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Synopsis
If a robot spends enough time around humans, can he learn to become one of them? The Martin family purchases a domestic android as a servant and names him Andrew (Robin Williams). Andrew comes to know the man of the house as Sir (Sam Neill), his wife as Ma'am Wendy Crewson, and their daughter as Portia (Embeth Davidtz); before long, the Martins suspect that they do not have an ordinary robot on their hands. Andrew seems capable of expressing emotion and generating original thoughts, and the longer he stays with the Martins, the more strongly these human traits manifest themselves. Over the next 200 years, Andrew becomes less a machine and more a member of the family, until a mechanic (Oliver Platt) tells Andrew that he might be able to turn him into a human being. Based on a short story by renowned science fiction author Isaac Asimov (surprisingly, it's only the second Asimov story to be brought to the screen), Bicentennial Man was directed by Chris Columbus, who previously worked with Robin Williams on Mrs. Doubtfire. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Wendy Crewson Ma'am
Embeth Davidtz Little Miss / Portia
Sam Neill Sir
Oliver Platt Rupert Burns
Stephen Root Dennis Mansky
Lynne Thigpen Female President
George D. Wallace Male President
Bradley Whitford Lloyd
Robin Williams Andrew
Kiersten Warren Galatea
John Michael Higgins Bill Feingold
Hallie Kate Eisenberg Little Miss, age 7

Production Crew

Bruton Jones Art Director
Mark Mansbridge Art Director
William Hiney Art Director
Paula DuPre Pesman Associate Producer
Robert Silverberg Book Author
Jane Jenkins Casting
Janet Hirshenson Casting
Phil Meheux Cinematographer
James Horner Composer (Music Score)
Joseph G. Aulisi Costume Designer
Chris Columbus Director
Neil Travis Editor
Dan Kolsrud Executive Producer
David Sardi First Assistant Director
Greg Cannom Makeup Special Effects
Keith Vanderlaan Makeup Special Effects
Chris Columbus Producer
Gail Katz Producer
Laurence Mark Producer
Mark A. Radcliffe Producer
Michael Barnathan Producer
Neal Miller Producer
Wolfgang Petersen Producer
Norman Reynolds Production Designer
Nicholas Kazan Screenwriter
Brian Sullivan Second Unit Director Of Photography
Anne Kuljian Set Designer
Bill Taliaferro Set Designer
Darrell L. Wight Set Designer
Geoff Hubbard Set Designer
James Tocci Set Designer
Isaac Asimov Short Story Author
Isaac Asimov Short Story Author
Robert Shoup Sound Editor
Nelson Stoll Sound/Sound Designer
Randy Thom Sound/Sound Designer
Dream Quest Images Special Effects
Steve Johnson Special Effects
James E. Price Visual Effects Supervisor
Year: 1999
Runtime: 131
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG
for language and some sexual content
Category: Feature


Sound
Dolby digital/SDDS/DTS

Produced by
1492 Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Radiant Films
Touchstone Pictures

Release
December 17, 1999 (USA)
by Buena Vista