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Production
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Special effects and design
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Release
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Reception
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- Box office
- $53.4 million
- Budget
- $13.7 million
- Cinematography
- Jost Vacano
- Country
- United States
- Directed by
- Paul Verhoeven
- Distributed by
- Orion Pictures
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Overview
- Science fiction action
- Paul Verhoeven
- Edward Neumeier
- Michael Miner
- Peter Weller
- Nancy Allen Nancy Allen (actress)
- Daniel O'Herlihy Dan O'Herlihy
- Ronny Cox
- Kurtwood Smith
- Miguel Ferrer
- Detroit
- Franchise RoboCop (franchise)
- Cyborg
- RoboCop RoboCop (character)
- Blade Runner
- Jon Davison Jon Davison (film producer)
- Orion Pictures
- Dallas
- Las Colinas
- Pittsburgh
- Rob Bottin
- Practical effects Practical effect
- Theatrical rating Motion picture content rating system
- Academy Award Academy Awards
- Saturn Awards
- Reaganomics
- RoboCop 2
- RoboCop 3
- Comic books RoboCop (comics)
- Remake RoboCop (2014 film)
Plot
Cast
- Paul McCrane
- Ray Wise
- Jesse D. Goins
- Calvin Jung
- Robert DoQui
- Michael Gregory Michael Gregory (actor)
- Felton Perry
- Kevin Page Kevin Page (actor)
- Lee de Broux
- Cocaine
- Mario Machado
- Leeza Gibbons
- Cameo appearance
- John Landis
Production
- Universal Pictures
- Star Wars
- Warner Bros.
- Music video
- Kill off
- Psycho Psycho (1960 film)
- Wall Street
- The Book of Five Rings
- Presidency President of the United States
- Ronald Reagan
- Milton Friedman
- Chicago Boys
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Spec script
- Atlantic Releasing Atlantic Entertainment Group
- Jonathan Kaplan
- Exploitation Exploitation film
- B films B movie
- Airplane!
- Madigan
- Dirty Harry
- Mad Max 2
- Greenlit Green-light
- Project X Project X (1987 film)
- David Cronenberg
- Alex Cox
- Monte Hellman
- Second-unit director Second unit
- Deadly Weapon
- Soldier of Orange
Special effects and design
- Phil Tippett
- Stephan Dupuis
- Craig Davies Craig Hayes
- Crucifixion of Jesus
- Long Beach, California
- Alginate
- Tubing Pipe (fluid conveyance)
- Velcro Hook-and-loop fastener
- Monofilament wire Monofilament fishing line
- Latex
- Blood squib Bullet hit squib
- The Incredible Melting Man
- Spaghetti squash
- Sawdust
- C-3PO
- Metropolis Metropolis (1927 film)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Hajime Sorayama
- Manga
- Polyurethane
- Beretta 93R
- Blank bullets Blank (cartridge)
- Killer whales Killer whale
- United States Air Force
- LTV A-7 Corsair II
- Stop motion
- Randal M. Dutra
- Leopard
- Masonite
- Mask Masking (art)
Release
- Roxanne Roxanne (film)
- Full Metal Jacket
- The Untouchables The Untouchables (film)
- Beverly Hills Cop II
- Ishtar Ishtar (film)
- Harry and the Hendersons
- Who's That Girl Who's That Girl (1987 film)
- Spaceballs
- Predator Predator (film)
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
- The Living Daylights
- James Bond
- La Bamba La Bamba (film)
- Sleeper hit
- Los Angeles Times
- Robby the Robot
- Gobots
- Campaign Teaser trailer
- Motor-racing Auto racing
- Sherman Oaks Galleria
- BBFC
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
- Summer School Summer School (1987 film)
- The Lost Boys
- Crocodile Dundee
- Dragnet Dragnet (1987 film)
- Ghostbusters
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Reception
- CinemaScore
- Letter grade
- Aliens Aliens (film)
- Frankenstein Frankenstein (1931 film)
- Repo Man Repo Man (film)
- Miami Vice
- Thrillers Thriller (genre)
- Westerns Western (genre)
- Slapstick
- Snuff films Snuff film
- Superhero comics
- Camp Camp (style)
- Dave Kehr
- Chicago Reader
- Roger Ebert
- Variety Variety (magazine)
- Game shows Game show
- Military culture
- Phi Beta Kappas Phi Beta Kappa
- Puts anything up his nose Recreational drug use
- Special Achievement for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
- Stephen Flick Stephen Hunter Flick
- John Pospisil
- 60th Academy Awards
- Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Film Editing
- Gabriella Cristiani
- The Last Emperor
- Best Sound Academy Award for Best Sound
- Michael J. Kohut
- Carlos Delarios
After release
- VHS
- Richard Nixon
- Boys Club of America Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- Dirty Dancing
- S-VHS
- VCR
- Criterion Collection
- LaserDisc
- Audio commentary
- DVD DVD-Video
- Blu-ray
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Fox Home Entertainment 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment
- Restored Film preservation
- 4K resolution
- Original camera negative
- Limited-edition Special edition
- Arrow Video
- Ultra HD Blu-ray
- Cap guns Cap gun
- RoboCop RoboCop (animated TV series)
- Marvel Comics
- Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
- Ed Naha
- Dark Horse Comics
- RoboCop Versus The Terminator RoboCop Versus The Terminator (comics)
- Skynet Skynet (Terminator)
- Avatar Press
- Dynamite Entertainment
- Boom! Studios
Thematic analysis
- Hippie
- Watergate scandal
- Vietnam War
- Gentrification
- Privatization of prisons Private prison
- Trickle-down economics
- Neoliberal Neoliberalism
- Liberal Liberalism
- Fascism
- World War II
- Walks on water Jesus walking on water
- Resurrection of Jesus
- Garden of Eden
- Cyberpunk
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Back to the Future
- Capitalism
- Gary Cooper
- Jimmy Stewart
Legacy
- Colosseum
- Rome
- Total Recall Total Recall (1990 film)
- Erotic thriller
- Basic Instinct
- Starship Troopers Starship Troopers (film)
- Guardian The Guardian
- Family Guy
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Red Dwarf
- South Park
- The Simpsons
- Hot Shots! Part Deux
- Ready Player One Ready Player One (film)
- Deus Ex Deus Ex (video game)
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Doom Eternal
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Nintendo
- Power Glove
- KFC
- Direct Line
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Bumblebee Bumblebee (Transformers)
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
- Crowdfunded Crowdfunding
- Making-of
- RoboCop statue
- Eastern Market, Detroit
- Rotten Tomatoes
Sequels and adaptations
- Marvel Productions
- 1988 Writers Guild of America strike
- Frank Miller
- Irvin Kershner
- Fred Dekker
- Robert John Burke
- A live-action television series RoboCop (1994 TV series)
- Richard Eden Richard Eden (actor)
- Page Fletcher
- José Padilha
- Joel Kinnaman
- Amazon Amazon (company)
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Nodes409
Edges408
Triples621
Avg. degree2
Density0.00489
Components1
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RoboCop
Top relations
has effect · 46
RoboCop → Americas, Assuming, Bart Mixon, Boddicker, Boddicker's, Bottin, California, Chip Foose, Craig Davies, Delta City, Don Waller, Dupuis, Each, Emil, Emil's, Ford Taurus, Gayle Simon, Gene Winfield, Gioffre, He
related to Cast · 41
RoboCop → Alex Murphy, Allen, An, Anne Lewis, Bob Morton, Boddicker's, Broux, Calvin Jung, Clarence Boddicker, Detroit, Dick Jones, Dick JonesMiguel Ferrer, Donald Johnson, ED-209, Emil Antonowsky, Felton Perry, Goins, In, Jesse, Joe Cox
related to Accolades · 38
RoboCop → Aaron Rochin, Academy Awards, At, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup, Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, Best Special Visual Effects, Bill Rowe, Bottin, British Academy Film Awards, Carla Palmer, Carlos Delarios, ED-209, Edward Jones, Fabrizio Sforza, Frank, Gabriella Cristiani, George Gibbs, Gioffre
related to Casting · 32
RoboCop → Alex Murphy, Allen, American, Anne Lewis, Armand Assante, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Buckaroo Banzai Across, Davison, Dimension, Her, James Remar, Keith Carradine, King Kong Lives, Michael Ironside, Michelin Man, Moni Yakim, Murphy's, Nancy Allen, Orion, Others
related to Corporate power · 30
RoboCop → Although, American, Boddicker, Davison, Delta City, Detroit, ED-209, He, It, Jones, Media Breaks, Michael Robertson, Miner, Murphy's, OCP, OCP's, Reagan, Reagan-era, Reaganomics, Republican
related to Other media · 29
RoboCop → Avatar Press, Boom, By, Christmas, Dark Horse, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Ed Naha, July, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Merchandise, Mike Bryan, Mortal Coils, Prime Suspect, R-rated, RoboCop Ultra Police, RoboCop Versus The Terminator, Roulette, Since
related to Home media · 28
RoboCop → America, August, Boys Club, Criterion, Criterion Collection LaserDisc, Davison, Dirty Dancing, DVD, In June, It, January, March, Neumeier, Nixon, Orion, Platoon, Predator, Rental, Richard Nixon, RoboCop-costumed
related to Humanity and death · 28
RoboCop → America, American, American Jesus, An, Another, As, Boddicker's, Brooks Landon, Christian, Dale Bradley, Describing, Despite, Eden, Europe, European RoboCop, Garden, He, Jesus, Murphy, Murphy's
related to Plot · 27
RoboCop → Alex Murphy, Anne Lewis, Bob Morton, Boddicker, Clarence Boddicker, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, Dick Jones, Directive, ED-209, Emil Antonowsky, In, Joe Cox, Leon Nash, Lewis, Meanwhile, Metro West, Morton, Murphy, Murphy's
related to Marketing · 26
RoboCop → An, BBFC, Boston, Charles Glenn, Feedback, Florida, For, Glenn, Gobots, It's, Jack Mathews, Jan Kean, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Marketing, Miguel Ferrer, Models, New York City, North America, Orion
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Important terminology
film verhoeven neumeier weller films said miner release film's detroit murphy made released action ed-209 filming police 1987 orion jones
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| RoboCop | Box office | $53.4 million | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Budget | $13.7 million | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Cinematography | Jost Vacano | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Country | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Directed by | Paul Verhoeven | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Distributed by | Orion Pictures | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Edited by | Frank J. Urioste | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Language | English | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Music by | Basil Poledouris | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Produced by | Arne Schmidt | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Production company | Orion Pictures | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Release date | July 17, 1987 (1987-07-17) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Running time | 102 minutes | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Starring | Peter Weller | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Starring | Nancy Allen | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Starring | Daniel O'Herlihy | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Starring | Ronny Cox | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Starring | Kurtwood Smith | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Starring | Miguel Ferrer | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Written by | Edward Neumeier | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | Written by | Michael Miner | 1.00 | infobox |
| RoboCop | is a | 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner | 0.90 | text |
| RoboCop | is a | power of corporations | 0.90 | text |
| RoboCop | is a | machine who mistakenly thinks it is Murphy because of its composite parts | 0.90 | text |
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