Bicentennial Man

Plot

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

About Bicentennial Man

Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American science fiction comedy drama film, directed by Chris Columbus, and starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Wendy Crewson and Oliver Platt. Based on the 1976 novelette of the same name by Isaac Asimov and the 1992 novel The Positronic Man by Asimov and Robert Silverberg, the title derives from the main character existing to the age of two hundred years. Bicentennial Man was released in the United States on December 17, 1999, by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution under the Touchstone Pictures banner, with Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International releasing in other territories under the Columbia Pictures banner. It received mixed reviews from critics, and was a box office flop, grossing $87.4 million against a $90–100 million budget. Makeup artist Greg Cannom was nominated for Best Makeup at the 72nd Academy Awards.

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