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Bicentennial Man
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew 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.
1999 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 131 min · Drama · Romance · Science Fiction · 13 frames
Tagline
One robot's 200 year journey to become an ordinary man.
Crew
- Screenplay: Nicholas Kazan
- Cinematography: Phil Meheux
- Edited by: Neil Travis, Nicolas De Toth
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: Norman Reynolds
- Produced by: Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan, Gail Katz, Laurence Mark
Cast
- Robin Williams as Andrew
- Embeth Davidtz as Little Miss / Portia
- Sam Neill as Sir
- Oliver Platt as Rupert Burns
- Kiersten Warren as Galatea Robotic / Human
- Wendy Crewson as Ma'am
- Hallie Eisenberg as Little Miss 7 yrs. old
- Lindze Letherman as Miss 9 yrs. old
- Angela Landis as Miss
- John Michael Higgins as Bill Feingold
Production
- Country: Germany, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, 1492 Pictures, Laurence Mark Productions
- Budget: $100,000,000
- Box office: $87,423,861
- Themes: android, based on novel or book, freedom, hologram, futuristic, robot, based on short story, journey, 22nd century, 2040s
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