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Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

The Hardest Working Robot in Hollywood

2006NR14mMovie

Documentary short film about Robby the Robot; a $125,000 engineering marvel that advanced cinematic robotics and went on to become a film star & pop culture icon in its own right

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Science Fiction
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Cast

Joe DanteSelf
Alan Dean FosterSelf
Ben BurttSelf
Earl HollimanSelf
Rudy BehlmerSelf
Steven KotlerSelf
William MaloneSelf
Robert KinoshitaSelf
John DykstraSelf
Anne FrancisSelf
John CarpenterSelf
Maja MataricSelf
Leslie NielsenSelf
Robby the RobotSelf (Archive Footage)

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Director: Carl Jordan
Release date: November 14, 2006
Runtime: 14m
Original language: English

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