| Hardware | |
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| Directed by | Richard Stanley |
| Screenplay by | Richard Stanley |
| Based on | SHOK! by Steve MacManus Kevin O'Neill |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Steven Chivers |
| Edited by | Derek Trigg |
| Music by | Simon Boswell |
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| Distributed by | Palace Pictures (United Kingdom) Millimeter (United States) |
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Running time | 94 minutes[2] |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States[1][3] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £960,000[4] ($1.5 million) |
| Box office | $5.7 million (US)[5] |
Hardware is a 1990 British science fiction horror film written and directed by Richard Stanley, in his feature directorial debut. It stars Dylan McDermott and Stacey Travis, and also features cameo appearances by musicians Carl McCoy, Iggy Pop and Lemmy. An example of the cyberpunk subgenre,[6] the plot of Hardware follows a self-repairing robot that goes on a rampage in a post-apocalyptic slum.
Fleetway Comics successfully sued the filmmakers of Hardware for plagiarism, due to similarities between the screenplay and a short story entitled "SHOK!" that appeared in 1980 in the Judge Dredd Annual 1981, a spin-off publication of the popular British weekly anthology comic 2000 AD; credit was added to later releases of the film. Since its release, Hardware has become considered a cult film.
- ^ a b "Hardware (1990)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "HARDWARE (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 22 August 1990. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Hardware (1990)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
- ^ HARDWARE Blu-ray Disc (Director's commentary)
- ^ "Hardware". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ Short 2002, p. 169.