RoboCop

RoboCop
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paul Verhoeven
Produced by	Arne Schmidt
Written by	Edward Neumeier Michael Miner
Starring	Peter Weller Nancy Allen Daniel O'Herlihy Ronny Cox Kurtwood Smith Miguel Ferrer
Music by	Basil Poledouris
Cinematography	Jost Vacano
Edited by	Frank J. Urioste
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release date	July 17, 1987 (1987-07-17)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million
Box office	$53.4 million

RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunkaction film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is brutally shot to death by a gang of criminals and subsequently revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as "RoboCop".

Themes that make up the basis of RoboCop include media influence, gentrification, corruption, authoritarianism, greed, privatization, capitalism, identity, dystopia, and human nature. It received positive reviews and was cited as one of the best films of 1987, spawning a franchise that included merchandise, two sequels, a television series, a remake, two animated TV series, a television mini-series, video games, and a number of comic book adaptations/crossovers. The film was produced for a relatively modest $13 million. Honors for the film include five Saturn Awards, two BAFTA Award nominations and the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, along with nominations for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing.