Bicentennial Man

Theatrical - Wide 1999-12-17

Cast Robin Williams Embeth Davidtz Sam Neill Oliver Platt Kiersten Warren
Directed by Chris Columbus
Written by Nicholas Kazan

Box Office Gross: $87,423,861

Running Time: 131 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Columbia Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, 1492 Pictures, Laurence Mark Productions, Radiant Productions

Genres: Drama Romance

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6/10

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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... See more tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don’t have an ordinary robot.

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Posted 27 years ago

Review Date: Director: Chris Columbus Writer: Nicolas Kazan Producers: Chris Columbus, Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz, L. Mark, N. Miller, M. Radcliffe, M. Barnathan Actors: Robin Williams Embeth Davidtz Sam Neill Plot: In the year 2005, a rich family buys a...

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Review Date: Director: Chris Columbus Writer: Nicolas Kazan Producers: Chris Columbus, Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz, L. Mark, N. Miller, M. Radcliffe, M. Barnathan Actors: Robin Williams Embeth Davidtz Sam Neill Plot: In the year 2005, a rich family buys a...

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