Bicentennial Man (1999)

Regisseur:

Chris Columbus

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Isaac Asimov (short story "The Bicentennial Man")
Isaac Asimov (novel) ...

Premierendatum:

17. Dezember 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

One robot's 200 year journey to become an ordinary man.

Plot:

An android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Freedom | Humanity | Liberty | Slavery

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A beautifully Innocent Film

Besetzung

Robin Williams	...	Andrew Martin
Embeth Davidtz	...	Little Miss Amanda Martin / Portia Charney
Sam Neill	...	'Sir' Richard Martin
Oliver Platt	...	Rupert Burns
Kiersten Warren	...	Galatea
Wendy Crewson	...	'Ma'am' Martin
Hallie Kate Eisenberg	...	Little Miss Amanda Martin - Age 7
Lindze Letherman	...	'Miss' Grace Martin - Age 9
Angela Landis	...	'Miss' Grace Martin
John Michael Higgins	...	Bill Feingold - Martin's Lawyer
Bradley Whitford	...	Lloyd Charney
Igor Hiller	...	Lloyd Charney - Age 10
Joe Bellan	...	Robot Delivery Man #1
Brett Wagner	...	Robot Delivery Man #2
Stephen Root	...	Dennis Mansky - Head of NorthAm Robotics

Alternativ:

200 Jahre Mann, Der (Deutschland)
Andrew Martin (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and some sexual content.

Länge:

132 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | Deutschland

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:All | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:PG | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #37072) | Philippines:G | Finland:S | Iceland:L

Drehorte:

Alameda, California, USA

Firma:

1492 Pictures

Dies und das:

On 17 June 1999, crews filming in the brand new San Francisco City Hall building set off the sprinkler system, flooding hallways, causing serious damage, and angering San Francisco mayor Willie Brown.

Pannen:

Fehler, die von Charakteren gemacht werden (möglicherweise Absicht der Filmemacher): At the end when Andrew dies and Galatea, the nurse, is checking up on him, you can clearly see that his chest is still moving up and down as if he was still breathing even though he passed away a few seconds earlier.

Dialogzitate:

[after young Lloyd pours sand on Andrew]
Andrew: One understands why some animals eat their young.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (2002) (V)

Soundtrack:

Then You Look at Me

A beautifully Innocent Film

Firstly, i have not read Asimov's book and therefore cannot remark on any errors in translation from book to film.

I have read many of the comments posted here on the IMDb, but fail to see why so many people feel the need to mention that the world is perceived as perfect in the the future, maybe it is, maybe it isn't, the fact is, it's not important. This movie quite simply follows the life of a man trapped in a robots body and his quest to be accepted in the world, and be allowed to love and cherish the people close to him.

I have to say that i didn't expect much from this movie, i thought it would be a kids film, full of typical Robin Williams style laughs, i was way off in my assumption. This is probably Robin Williams's best performance and it is a very emotional journey through change and development of the human condition.

Overall the film is quite amusing, very touching and is full of realistic characters all very well cast to not overshadow 'Andrew' as he quests over 200 years for acceptance.

A great movie 9/10