The 200 year old man
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The 200 year old man |
| Original title | Bicentennial Man |
| Country of production |
United States Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 126 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Chris Columbus |
| script | Nicholas Kazan |
| production |
Wolfgang Petersen , Michael Barnathan , Laurence Mark , Chris Columbus, Gail Katz , Neal Miller , Mark Radcliffe |
| music | James Horner |
| camera | Phil Meheux |
| cut |
Nicolas De Toth , Neil Travis |
| occupation | |
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The 200 Years Man is a future drama from 1999 based on the story The Bicentenary by Isaac Asimov . The film was released in Germany on March 9, 2000.
action
In 2005, each family will have their own android for doing household chores. So does the Martin family, whose youngest daughter Amanda provided the idea for the name Andrew (based on the term Android). After the robot laws have been presented , the Android starts its tasks. The Martins react very differently to Andrew. While his mother and older daughter reject him, he develops a deep relationship with Amanda, whom he only calls "Little Miss". In the end, she even falls in love with him, which he does not recognize. She eventually marries another man.
Over time, Andrew develops artistic skills and takes on human traits. Many people dismiss this development as ridiculous, but its owner Richard Martin takes it very seriously. He helps the robot enforce its rights against the manufacturer, but is later very disappointed when Andrew asks him to “buy his way out”. Andrew wants to continue with the family, but his urge for individual freedom is so great that he falls out with Richard and builds a house in the neighborhood. Only shortly before his death does the aged patriarch ask him to come and make up with him.
Andrew now decides to go out into the world. Looking for androids of his series with similar abilities, after a long search, he finally meets the android Galatea in a marketplace (scene accompanied by the song Respect ). Andrew pursues them and thereby meets the robot specialist Rupert Burns, the son of his own designer. Among other things, this helps him to create a human appearance with artificial body parts, whose resale makes both very rich men. Andrew then returns to the Martins, where he finds an aged Amanda and falls in love with her granddaughter Portia. She reciprocated his feelings and the two began a long-term relationship that was not recognized by the government.
Andrew's big goal is now to be officially recognized as a person by the world parliament . Its chairman, however, states that one of the most essential characteristics of a person is mortality ; but since Andrew could theoretically live forever, this definition does not apply to him. Portia explains to him that she has no plans to use his artificial organs to prolong her life either, whereupon Andrew changes his body in such a way that natural aging sets in. In the year 2205 he finally dies at the age of 200 at Portia's side, a few seconds before the world parliament recognizes his humanity and he goes down in history as the oldest person who ever lived. The android Galatea serves in the scene as a nurse who now looks human.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on movie-reviews.colossus.net that director Chris Columbus could have made more of the subject. He derided the film as "remanufactured Star Trek ". Berardinelli accused the director of similar “sentimentality” and manipulations with the feelings of the audience as in his earlier films Mrs. Doubtfire - The Prickly Nanny and Side by Side .
“Epic fantasy fairy tale, whose cheerful swing gives way to more thoughtful tones in the course of the 'Incarnation', but sacrifices its philosophical implications to a maudlin story. Dramaturgical weaknesses and redundancies also limit the entertainment value despite the star cast. "
“'The 200 Years of Man' is an underrated film about the end of man. [...] 'The 200 Years of Man' is probably the first film to derive an exclusively positive aspect from the topic of artificial humans and allow the monster to become human without its creator being punished for it. "
“In his refreshing comedy, Columbus sends the cinema viewers on a rapid journey through time into the immediate future, in which Robin Williams, as a misconstructed robot, gets to feel the moral consequences of artificial intelligence. The versatile comedian masters this unusual challenge with so much bravura that his unmistakable expression is retained even under the heavy metal outfit. "
"'The 200 Years Man' is a sentimental Schmonzette who lacks any sense of good storytelling."
background
Measured by production costs and expectations, the 200 year old man was not a box office success: With a budget of 100 million US dollars, he grossed only 93.5 million dollars worldwide.
The NorthAm Robotics office buildings shown in the film are actually the headquarters of Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores , USA.
One of the futuristic vehicles is the 1992 GM Ultralite, which was also used in various versions in the film Demolition Man starring Sylvester Stallone .
The film's end-credits theme song, Then You Look at Me , based on the main theme of the score, was written by James Horner and Will Jennings and sung by Celine Dion .
Awards
Greg Cannom was nominated for an Oscar in 2000 for makeup . He and Wes Wofford won the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award in 2000 .
Robin Williams and Embeth Davidtz were nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award in 2000. Robin Williams was also nominated for the Kids' Choice Award in 2000. Hallie Kate Eisenberg was nominated for the YoungStar Award in 2000.
Robin Williams was nominated for a Golden Raspberry in the category "Worst Actor" for his performance .
Web links
- 200-year man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- 200-year man at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- 200-year man at Metacritic (English)
- The 200 year old man in the online film database
- The 200-year-old man in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Age rating for Der 200 Jahre Mann . Youth Media Commission , accessed on February 4, 2018 .
- ↑ The 200 Years of Man (1999) - Soundtracks. In: Internet Movie Database . Retrieved August 16, 2018 .
- ^ Review by James Berardinelli
- ↑ The 200 year old man. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Tilman Baumgärtel: An educational novel for robots. In: heise.de . March 24, 2000, accessed September 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Birgit Heidsiek: Review: Robin Williams as a house robot. In: Rhein-Zeitung . January 15, 2010, accessed September 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Bärbel Schnell: The 200 year old man. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn) . September 30, 1999, accessed September 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ a b Trivia according to the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Jonathan Broxton: BICENTENNIAL MAN - James Horner. In: Movie Music UK. December 17, 1999, accessed December 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Nominations and awards according to the Internet Movie Database