| 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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