I, Robot

Year:

2004

Duration:

115 min

Genres:

Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Alex Proyas

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 11 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2004-07-16

Filming Locations: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Earnings

Budget: $120,000,000

Opening Weekend: $52,179,887 (USA) (18 July 2004)

Gross: $144,801,023 (USA) (30 December 2004)

Cast

Actor

Character

Will Smith

Del Spooner

Bridget Moynahan

Susan Calvin

Alan Tudyk

Sonny

James Cromwell

Dr. Alfred Lanning

Bruce Greenwood

Lawrence Robertson

Adrian Ricard

Granny

Chi McBride

Lt. John Bergin

Jerry Wasserman

Baldez

Fiona Hogan

V.I.K.I.

Peter Shinkoda

Chin

Terry Chen

Chin

David Haysom

NS4 Robot

Scott Heindl

NS4 Robot

Sharon Wilkins

Asthmatic Woman

Craig March

Detective

Kyanna Cox

Girl

Darren Moore

Homeless Man

Aaron Douglas

USR Attorney #1

Shayla Dyson

Laughing Girl

Bobby L. Stewart

Girl's Dad

Nicola Crosbie

TV Anchor Person

Emily Tennant

Young Girl

Shia LaBeouf

Farber

Michael St. John Smith

USR Attorney #2

Travis Webster

Guy with a Pie

Roger Haskett

Mob Man

Tiffany Lyndall-Knight

Mob Woman (as Tiffany Knight)

Angela Moore

Wife

Ryan Zwick

Farber Posse

Essra Vischon

Farber Posse

Kenyan Lewis

Farber Posse

Aaron Joseph

Farber Posse

Simon Baker

Farber Posse (as Simon R. Baker)

Marrett Green

News Reporter

Victor Formosa

Businessman (uncredited)

Justin Rodgers Hall

Cop (uncredited)

Phillip Mitchell

NS5 Robot

Ian A. Wallace

NS4 Robot

Launey Walter

Cop (uncredited)

Lynnanne Zager

Newscaster / Computers (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Sonny is drawing the picture of the bridge for Spooner, there is a piece of paper to the left with computer code on it. The code is that of a Renderman shader; a procedural description of a surface used to describe the robots' appearance during rendering.

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WILHELM SCREAM: A random police officer when the NS-5's attack the police station.

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According to the newscast, Dr. Alfred Lanning was born in 1971 and was 64 when he was murdered. Interesting enough, he was the same age at the time as the actor who played him, James Cromwell.

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Goofs

(at around 18 mins) Spooner pushes the delivery robot aside without even seeing if the package was for him. The door he opens (to the street) has a glass window. Later in the movie, he opens a fully wooden door for Calvin. It suggests that Spooner isn't the only tenant in the building.

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When Spooner is driving back into town on his motorcycle, there are several shots that show that the cars on the road have conventional tires rather than the ball type wheels that they're supposed to have. These cars have the ball wheel props added to their fenders, but the standard tires remain visible underneath.

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Sonny tries to hide in a perfectly-spaced array of 1,000 robots. Apparently, he can enter random spots in the array without affecting the regular spacing, even though the other robots do not move.However, we do not see the array of robots until after Spooner and Calvin arrive, so it is possible that one or more robots had to move, but this was not shown on screen.

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Quotes

Farber: I got this fine-ass little yummy. I mean she is complete and agreeable, ass-hot spankable, Spoon.

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Detective Del Spooner: [to two cops who are making fun of him] Do I look like I care what you think? Do I look like I give a shit what you think?

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Farber: [after an NS5 robot grabs Spooner] Spoon, watch out, man!

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Faq

Q

How is it that Lanning hadn't been to his house in weeks but his cat was still alive?

A

Viewers have suggested several possibilities: (1) there was an automatic feeder, (2) there was a doggy/cat door that allowed the cat to come and go to find his own food and do his duty, and (3) being the future, there was a robot who made sure that the cat was fed and his litter box cleaned.

Q

What does 'VIKI' stand for?

A

Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence

Q

Is "I, Robot" based on a book?

A

Sort of. This movie is based on the robot stories of Isaac Asimov [1920-1992]. It borrows several characters (notably Dr Alfred Lanning and Dr Susan Calvin, plot points and concepts, the most important of them being the Three Laws of Robotics), but it doesn't directly follow any of Asimov's novels or short stories, and the main character, Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner, was created specifically for this movie and isn't an Asimov character. I, Robot 2 is in production, but no release date has been set.

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