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  1. Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American science fiction comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz (in a dual role), Wendy Crewson and Oliver Platt. Based on the 1992 novel The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg (which is based on Asimov's original 1976 novelette "The Bicentennial Man"), the plot explores ...

  2. The Bicentennial Man. . . . That Thou Art Mindful of Him. " The Bicentennial Man " is a novelette in the Robot series by American writer Isaac Asimov. According to the foreword in Robot Visions, Asimov was approached to write a story, along with a number of other authors who would do the same, for a science fiction collection to be published in ...

    • Isaac Asimov
    • 1976
  3. Dec 17, 1999 · Bicentennial Man: Directed by Chris Columbus. With Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill, Oliver Platt. The life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks.

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    • Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
    • Chris Columbus
    • 1999-12-17
  4. The NDR series robot "Andrew" (Robin Williams) is introduced into the Martin family home in April 2005 to perform housekeeping and maintenance duties. Unfortunately, the elder daughter of the family doesn't accept him, and orders him to jump out the window - injuring his mechanisms severely. The father of the household, Richard Martin, holds a ...

  5. Dec 17, 1999 · "Bicentennial Man" begins with promise, proceeds in fits and starts, and finally sinks into a cornball drone of greeting-card sentiment. Robin Williams spends the first half of the film encased in a metallic robot suit, and when he emerges, the script turns robotic instead.

  6. Bicentennial Man. Richard Martin (Sam Neill) buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew (Robin Williams) by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the ...

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    • Sci-Fi
    • PG
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  8. Part of what makes the opening of Bicentennial Man especially endearing is the fact that almost everything on screen is a genuine physical object. Although computer-generated visual effects hit new heights in 1999 thanks to movies like The Matrix and The Phantom Menace , the film’s prologue proved that practical effects were very much alive and well.

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