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ROBODOC: The Creation of RoboCop
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Directed by Paul Verhoeven, produced by Jon Davison and written by Ed Neumeier & Michael Miner, first released in 1987 ‘RoboCop’ has since become one of the most iconic and successful movies of the 1980s, a movie that was well a head of its time and has left a lasting impression on fans across the globe. RoboCop is a movie that many fans watched as children when they were too young to understand the social commentary of this R-Rated movie, yet they were instantly hooked on the future of law enforcement. The documentary is made as a labour of love by a team of ‘RoboCop’ fans, Director Christopher Griffiths states “To say that RoboCop is a big part of my life is an understatement. Just ask anybody who knows me. It is the film that started it all from me at an age when I probably shouldn’t have been watching it like many others, but I did and I have grown up with it and found new things each time I watch it.” Producer Gary Smart explains “After Leviathan and Brewster, there was only one other cult-classic that we wanted to tackle and that is RoboCop. RoboCop is a movie that I have so many fond memories of watching when I was a child. I vividly remember being enthralled with the story of Alex Murphy and being grossed out, but excited by the amazing special effects. This project is a labour of love as Chris and Eastwood are die-hard fans of RoboCop and truly are the best people to do the movie justice.” Creative Producer Eastwood Allen states “RoboCop is a visceral experience like nothing else. It possesses everything that was great about that era of filmmaking, and was way ahead of it’s time. The movie shaped my sensibilities as a film fan, and has remained a solid favourite of mine since I can remember” The official Facebook page is now live, where you can receive regular updates on the pre-production, production, whose involved and how YOU can support this amazing project! https://www.facebook.com/RoboDoc2017/ |
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I mean... can there be enough for Robocop 1?
Sure... I'm intrigued cuz it's Robo. |
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Yup, will watch.
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I would hope its more interesting then Leviathan. I managed to see the 4 hour part on Hellraiser and it was acceptable, but just too much one on one interview, and largely dealing with the more boring aspects of the movie and production. Also it had nothing with Clive Barker or Ashley Lawrence which if you ask me is unforgivable.
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^ To be fair, Barker has a hard time speaking so that might explain his lack of involvement.
I'd watch this, sure. I love the film. |
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Wonder how long this doc is going to run.
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Originally Posted by islandclaws
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^ To be fair, Barker has a hard time speaking so that might explain his lack of involvement.
I'd watch this, sure. I love the film. |
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Shit had to do w/ his smoking, no? Affected his throat and such... I think that's it.
Wiki had this: Barker said in a December 2008 online interview (published in March 2009) that he had polyps in his throat which were so severe that a doctor told him he was taking in ten percent of the air he was supposed to have been getting. He has had two surgeries to remove them and believes his resultant voice is an improvement over how it was prior to the surgeries. He said he did not have cancer and has given up cigars |
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I went to a book signing for the second Abarat book and he sounded pretty rough. He was a trooper. Even after talking about the books and all, he still took the time to talk with each fan.
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I wasn't interested in this at all but the new trailer convinced me. |
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Wow great trailer. That documentary looks awesome. Plus I like that it covers all 3 movies and even the cartoons and TV series.
Apparently Peter Weller declined to participate in it, so all of his interview footage will be from old archived interviews. But they seem to have gotten all the key participants in the movie aside from him in new interviews. I know the production company that made this is the same one that made the Hellraiser and Fright Night documentaries and they're UK based. So this is probably a UK exclusive release. |
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Originally Posted by Ringmaster
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I wasn't interested in this at all but the new trailer convinced me. |
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i'd get this on one of the streaming service...
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No participation from Peter Weller?
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The Trailer was great. I need to this!
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
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No participation from Peter Weller?
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Originally Posted by DJariya
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He declined to participate.
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Originally Posted by DJariya
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He declined to participate.
What a dumb shit he would be noting without that movie. Probably got sick of only being associated with it. Basically done nothing since. |
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Originally Posted by d2cheer
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What a dumb shit he would be noting without that movie. Probably got sick of only being associated with it. Basically done nothing since.
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Originally Posted by robin2099
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In his defense though, he could just be tired of talking about it and has nothing more that he can really say that hasn't already been said. I do think that him not participating though sucks, and it does leave a rather big hole in the documentary.
You could make a pretty good argument that Robocop was the ONLY thing of true note Weller ever did. |
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His participation in the Buckaroo Banzai documentary was next to useless. He mostly just kept repeating how great of an experience it was, how cool/nice someone else was, that's it. I don't recall anything interesting, any stories, any experiences, nothing that didn't sound even remotely unique.
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Weller has transitioned to directing for TV these days.
But, acting wise, he hasn't really done anything of note in the last 25-30 years aside from mostly B movies and guest starring in TV. As I mentioned earlier, I read they will be using old archived interviews of Weller. So at least we're getting something from him even though it isn't current. I've seen a lot of these newer produced retrospective documentaries use archived interviews. Diane Lane didn't participate in the new Streets of Fire documentary on the Shout BD, but they used old interviews of her from 1983. I'm sure they'll use EPK interviews of Weller from the time of filming. |
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Big update
HUGE UPDATE ‘RoboCop! Who is he? What is he? Where does he come from?’ WELL WE HAVE THE ANSWERS! We’re beyond excited to announce ‘RoboCop’ himself, Peter Weller joins RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop. We recently sat down with Weller for an extensive ultra deep-dive into all things RoboCop (1987), Robocop 2 (1990) and the RoboCop legacy. Peter gave us an electrifyingly animated interview and covered details about all aspects we’d never heard before. We’re still deep in post production finalising the editing as well as future release details but we CANNOT WAIT to share with movie fans the definitive RoboCop documentary. 🚔🎥 https://deadline.com/2021/04/robocop...234747420/amp/ |
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Promo with Weller
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that's fucking awesome!!!! buy in a heartbeat!!! do we know about when? maybe?
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