RoboCop
RoboCop is a 1987 science fiction action[3] crime movie. It is directed by Paul Verhoeven. The movie stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. It is set in a crime-ridden dystopian Detroit, Michigan in the near future where the police force is run by Security Concepts, a corporation.[4] RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is brutally attacked and fatally wounded by a gang of criminals. He is then made into a cyborg law enforcer known as "RoboCop".[5] The movie had two sequels, RoboCop 2 (1990) and RoboCop 3 (1993). A remake of this movie was released in February 2014.
| RoboCop | |
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| Directed by | Paul Verhoeven |
| Produced by | Arne Schmidt |
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| Music by | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography | Jost Vacano |
| Edited by | Frank J. Urioste |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million[2] |
| Box office | $53.4 million (US)[2] |
Cast
- Peter Weller as Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
- Nancy Allen as Officer Anne Lewis
- Daniel O'Herlihy as The Old Man
- Ronny Cox as Dick Jones
- Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker
- Miguel Ferrer as Bob Morton
- Robert DoQui as Sgt. Warren Reed
- Ray Wise as Leon C. Nash
- Felton Perry as Donald Johnson
- Paul McCrane as Emil Antonowsky
- Jesse Goins as Joe P. Cox
- Calvin Jung as Steve Minh
- Del Zamora as Kaplan
- Rick Lieberman as Walker
- Lee de Broux as Sal
- Edward Edwards as Manson
- Mark Carlton as Miller
- Michael Gregory as Lt. Hedgecock
- Kevin Page as Kinney
- Angie Bolling as Ellen Murphy
- James Levine as Jimmy Murphy
- S.D. Nemeth as Bixby Snyder
- Mario Machado as Casey Wong
RoboCop Media
Director Paul Verhoeven (pictured in 2016). He rejected the RoboCop script twice before taking to its underlying story about a character losing his identity.
Daniel O'Herlihy (pictured in 1955). His character, The Old Man, was based on MCA Inc. executive Lew Wasserman.
Dallas City Hall appears as the exterior of OCP's headquarters. Matte paintings were used to make it appear taller.
A steel mill in Pennsylvania served as the site of RoboCop's and Clarence Boddicker's final battle.
One of the miniature ED-209 models used for animation by Phil Tippett, Randal M. Dutra, and Harry Walton.
The RoboCop logo used in the film
Variety's review highlighted Nancy Allen (pictured in 1984) for providing the only human warmth in RoboCop.
President Ronald Reagan addressing the nation in 1981 on tax reduction. RoboCop satirizes Reagan's political policies, espousing limited regulation, trickle-down economics and a pro-business agenda.
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References
- ↑ "Classification.gov.au". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Box Office Information for RoboCop". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ↑ "The 50 Best Action Movies of All Time". Complex. November 23, 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- ↑ S. Perkowitz, Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007), p. 150
- ↑ Elaine L. Graham, Representations of the Post/human: Monsters, Aliens, and Others in Popular Culture (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002), p. 209
Other websites
- RoboCop on IMDb
- RoboCop at the TCM Movie Database
- RoboCop at Allrovi
- RoboCop at Box Office Mojo
- RoboCop at Rotten Tomatoes
- Criterion Collection essay by Carrie Rickey
- Glass, Fred (1989). "The 'new bad future': Robocop and 1980s' Sci-Fi films". Science as Culture. 1 (5): 7–49. doi:10.1080/09505438909526234.
