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Movie · 2006

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

The Hardest Working Robot in Hollywood

★ 6.0 / 10200614 min

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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★ 6.0 / 10200614mMovie

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

Directed by Carl Jordan

Genres: Documentary, Science Fiction

Cast

Joe Dante

Joe Dante

Self

Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster

Self

Ben Burtt

Ben Burtt

Self

Earl Holliman

Earl Holliman

Self

Rudy Behlmer

Rudy Behlmer

Self

S

Steven Kotler

Self

William Malone

William Malone

Self

R

Robert Kinoshita

Self

John Dykstra

John Dykstra

Self

Anne Francis

Anne Francis

Self

John Carpenter

John Carpenter

Self

M

Maja Mataric

Self

Leslie Nielsen

Leslie Nielsen

Self

Robby the Robot

Robby the Robot

Self (Archive Footage)

Marvin Miller

Marvin Miller

Robby (Archive Footage)

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