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RoboCop
Part man, part machine, all cop.
( Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller )


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US Runtime: 102 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jul 17, 1987   [USA]
 
Director: Paul Verhoeven   [Director]
 
Writers: Michael Miner   [Writer]
Edward Neumeier   [Writer]
 
Producers: Jon Davison   [Executive Producer]
Stephen Lim   [Associate Producer]
Edward Neumeier   [Co-Producer]
Arne Schmidt   [Producer]
Phil Tippett   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Jost Vacano   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Frank J. Urioste   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Basil Poledouris   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: William Sandell   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Erica Edell Phillips   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Sally Dennison   [Casting]
Julie Selzer   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Jon Davison Productions   (US)
Orion Pictures   (US)
Orion Pictures Corporation
 


Plot Summary:

    In a violent future in Old Detroit, murdered police officer Alex Murphy is resurrected as RoboCop, a powerful cyborg law enforcer. As he fights crime, he begins to recover memories of his past and seeks revenge on the gang who killed him.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Peter Weller
Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop
Nancy Allen
Officer Anne Lewis
Dan O'Herlihy
The Old Man
Ronny Cox
Dick Jones
Kurtwood Smith
Clarence Boddicker
Miguel Ferrer
Bob Morton
Robert DoQui
Sgt. Warren Reed
Ray Wise
Leon Nash
Felton Perry
Johnson
Paul McCrane
Emil Antonowsky
 
Jesse D. Goins
Joe Cox
Del Zamora
Kaplan
Calvin Jung
Steve Minh
Rick Lieberman
Walker
Lee de Broux
Sal
Mark Carlton
Miller
Edward Edwards
Manson
Michael Gregory
Lt. Hedgecock
Freddie Hice
Bobby
Neil Summers
Dougy
 
 

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Special Effects Department:

Praxis Film Works
Tippett Studio
 
Visual Concept Engineering (VCE)
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$13,000,000
Revenue:
$53,424,681
Color Info:
Color
Laboratory:
DeLuxe, USA / Du Art Film Laboratories Inc., New York, USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Shooting Dates:
Aug 1986 - Oct 1986

Quotes:

  • Prisoner: I'm what you call a repeat offender. I repeat, I will offend again!
     
  • RoboCop: They'll fix you. They fix everything.
     
  • Lewis: I just asked him his name.
    Morton: Let me make something clear to you. He doesn't have a name. He has a program. He's product.
     
  • RoboCop: Come quietly or there will be... trouble.
     
  • Dick Jones: I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake.
     

Trivia:

  • The movie was supposed to have custom-built police cars built on Camaro chassis. However, the day the first car arrived on the set, everybody took one look at it and burst into laughter. The decision was then made to use the Ford Taurus SHO.
     
  • Two scenes storyboarded, but never filmed were: a scene where RoboCop visits his grave, and a long car chase which was an alternate scene that got them to the old steel mill (place Murphy died). The car chase was after Robo removed his helmet, and had Robo and Lewis break up a riot, followed by a shootout with Joe and Emil (with their military guns seen at the film's end). Eventually, they retreated to their cars where there was a car chase to the old steel mill.
     
  • Stephanie Zimbalist was originally cast in RoboCop, but had to give up the part when called back to film more episodes of NBC series, Remington Steele
     
  • For the theatrical trailer Orion used the music from the Terminators arrival in The Terminator which is also a movie about a machine in human form.
     
  • The entrance to the OCP building in the movie is actually the front entrance of Dallas City Hall with extensive matte work above to make the building appear to be a giant skyscraper.
     

Credits Fun:

  • This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries and its unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution by enforcement droids.
     


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