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Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

7.0200614mNRMovieDocumentaryScience Fiction

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

DirectorCarl Jordan
ProducersMichael Crawford·Jonathan Strailey

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Cast · Directed by Carl Jordan

JDJoe Dante
Joe Dante
Self
AFAlan Dean Foster
Alan Dean Foster
Self
BBBen Burtt
Ben Burtt
Self
EHEarl Holliman
Earl Holliman
Self
RBRudy Behlmer
Rudy Behlmer
Self
SK
Steven Kotler
Self
WMWilliam Malone
William Malone
Self
RK
Robert Kinoshita
Self
JDJohn Dykstra
John Dykstra
Self
AFAnne Francis
Anne Francis
Self
JCJohn Carpenter
John Carpenter
Self
MM
Maja Mataric
Self

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