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Release Date: 1999
Cast: Sam Neill, John Michael Higgins, Embeth Davidtz, Oliver Platt, Bradley Whitford, Igor Hiller, Wendy Crewson, Kiersten Warren, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Angela Landis, Lynne Thigpen, Stephen Root ...MORE
Cast: Sam Neill, John Michael Higgins, Embeth Davidtz, Oliver Platt, Bradley Whitford, Igor Hiller, Wendy Crewson, Kiersten Warren, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Angela Landis, Lynne Thigpen, Stephen Root, Robin Williams, Lindze Letherman ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Science Fiction, Film Adaptation, Fantasy, Romance Film, Domestic Comedy, Tragedy, Comedy, Drama Film, Family Drama, Family
Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American science fiction drama film starring Robin Williams and Sam Neill. Based on the novel The Positronic Man, co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg which is itself based on Asimov's original novella titled The Bicentennial Man, the plot explores issues of humanity, slavery, prejudice, maturity, intellectual freedom, conformity, sex, love, and mortality. It was directed by Chris Columbus.
The NDR series robot "Andrew" (Robin Williams) is introduced in 2005 into the Martin family home to perform housekeeping and maintenance duties. The family's... MORE
Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American science fiction drama film starring Robin Williams and Sam Neill. Based on the novel The Positronic Man, co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg which is itself based on Asimov's original novella titled The Bicentennial Man, the plot explores issues of humanity, slavery, prejudice, maturity, intellectual freedom, conformity, sex, love, and mortality. It was directed by Chris Columbus.
The NDR series robot "Andrew" (Robin Williams) is introduced in 2005 into the Martin family home to perform housekeeping and maintenance duties. The family's reactions range from acceptance and curiosity to outright rejection and deliberate vandalism by their surly older daughter, Grace (Lindze Letherman), which leads to the discovery that Andrew can both identify emotions and reciprocate in kind. When Andrew accidentally breaks a figurine belonging to "Little Miss" Amanda (Hallie Kate Eisenberg), he carves a replacement out of wood. The family is astonished by this creativity and “Sir” Richard Martin (Sam Neill) takes Andrew to his manufacturer, to inquire if all the robots are like him. The CEO of the company sees this development as a problem and wishes LESS
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