RoboCop

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RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is murdered by a gang of criminals and revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products as the cyborg law enforcer RoboCop. Unaware of his former life, RoboCop executes a campaign against crime while coming to terms with the lingering fragments of his humanity. The film was conceived by Neumeier while working on the set of Blade Runner (1982), and he developed the idea with Miner. Their script was purchased in early 1985 by producer Jon Davison on behalf of Orion Pictures. Finding a director proved difficult; Verhoeven dismissed the script twice because he did not understand its satirical content, until he was convinced of its value by his wife. Filming took place between August and October 1986, mainly in Dallas, Texas with additional filming in Las Colinas and Pittsburgh. Rob Bottin led the special-effects team in creating practical effects, violent gore and the RoboCop costume. Verhoeven emphasized violence throughout the film, making it so outlandish that it became comical.…

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1. release date: 2014 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 1988 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 1988 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. release date: 1988 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. release date: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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