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| Directed by | Chris Columbus |
| Screenplay by | Nicholas Kazan |
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| Cinematography | Phil Méheux |
| Edited by | Neil Travis |
| Music by | James Horner |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $90-100 million[1][2] |
| Box office | $87.4 million[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 issues of humanity, slavery, prejudice, maturity, intellectual freedom, conformity, sex, love, mortality and immortality. The film, a co-production by Touchstone Pictures and Columbia Pictures, was directed by Chris Columbus. The title derives from the main character existing to the age of two hundred years.
Bicentennial Man was released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution in the United States and internationally by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International on December 17, 1999, and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. It was a box office bomb, grossing $87.4 million against a $90–100 million budget.[3] It was the last work of production designer Norman Reynolds before his retirement.[4]
Makeup artist Greg Cannom was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup at the 72nd Academy Awards. The theme song of the film, "Then You Look at Me", was written by James Horner and Will Jennings and sung by Celine Dion.[5]
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