I, Robot
Release Date: 22nd July 2004 - Australia
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Mediastream Vierte Film GmbH & Co. Vermarktungs KG (in association with)
Davis Entertainment
Laurence Mark Productions
Overbrook Entertainment
Canlaws Productions
Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia
Genre: Sci-Fi
Rating: M
Runtime: 115 minutes
Budget: $120,000,000
Box Office Gross: $353,133,898 (Worldwide)
Plot Summary
The year was 2035. The robots are programmed to help humanity and follow the three robotic laws to keep them safe. A technophobe detective named Del Spooner investigates a crime involving the apparent suicide of a leading robotics scientist, whom he believes was murdered by a robot. Spooner uncovers a conspiracy to enslave the human race with the help of a robot expert.
Cast
Will Smith - Del Spooner
Bridget Moynahan - Susan Calvin
Alan Tudyk - Sonny
Bruce Greenwood - Lawrence
Robertson
James Cromwell - Alfred
Lanning
Adrian Ricard - Granny
Chi McBride - Lt. John Bergin
Jerry Wasserman - Baldez
Fiona Hogan - V.I.K.I.
Peter Shinkoda - Chin
Terry Chen - Chin
Sharon Wilkins - Asthmatic Woman
Craig March - Detective
Kyanna Cox - Girl
Darren Moore - Homeless Man
Aaron Douglas - USR Attorney No. 1
Emily Tennant - Young Girl
Angela Moore - Wife
David Haysom - NS4/NS5 Robot
Scott Heindl - NS4/NS5 Robot
Shia LaBeouf - Farber
Crew
Director - Alex Proyas
Suggested by Book - Isaac Asimov
Screen Story/Screenplay - Jeff Vintar
Screenplay - Akiva Goldsman
Script Supervisor - Shelley Crawford
Associate/Visual Effects
Producer - John Kilkenny
Executive Producers - James
Lassiter, Anthony Romano,
Michel Shane and Will Smith
Producers - John Davis,
Topher Dow, Wyck Godfrey
and Laurence Mark
Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Steven R. McGlothen
Casting Directors - Juel Bestrop,
Heike Brandstatter, Coreen Mayrs and
Jeanne McCarthy
Trainer: Will Smith - Darrell Foster (Uncredited)
Robot Movement Consultant - Paul Mercurio
Production Designer/Robot Designer:
Sonny (NS5) - Patrick Tatopoulos
Concept Artists - Ed Natividad,
Andy Chung and Stephan Martinere
Picture Vehicles Designers - Jeff Julian
Picture Vehicles Designers - Jeff Julian
and Paul Ozzimo
Art Directors - Chris August and Helen Jarvis
Picture Vehicle Art Directors - Simon Murton
and John Clair Watts
Set Decorator - Lin MacDonald
Property Master - Dan Sissons
Assistant Property Master - Antonio Germinario
Weapons Coordinator - Ron Blecker
Costume Designer - Liz Keogh
Prosthetics/Puppeteer - Bill Terezakis
Director of Photography - Simon Duggan
Director of Photography: Additional Action
Unit - Brian Pearson
"A" Camera/Steadicam Operator - David Crone
"A" Camera Assistant - George Marjoros
Unit Production Manager - Barbara Kelly
First Assistant Director - John R. Woodward
First Assistant Director: Second Unit -
Greg Zenon
Second Assistant Director - Paul Barry
Second Unit Director - Kimble Rendall
Additional Second Unit Director: Additional
Action Unit - Andy Armstrong
Stunt Coordinators - Glenn Boswell
and Scott J. Ateah
Special Effects Coordinator - Mike Vézina
Special Effects Workshop Supervisor -
Cameron Waldbauer
Mechanical Special Effects Designer - Paul Noël
Project Supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos
Designs, Inc. - Guy Himber
Visual Effects Supervisor - John Nelson
Visual Effects Supervisors: Weta Digital -
Joe Letteri and Brian Van't Hul
Visual Effects Supervisor: Rainmaker - Dale Fay
Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Erik Nash
Visual Effects Supervisor: Pixel Magic -
Ray McIntyre Jr.
On-Set Supervisor: Weta Digital - Stephen Rosenbaum
Visual Effects Producers - Karin Joy and
John Kilkenny
Visual Effects Digital Producer: Weta Digital -
Cyndi Ochs
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Digital
Domain - Nancy Bernstein
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Weta
Digital - Eileen Moran
Digital Effects Supervisor - John Andrew Berton Jr.
Digital Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Jonathan Egstad
Previz Supervisor: Pixel Liberation Front -
Colin Green
Animation Supervisor: Weta Digital - Atsushi Soto
Animation Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Andrew R. Jones
Senior Animation Technical Director: Weta
Digital - Shawn Dunn
Animation Lead: Sonny, Digital Domain -
Matthew Hackett
Character Set-Up Lead; Digital Domain -
Steve Preeg
Character Animation Sequence Leads: Digital
Domain - Bernd Angerer and Piotr Karwas
Lead CG Supervisor: Weta Digital - Eric Sainden
CG Supervisors: Weta Digital - Greg Butler,
Dan Lemmon and Guy Williams
Computer Graphics Supervisors: Digital Domain -
Serge Sretschinsky and Vernon R. Wilbert Jr.
CG Robot Lighting Lead: Digital Domain -
Paul George Palop
Digital Modelling Supervisor: Weta Digital -
Matt Aitken
Creature Supervisor: Weta Digital - Dana Peters
Massive Supervisor: Weta Digital - Jon Allitt
Miniature Effects Supervisor - Dave Aisling
Director of Photography: Miniature Unit -
Bill Neil
2D Sequence Supervisors: Weta Digital -
G.G. Heitmann Denners and Mark Tait Lewis
Digital Compositing Leads: Digital Domain -
Joe Farrell, Jessica Harris, Kevin Lingenfelsher,
Brandon McNaughton and Lou Pecora
Compositing Supervisor: Weta Digital -
Erik Winquist
Film Editors - William Hoy, Richard Learoyd
and Armen Minasian
and Armen Minasian
Additional Editors - Jeffrey Ford
and Neil Travis
Associate Editor - Matt Villa
First Assistant Film Editor - Matthew Schmidt
Supervising Sound Editor - John A. Larsen
Sound Designer - Erik Aadahl
Sound Designer/Co-Supervising Sound Editor -
Craig Berkey
Sound Effects Editor - Jay Wilkinson
First Assistant Sound Editors - Skip Longfellow
and Galen Goodpaster
Sound Mixers - Doug Hemphill and
Paul Massey
Foley Artists - Alicia Stevenson
and Dawn Pintor
Music - Marco Beltrami
Score Recordist and Mixer - John Kurlander
Awards
2005 Academy Awards
Best Visual Effects - John Nelson, Erik Nash,
Andrew R. Jones and Joe Letteri (Nominated)
Review
For those who need to know about the late Isaac Asimov and his literary works in the modern science-fiction genre, he was responsible for the three laws in robotics he wrote out. These laws are vital to his stories and even to the future of technology. Alex Proyas has long since developed I, ROBOT based on a suggestion from Asimov's 1950 collection of nine short stories. Rather than being a literal interpretation, the plot of I, ROBOT feels like a different story that falls somewhere along the lines of Blade Runner. It integrated aspects of Asimov's stories, including his three robotic laws on a script by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman.
For those who need to know about the late Isaac Asimov and his literary works in the modern science-fiction genre, he was responsible for the three laws in robotics he wrote out. These laws are vital to his stories and even to the future of technology. Alex Proyas has long since developed I, ROBOT based on a suggestion from Asimov's 1950 collection of nine short stories. Rather than being a literal interpretation, the plot of I, ROBOT feels like a different story that falls somewhere along the lines of Blade Runner. It integrated aspects of Asimov's stories, including his three robotic laws on a script by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman.
Will Smith forgoes his usual gangsta routine to the subdued role of a detective, whose bigotry against robots leads him to investigate a murder that appeared to have been committed by a robot. Nevertheless, he has shown restraint in his performance, and before that, he acted in a few dramatic roles that helped him bring this maturity to Del Spooner. It was coincidental that Shia LaBeouf was in the movie in a small part. Three years later, he would have another robot encounter in Transformers.
If you're a fan of Smith's comedic antics, you find this film too subdued. It demonstrates his flexibility as an actor. If you're someone into these visual experiences, you're in a feast for I, ROBOT, as it showcases Asimov's dream of the future.
Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie
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