Oliver actor. |
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. The positronic man Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
Silverberg, Robert. The positronic man Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. The positronic man .
- Columbus, Chris .
- Crewson, Wendy .
- Davidtz, Embeth, 1966- .
- Neill, Sam .
- Platt, Oliver .
- Silverberg, Robert. The positronic man .
- Williams, Robin, 1951-2014 .
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