The Man bicentenary

L´Homme bicentenary ( Bicentennial Man ) is a German-American film carried out by Chris Columbus, left in 1999. It is an adaptation of the news éponyme of Isaac Asimov.

Synopsis

At this beginning of 21e century when the technological advancement spread for the best, Richard Martin acquires of the new whole domestic Robot with the mode, the NDR-114. This one was conceived to carry out the painful pieces of housework formerly reserved for the human beings: cook, household, do-it-yourself, monitoring of the children. They baptize it Andrew.

With this close Andrew in question will not be as simple as the traditional model. Equipped with an analytical mind modified by accident, the robot will give itself goals, objectives to be reached and goes to the wire of its trainings and its emotions, to learn the life.

Andrew will go even until defying the death of the Man by helping it to survive its own fears. But he will discover very quickly that the life and the love have a price, whose only will be able to determine the amount to him…

Data sheet

Title: L´Homme bicentenary
original Title: Bicentennial Man
Realization: Chris Columbus
Scenario: Isaac Asimov, adapted its New of the same name
Music: James Horner
Production: Michael Barnathan and Chris Columbus
Country of origin: the United States and Germany
Format: Colors (Technicolor) - 1,85:1 (Vistavision) - Its SDR/Dolby DIGITAL/SDDS
Kind: Science fiction
Lasted: 132 minutes
Coming out date: March 15th 2000 (France, Belgium)

Distribution

Robin Williams (VF: Michel Papineschi) : Andrew Martin
Embeth Davidtz (VF: Isabelle Guard) : Little Miss Amanda Martin/Portia Charney
Sam Neill (VF: Herve Belon oyster) : “Sir” Richard Martin
Oliver Platt (VF: Antoine Tomé) : Rupert Burns
Kiersten Warren (VF: Nathalie Bienaimé) : Galatea
Wendy Crewson (VF: Josiane Finch) : “Ma´am” Martin
Hallie Kate Eisenberg (VF: Malene Kaloudia) : “Little Miss” Amanda Martin (at 7 years)
Lindze Letherman (VF: Mauricette Marot) : “Miss” Martin Grace (at 9 years)
Angela Landis: “Miss” Martin Grace (adult) /Portia Martin
John Michael Higgins (VF: Boris Rehlinger) : Bill Feingold, Martin' S Lawyer
Bradley Whitford (VF: Laurent Offal) : Lloyd Charney

Anecdotes

Andrew is named thus by Grace which hears the word " badly; androïde".
Galatea is named according to Galatée.
When Rupert builds an artificial heart for Andrew, Galatea sings " Yew I Only Had has Heart" of the film the Magician of OZ .

External bond

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