Bicentennial Man is a movie directed by Chris Columbus in 1999 and based on the book The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1992. The movie features Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Wendy Crewson, Oliver Platt, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, and others.
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Book by Isaac Asimov
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Storyline
The NDR series robot Andrew is introduced in 2005 into the Martin family home to perform housekeeping and maintenance duties, and introduces himself by showing a presentation of the Three Laws of Robotics. NorthAm’s CEO Dennis Mansky claims this is a problem and offers to scrap Andrew, but instead Richard takes Andrew back home and encourages him to continue his creativity and explore other humanities.
Movie vs Book
Year
1999
Minutes
132
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
Bicentennial Man
Director: Chris Columbus
Country: USA
Year: 1999
Length: 2h12m
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Year
1992
Pages
290
Book Rate
8.20
S: Goodreads
Book
The Positronic Man
Author: Isaac Asimov
Country: USA
First published in: 1992
Length: 290 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Robot
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