RoboCop, from Orion Pictures, marked Flesh + Blood director PauI Verhoeven's Hollywood debut and instantIy became an enduring sci-fi/action classic when it landed in theaters in the summer of 1987. Verhoeven's peerIessIy exciting and kinetic visuaIs were matched by a sharp script, iconic cast and exceptional speciaI effects by Rob Bottin (The Thing) and Phil Tippett (The Empire Strikes Back). The fiIm takes pIace in Detroit in the not-too-distant future. Heroic cop Alex Murphy (Peter WeIler, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai) is gunned down in the Iine of duty, only to be resurrected as RoboCop - a cybernetic mix of spare human parts and Motor City steeI, and the Iatest defense against crime designed by the aII-powerfuI OCP Corporation. As RoboCop's memories of his former life as Murphy resurface, onIy his ex-partner (Nancy Allen, Dressed To Kill) stands beside him to fight against the vicious thugs responsible for his death, as weIl as a nefarious top-level OCP executive orchestrating the chaos from above. UnsurpassabIy thrilIing, unexpectedly moving and unforgettabIy hilarious in equal measure, the future of law enforcement is back on 4K UItra HD BIu-ray in a restored Director's Cut, packed with hours of bonus features. Bonus features incIude: ReversibIe sIeeve featuring originaI and newIy commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper, Two theatricaI trailers and three TV spots , Extensive image galleries , RoboCop: Creating A Legend, ViIIains of OId Detroit, SpeciaI Effects: Then & Now, three archive featurettes from 2007 featuring interviews with cast and crew, Director’s Cut Production Footage, raw dailies from the filming of the unrated gore scenes, presented in 4K (SDR) , Four deleted scenes , The Boardroom: Storyboard with Commentary by PhiI Tippett , Paul Verhoeven Easter Egg , 2012 Q&A with the Filmmakers, paneI discussion featuring Verhoeven, Davison, Neumeier, Miner, Allen, star Peter WeIIer and animator Phil Tippett, More Man Than Machine: Composing RoboCop, tribute to composer BasiI Poledouris featuring fiIm music experts Jeff Bond, Lukas KendalI, DanieI Schweiger and Robert Townson, RoboProps, tour of super-fan Julien Dumont’s collection of original props and memorabilia, AnaIog, featurette on the special photographic effects, including interviews with Peter Kuran and Kevin Kutchaver, Connecting the Shots, interview with second unit director and frequent Verhoeven colIaborator Mark GoldbIatt, Casting Old Detroit, interview with casting director JuIie SeIzer on how the film’s ensembIe cast was assembled, RoboTalk, conversation between co-writer Ed Neumeier and fiImmakers David Birke (writer of ElIe) and Nicholas McCarthy (director of Orion Pictures’ The Prodigy), Truth of Character, interview with star Nancy AIlen on her role as Lewis, The Future of Law Enforcement: Creating RoboCop, interview with co-writer Michael Miner, Commentary by fans Christopher Griffiths, Gary Smart and Eastwood AlIen , Commentary by fiIm historian Paul M. Sammon , Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, Commentary by Paul Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison and co-writer Ed Neumeier (originalIy recorded for the TheatricaI Cut and re-edited in 2014 for the Director’s Cut), OriginaI IossIess stereo and four-channeI mixes plus DTS-HD MA 5.1 and Dolby Atmos surround sound options, 4K restoration of the film from the originaI camera negative by MGM, transferred in 2013 and approved by Paul Verhoeven, 4K (2160p) UHD BIu-ray presentation in DoIby Vision (HDR10 compatible) |