Movie #: Title:   Year: 2004         IMDB mediatype
Genre: Director:     IMDB   Rating:  PG-13  Box Set? box set?

FileNameRunTimeFileSize(MB)
1092 I Robot.mp41151341
Actors & their characters
James CromwellFilter 
Will SmithFilter 
Bruce GreenwoodFilter 
Bridget MoynahanFilter 
Alan TudykFilter 

Synopsis

Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of "robotophobic" Chicago Police Detective John Spooner's (Smith) investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny (Tudyk), appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there's nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe... they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin (Moynahan), who specializes in the psyches of robots.  

More Info

The I, Robot DVD has spectacular DTS and Dolby 5.1 sound, but a commentary track by director Alex Proyas (Dark City) and screenwriter Akiva Goldman is the only significant bonus feature. Their track, which was recorded before the movie hit theaters, discusses the characters and their backstories, the influence of other robot films such as Metropolis, and how all actors in Proyas's films have shower scenes. (They also mention a deleted scene that they speculate might appear on the DVD. It's not here, so perhaps a deluxe edition is in the works.) The making-of featurette spends more than half of its 12 minutes on plot summary, but it does have a couple interesting tidbits: Alan Tudyk being "Gollum-ized" to play Sonny the robot, and Paul Mercurio (Strictly Ballroom) putting actors through their paces as Robot Movement Coordinator. --David Horiuchi