Bicentennial man props, take a look!

[Coinprop]

I dont see very much of Bicentennial man props or replicas around here. IMHO this movie is one of the best I've seen when it comes to props and masks.
The suit that R.W wears is just amazing. I am a very happy owner of two cool props from the movie, one robot head used in the scene with Rupert, and a pair of "hero" Andrew hands used by R.W.
I just thought I share, and see if there is any interest in this movie....and maybe there are others that also have props from this flick!

 

[RKW]

I'm not a fan of the film (too mushy for my liking) but it's always cool to see more robot props. Not enough droids posted here!

I believe screenused still has some props from this movie for sale.

 

[frosty]

A great movie, with a great robot suit, and a great story, mushy yes but enjoyable, with some of the best aging makeups ever done, i'd love to own some of the props from this movie

 

[GF]

Very Nice!

I enjoyed the movie on DVD, yes the costumes and props are top notch, better than some more popular movies.

GFollano

 

[Rebelscum]

Just a couple of weeks ago I accidentally ran into an ebay auction from a seller I bought some movie related tshirts from and he was selling the head below from Bicentennial Man. Screen used, though I didn't actually get the DVD out to verify this. Timing and price was such that I got it without checking to see if it was in fact in the movie, still haven't even.

This was the piece description:

"This head was one of several robot parts that were in Rupert Burns (Oliver Platt's) laboratory for Bicentennial Man."

He also said it came with other stuff. "I got all the stuff from "steve johnsons efx house".

 

[LDR]

Very nice items. Love the robot costumes!

 

[Butters]

Those pieces are beautiful! Definitely a wonderful movie with some incredible props. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Coinprop]

Cool to see that there are a few fans around! I have a few more, just smal pieces that I can post later.

 

[kdawg1]

Damn that is some cool stuff! I really wish I could get something like this!

 

[Rebelscum]

Cool to see that there are a few fans around! I have a few more, just smal pieces that I can post later.

Agreed. I think I'll get the movie out and watch it again soon.

 

[Sporak]

I'd love to find a RW head like you have above.
Great find!
I am a fan of the movie as well... though I don't have anything from it.

 

[Montagar]

Agreed. I think I'll get the movie out and watch it again soon.

Although I have the movie on DVD and haven't sat down and watched it for a year or so, it has been running on one of the cable movie channels so I have been watching bits and pieces of it while eating meals and such.

Really is an enjoyable film.


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[anubispro]

Looks like you have some nice pieces there.
Love the "Phase-2" hands.

I have a few niky-naks that survived production,..nothing substantial.

I worked extensively on B-Man at XFX. It was my first gig with Steve.
It was a different Hollywood job in that Steve always insisted that the props looked perfect IN PERSON,..Not just for the camera.

Worked on every suit but was best known for the gizmos that I built for the Rupert Burns laboratory scenes. Wish they got more screen time.
I have some never before seen production shots of most of them.:cool

It is refreshing to see that there are some folks that appreciate the movie.
I thought it was very well done.
Certainly better than that POS "Red Planet" that I worked on after that.

 

[Coinprop]

Dave, that is great! I'll bet You had a blast working with Steve at XFX.

Please post some pictures of the pieces You have....You dont happen to have a set of eye brows do Ya?

A while back i owned the hand/arm that Rupert "paint" flesh to, but i sold it. Was this a piece You worked on?

 

[anubispro]

Dave, that is great! I'll bet You had a blast working with Steve at XFX.
Please post some pictures of the pieces You have....You dont happen to have a set of eye brows do Ya?
A while back i owned the hand/arm that Rupert "paint" flesh to, but i sold it. Was this a piece You worked on?

Working with Steve a blast?
At times, I guess,...He was a character.
Very talented in his own right.
Someone I will never forget.

Yes, I did the arm. That was one of my favorite (and Steve's) pieces. The new owner sent me some pics of it in his collection recently.
That is one prop I really wanted to keep after shooting.
Steve had it on display for some time,...before he started selling stuff off.
I asked him to give me first dibs if he ever sold it,....that worked out well.:rolleyes

Just as well,..I am sure I didn't have the cash to spare at that time anyway. :cry

At least it is being cared for and appreciated, instead of lost or destroyed.

 

[Coinprop]

Dave, I guess that I gave You "first dibs" when I was going to sell it, through a mutual friend?

Then I had to sell it to the person You got pictures from.....I had to sell it for much less than I wanted, I kick myself today for selling it that low $$...oh well!

Anyway, here is a pair of eyes from the opening scene.

 

[ItsThatGuy]

Wow! Great looking props there! Great movie too! :thumbsup Thanks for sharing!

 

[jonny5]

Am I correct in thinking that RW wasn't normally (if ever) the guy in the robot suit, but just did the voice?

Seeing all the gizmos like eyebrows and eyelids in the head I always suspected that he couldn't possibly fit in the costume unless all that were CGi'd in later.

I gather from anubispro's comment that 'the props were required to look perfect in person' that CGI was not the case.

 

[Coinprop]

Am I correct in thinking that RW wasn't normally (if ever) the guy in the robot suit, but just did the voice?

Seeing all the gizmos like eyebrows and eyelids in the head I always suspected that he couldn't possibly fit in the costume unless all that were CGi'd in later.

I gather from anubispro's comment that 'the props were required to look perfect in person' that CGI was not the case.

RW was in the suit all the time, every bit of the suit was sculpted for him. He did an amazing Job expressing "through" the suit. If You look at the masks and robot heads You can see its him, the sculptor used RW head for reference.

All the props from Steve's XFX has some high quality.

 

[anubispro]

What isn't common knowledge apparently, is that there was very little CGI work done on B-Man.
I believe it was all confined to scenic/backgrounds.

Those robot suits were all REAL. The facial features were controlled off-camera by RC operators. But there was a human in them. It was interesting that the actors could often only see where the RC guy moved his eyes to see.
Imagine having someone else in control of your eyes.
Robin himself WAS in many of the scenes.
He used to call the suits "The Iron Maidens",..for obvious reasons.
It was believed (correctly) that he would impart a certain style to the movements.

One of the other fabricators (and good friend), Bill Bryan was in the suits when it wasn't necessary to have RW perform. You may remember him as the "Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man".

From what I was told, These suits were the first time that
total enclosure was achieved on an actor, without using flexible "cheat panels".
EVERY joint was a mechanical one.
Some of the bearings were designed for the next gen NASA spacesuits.
Each suit cost upwards of 150K (depending on options).

IIRC, there were 5 hero suits for RW alone.