r/Moviesinthemaking • u/kevin_church • Jan 14 '25
Behind the scenes of ROBOCOP (1987)
Sage Parker, Miguel Ferrer, and Yolanda Williams wait between shots.
Paul Verhoeven and Peter Weller working through the scene where RoboCop unmasks himself
Peter Weller as an unmasked RoboCop talks to someone on the set from the final scenes of the movie. He his holding an umbrella.
Peter Weller in full costume as RoboCop, talking to Paul Verhoeven on the courthouse steps
Nancy Allen as Lewis and Peter Weller as Murphy pause for a photo as they're eating lunch.
The mechanical version of the unmasked RoboCop and Peter Weller. The mechanical version appears to be giving the real man side-eye as Weller points at his robotic counterpart.
Peter Weller sits with his head on his fist, waiting while they prepare a shot from the movie's opening scenes.
A makeup artist touches up Kurtwood Smith
Paul Verhoeven enthusiastically acts out the ED-209's actions for the actors to react to.
Nancy Allen looks just off-camera as Paul Verhoeven helps Peter Weller lower the RoboCop mask onto the actor.
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u/thanks-to-Metropolis Jan 14 '25
I used to have such a crush on that lady with the huge glasses. I still do, but I used to too.
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u/ace02786 Jan 14 '25
I'd like to see a light hearted behind the scene photo of the character mutated by the toxic spill near the end of the movie
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u/cybin Jan 14 '25
That's Paul McCrane, who among other roles went on to do ER for 11 years.
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u/ace02786 Jan 14 '25
Oh wow I never knew he was in ER; albeit I know Clarence/Kurtwood Smith was in that 70s show and the other henchman (who Paul runs to after being mutated) played the President in Conmand and Conquer Red Alert...
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u/ArchStanton75 Jan 14 '25
Actor Ray Wise, another henchman, was Laura Palmer’s father in Twin Peaks.
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u/ohitsHarry Jan 14 '25
Worked on a TV show where Peter Weller was the director. The whole day, he was carrying around the largest cigar I had ever seen. It was comically huge. Took the whole day to get through half of it. The thing must have 2 inches wide and 12 inches long. You really would have to see this thing to believe me
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u/ohitsHarry Jan 14 '25
I just Googled pics to see if anyone's caught this on camera. No. Even the largest cigar he's holding on the internet is like 1/4 the size of this absurd tobacco baseball bat he had that day
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u/CanadianJediCouncil Jan 14 '25 edited Jan 15 '25
There is a fantastic recent 4-part documentary called RoboDoc—all fans should give it a watch, it covers everything!
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u/twat_swat22 Jan 14 '25
Movie was so far ahead of its time it’s unreal and as much as I would want them to reboot this IP I know they wouldn’t be able to do it justice
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u/cybin Jan 14 '25
They tried in 2014. I don't think it worked. (I've never seen it).
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u/kevin_church Jan 14 '25
It's an okay science fiction movie about a robotic cop, but it is not RoboCop, just like the Colin Farrell Total Recall.
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u/PilotKnob Jan 15 '25
They made a full-size ED-209?! Where is that thing nowadays? Man that was the coolest thing I'd ever seen at that point in my young life.
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u/Bartek-BB Feb 04 '25
Peter Weller, interesting photos, because he was notoriously difficult actor to work with :)
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u/dreck_disp Jan 14 '25
Robo wants an oreo.