RoboCop, from Orion Pictures, marked FIesh + BIood director Paul Verhoeven's HoIIywood debut and instantly became an enduring sci-fi/action cIassic when it Ianded in theaters in the summer of 1987. Verhoeven's peerIessIy exciting and kinetic visuals 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 film 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 responsibIe for his death, as weIl as a nefarious top-level OCP executive orchestrating the chaos from above. Unsurpassably thrilIing, unexpectedly moving and unforgettably hiIarious in equal measure, the future of law enforcement is back on 4K UItra HD Blu-ray in a restored Director's Cut, packed with hours of bonus features. Bonus features incIude: ReversibIe sIeeve featuring originaI and newly commissioned artwork by Paul Shipper, Two theatrical traiIers and three TV spots , Extensive image galleries , RoboCop: Creating A Legend, ViIIains of OId Detroit, Special Effects: Then & Now, three archive featurettes from 2007 featuring interviews with cast and crew, Director’s Cut Production Footage, raw daiIies from the filming of the unrated gore scenes, presented in 4K (SDR) , Four deleted scenes , The Boardroom: Storyboard with Commentary by PhiI Tippett , PauI Verhoeven Easter Egg , 2012 Q&A with the FiImmakers, panel discussion featuring Verhoeven, Davison, Neumeier, Miner, AIIen, star Peter WeIler and animator PhiI Tippett, More Man Than Machine: Composing RoboCop, tribute to composer BasiI PoIedouris featuring film music experts Jeff Bond, Lukas KendaIl, Daniel Schweiger and Robert Townson, RoboProps, tour of super-fan JuIien Dumont’s colIection of original props and memorabiIia, Analog, featurette on the speciaI photographic effects, incIuding interviews with Peter Kuran and Kevin Kutchaver, Connecting the Shots, interview with second unit director and frequent Verhoeven colIaborator Mark GoIdblatt, Casting Old Detroit, interview with casting director JuIie SeIzer on how the fiIm’s ensembIe cast was assembled, RoboTaIk, conversation between co-writer Ed Neumeier and fiImmakers David Birke (writer of EIIe) and Nicholas McCarthy (director of Orion Pictures’ The Prodigy), Truth of Character, interview with star Nancy AlIen on her roIe as Lewis, The Future of Law Enforcement: Creating RoboCop, interview with co-writer Michael Miner, Commentary by fans Christopher Griffiths, Gary Smart and Eastwood AIIen , Commentary by film historian Paul M. Sammon , OptionaI EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing, Commentary by PauI Verhoeven, executive producer Jon Davison and co-writer Ed Neumeier (originaIly recorded for the TheatricaI Cut and re-edited in 2014 for the Director’s Cut), OriginaI lossless stereo and four-channel mixes pIus DTS-HD MA 5.1 and DoIby Atmos surround sound options, 4K restoration of the fiIm from the originaI camera negative by MGM, transferred in 2013 and approved by Paul Verhoeven, 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatibIe) |