Bicentennial Man (film)
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| Directed by | Chris Columbus |
| Produced by | Chris Columbus Wolfgang Petersen Gail Katz Laurence Mark Neal Miller Mark Radcliffe Michael Barnathan |
| Screenplay by | Nicholas Kazan |
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The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov Robert Silverberg The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov |
| Starring |
Robin Williams Sam Neill Embeth Davidtz Wendy Crewson Oliver Platt |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Cinematography | Phil Méheux |
| Edited by | Neil Travis |
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Buena Vista Pictures (USA & Canada) Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (International) |
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132 minutes |
| Country | United States / Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100 million |
| Box office | $87.4 million |
Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American science fiction coming of age comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz (in a dual role), Wendy Crewson, and Oliver Platt. 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. The film, a co-production between Touchstone Pictures and Columbia Pictures, was directed by Chris Columbus. The title comes from the main character existing to the age of two hundred years, and Asimov's novella was published in the year that the U.S. had its bicentennial.
The film underperfomed at the box office and received mostly negative reviews, but was nominated for Best Makeup at the 72nd Academy Awards and earned a cult following.
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