RoboCop (1987)


RoboCop
Release Date17 July 1987
Budget$13,000,000
US Box Office$53,000,000
TaglinePart man. Part machine. All cop. The future of law enforcement.
GenreAction, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBuilding One, Studios at Las Colinas - 6301 North O'Connor Road, Irving, Texas, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby SR, 70 mm 6-Track
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassSci-Fi Action
MoodOther Dimensions, Tough Guys
ThemesFuture Dystopias, Robots and Androids, Vigilantes, Fighting the System, Rogue Cops
TonesSatirical, Explosive, Slick, Cynical, Visceral, Outrageous, Grotesque, Humorous
TagsAndroid, Crimefighter, Crimefighting, Cyborg, Experiment, Future, Kill, Killler Robot, Law Enforcement, Memory, Police, Revenge, Robbery, Superhero

RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction-action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg known as "RoboCop". The film features Peter Weller, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Allen, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox.


Cast and Crew


Officer Anne Lewis

The Old Man

Richard 'Dick' Jones

Clarence J. Boddicker

Robert Morton

Robert DoQui
Sergeant Warren Reed

Leon C. Nash

Felton Perry
Johnson

Emil M. Antonowsky

Jesse D. Goins
Joe P. Cox

Kaplan

Calvin Jung
Steve Minh

Rick Lieberman
Walker

Lee de Broux
Sal

Mark Carlton
Ron Miller

Edward Edwards
Manson

Michael Gregory
Lieutenant Hedgecock

Freddie Hice
Bobby

Neil Summers
Dougy

Gene Wolande
Prisoner

Gregory Poudevigne
Slimey Lawyer

Charles Carroll
Bail Bondsman

Kevin Page
Kinney

Yolonda Williams
Ramirez

Tyrees Allen
Starkweather

John S. Davies
Chessman

Laird Stuart
Cecil the Clerk

Stephen Berrier
Roosevelt

Tyler

Karen Radcliffe
Technician #1

Technician #2

Dr. McNamara

Donna Keegan
Rape Victim

Mike Moroff
Hophead

Marjorie Rynearson
Grocery Mom

Jo Livingston
Grocery Pop

Chandra

Adrianne Sachs
Tawney

Maarten Goslins
Salesman

Angie Bolling
Ellen Murphy

Jason Levine
Jimmy Murphy

S.D. Nemeth
Bixby Snyder

Bill Farmer
Justin Ballard-Watkins

Michael Hunter
Peter the Homeowner

Spencer Prokop
Gas Station Attendant

Debra Zach
Nurse

L.J. King
Emergency Doctor

Emergency Doctor

Jesse Perkins

Mario Machado
Casey Wong

Don 'Tex' Clark
Boardroom Executive

Gilbert B. Combs
Sal´s Gunman

Jon Davison
ED-209

James Field
Restroom Jr. Exec

Sal's Bodyguard

Andee Gray
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Katie Griffin
Young Girl

Harry Johnson
Dad - Nuke-'em" commercial

Randall Oliver
S.W.A.T. Team

Barbara

Scott Sligar
S.W.A.T. Team

Dancer - Disco scene

Mark Edward Walters
Street Kid

Director

Writer

Edward Neumeier

Michael Miner

Producer

Jon Davison
executive producer

Stephen Lim
associate producer

Edward Neumeier
co-producer

Arne Schmidt
producer

Phil Tippett
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Sol Negrin
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Jost Vacano
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Editor

Frank J. Urioste
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Casting Director

Sally Dennison
-

Julie Selzer
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Production Designer

William Sandell
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Art Director

Gayle Simon
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Set Decorator

Robert Gould
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Costume Designer

Erica Edell Phillips
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Makeup Department

Rob Bottin
special makeup effects

Bonnie Clevering
hair stylist

Stephan Dupuis
prosthetics applied by

Fred Lackey III
hair stylist

Carla Palmer
makeup artist

Production Manager

Charles Newirth
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Robin Leigh Fleck
assistant director: second unit

Mark Goldblatt
second unit director

David B. Householter
second assistant director

Scott Musgrave
assistant director: second unit

Michele Panelli-Venetis
first assistant director

Monte Hellman
second unit director

Art Department

Henry Alvarez
sculptor, construction crew: RoboCop

E.W. Bradford
construction coordinator

Bradly E. Breitbarth
assistant property master

Samai Brown
assistant props

Gunnar Ferdinandsen
construction crew: RoboCop

John Harrington
head painter

Jerry G. Henery
construction foreman

Steven Ladish
props

John Lamkin
lead man

Larry Langley
construction foreman

Bill MacSems
property master

Randall Mulry
lead man

Art Pimentel
construction crew: RoboCop

Paul S. Power
storyboard artist

Vincent Prentice
construction crew: RoboCop

Tom Prossner
construction crew: RoboCop

Erica Rogalla
set dresser

Miles Teves
concept illustrator: Rob Bottin Productions

James E. Tocci
set designer

Richard White
construction crew: RoboCop

William Vance White
leadman

Gene Winfield
6000 SUX creator: Rod & Custom

Floyd Gentry
painter

Sound Department

Steve Bartlett
sound

Michael J. Benavente
sound editor

Don Broughton
boom operator

James Christopher
sound editor

Carlos Delarios
sound re-recording mixer

Burness Dembrowski
foley editor

Ken Dufva
foley artist

Ezra Dweck
sound effects recordist

David Lee Fein
foley artist

Donald Flick
sound editor

Stephen Hunter Flick
sound editor

Avram D. Gold
sound editor

David W. Gray
stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Michael J. Kohut
sound re-recording mixer

John Pospisil
sound editor

Aaron Rochin
sound re-recording mixer

Robert Wald
sound mixer

David A. Whittaker
sound editor

Special Effects

Lawrence A. Aeschlimann
special effects

Peter Kuran
special photographic effects: Visual Concept Engineering

Dale L. Martin
special effects

Dennis Pawlik
roboteam

William Purcell
special effects

Keith Richins
special effects

Becky Ochoa
special effects crew

Don Waller
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Don Baker
matte camera: Praxis Film Works

Beverly Bernacki
optical effects: VCE

Robert Blalack
optical supervisor: Praxis Film Works

Neal Brietbarth
effects construction: ED-2000

Blair Clark
effects crew: ED-2000

Craig Davies
ED-2000 creator & designer

Sheila Duignan
effects crew: ED-2000

Randy Dutra
stop-motion animation: ED-2000

Rick Fichter
plate photography: ED-2000

Spencer Gill
optical effects: VCE

Rocco Gioffre
matte painter

Ed Harker
optical effects: VCE

Craig Hayes
ED-209 designer & constructor

Denis Hoffman
opticals: Freeze Frame

Michael Karp
matte camera: Praxis Film Works

Peter Kuran
special photographic effects: VCE

Kevin Kutchaver
animation effects: VCE

Ute Leonhardt
camera operator: Praxis Film Works

Paula Lucchesi
effects construction: ED-2000

Tamia Marg
effects crew: ED-2000

Jo Martin
animation effects: VCE

George Muhs
visual effects

Sarah Pasanen
optical effects: VCE

Jules Roman
effects editor: ED-2000

Pete Ronzani
ED-2000 creator & designer

Phil Tippett
ED-209 sequences creator

Harry Walton
visual effects: ED-2000

Jacqueline Zietlow
administration: VCE

Jammie Friday
animator: VCE, Inc.

Tom St. Amand
stop-motion technician

Stunts

Jamie S. Bunch
stunts

Doug Coleman
stunts

Vicki Creach
stunts

Greg Wayne Elam
stunts

stunts

Randy Fife
stunts

Joe Finnegan
stunts

Paul M. Lane
utility stunts

Gene LeBell
stunts

Jackie Resch
stunts

Mike Shanks
stunts

Russell Towery
stunts, stunt double: Peter Weller

Gary Combs
stunts, stunt coordinator

Gilbert B. Combs
stunts

stunt double: Nancy Allen, stunts

stunts

Freddie Hice
stunts

Donna Keegan
stunts

Randall Oliver
stunts

Steve Pate
stunts

Spiro Razatos
stunts

Neil Summers
stunts

Harry Wowchuk
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Eric Anderson
lighting director: commercial sequences

Rick Anderson
director of photography: second unit

Richard Clark
video playback operator

E. Wes Dempster
grip

Robert Driskell
gaffer

Bill Greenberg
grip

Johnny Gutierrez
gaffer: second unit

Anette Haellmigk
first assistant camera

John Knight
key grip

Michael Maley
gaffer

J. Michael McClary
camera operator: second unit

Deana Newcomb
still photographer

Philip C. Pfeiffer
camera operator: second unit

Kerry Rike
key grip

Juan Romero
best boy

Jeff Santlofer
video technician

Carl D. Stitt
grip

Henry Tirl
assistant camera

Gerald Fitzgerald
electrician: second unit

Arthur Krauss
camera operator

Jost Vacano
camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Annette Hoffman
set costumer: second unit

Janet Lucas Lawler
costumer

Joan Thomas
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

Teressa Longo
assistant editor

Florent Retz
first assistant editor

Jim Rodnunsky
editor: video

Ron South
assistant film editor

Music Department

Howard Blake
conductor

Tony Britten
conductor

Murray Deutch
music supervisor

composer: song "Show Me Your Spine"

Nivek Ogre
composer: song "Show Me Your Spine"

Harry Rabinowitz
conductor

Steven Scott Smalley
orchestrator

Eric Tomlinson
music recording engineer, music editor

Tom Villano
music editor

Peter Willison
orchestra contractor

Dan Wallin
music mixer

Transportation Department

Alvin Milliken
transportation coordinator

Dennis Milliken
transportation captain

Other Crew

Monte Adcock
T.J. Lazer crew: in-film tv promo

Paula Squires Asaff
script supervisor

Howard Berk
publicist

Rob Bottin
robocop designer, robocop creator

Ken Brown
T.J. Lazer crew: in-film tv promo

Bundy Chanock
set medic

Stephanie Claxton
assistant coordinator

Allegra Clegg
production coordinator

Peter Conn
video sequences creator: Homer & Associates

Brian Cowden
location manager

Cindy Fairfield
production personel

Fred Gabrielli
caterer: Gala Enterprises

Diane L. Greenwalt
location manager

T.J. Lazer crew: in-film tv promo

Tim Hart
assistant weapons

Mark A. Hatley
production assistant

Marghi McMahon
robot team

E. Miller
production auditor

Bart Mixon
robot team

Randy E. Moore
weapons master

Randall Newsome
production assistant

Craig Pointes
location manager

Gregor Punchatz
robot team

Cheri Reed
production assistant

Susan Spencer Robbins
assistant: Mr. Verhoeven

Meryle Selinger
financial services

Lee Shapiro
production intern

Larry Smoot
T.J. Lazer crew: in-film tv promo

Francine Taylor
production personel

Todd Trotter
assistant: Mr. Weller

Ramona Villarrial
assistant auditor

Janis Burklund
production assistant

Mike Childress
stage manager

Production Company

Orion Pictures Corporation
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Distributor

Orion Pictures Corporation

20th Century Fox of Germany

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

20th Century Fox

Chapel Distribution

Columbia TriStar Home Video
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Criterion Collection, The
,

Flashstar Home Vídeo

Globo Vídeo

Home Video Hellas (HVH)

Hoyts Distribution
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Image Entertainment

LK-TEL

MGM Home Entertainment

MGM/UA Home Entertainment

Monopole-Pathé

Orion Home Video

RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video
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Spentzos Films

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Special Effects

Praxis Film Works
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Tippett Studio
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Visual Concept Engineering (VCE)
-

Miscellaneous

Abbey Road Studios
music recording studio

Freeze Frame
opticals

Gala Catering
catering

Homer & Associates
video sequences

Inter Video
video playback

Sinfonia of London
orchestra

Varèse Sarabande
score album released by






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