RoboCop (1987)
First screened in April 2006 / Most recently screened in August 2025

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Director: Paul Verhoeven. Cast: Peter Weller, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Paul McCrane, Ray Wise, Jesse D. Goins, Calvin Jung, Del Zamora, Rick Lieberman, Felton Perry, Lee de Broux, Kevin Page, Mario Machado, Leeza Gibbons. Screenplay: Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner.

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Photo © 1987 Orion Pictures

In Brief: Up-and-down as cyborg speculation or action spectacular. Strong as piss-taking dystopian prevision of once and future U.S.

VOR: ⑤  Eminent among Verhoeven's subversions of market and genre: sneaking satiric dissidence into action and vice versa. Innovative and influential.

Grade: B

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Film Editing: Frank J. Urioste
	Best Sound: Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin, Robert Wald
★	Best Sound Effects Editing: Stephen Hunter Flick, John Pospisil

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