I, robot
(DVD, Video) 

Suggested by Isaac Asimov's book.

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2004.

Special features: Commentary by director Alex Proyas and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman [optional audio]; The making of "I, Robot" [featurette] (13 min.); Still gallery [slideshow]; Trailer (32 sec.); Inside look [previews] (7 min.).

Restricted to home use or face to face teaching.

Director of photography, Simon Duggan ; production designer, Patrick Tatopoulos ; film editors, Richard Learoyd, Armen Minasian, William Hoy ; music by Marco Beltrami ; visual effects supervisor, John Nelson ; costume designer, Elizabeth Keogh Palmer.

Will Smith (Del Spooner), Bridget Moynahan (Susan Calvin), Bruce Greenwood (Lawrence Robertson), James Cromwell (Dr. Alfred Lanning), Chi McBride (Lt. John Bergin), Shia LaBeouf (Farber), Alan Tudyk (Sonny).

Chicago, 2035. Detective Del Spooner distrusts robots. But why? The Three Laws of Robotics form a perfect circle of logic and protection for humans--all robots are "3 laws safe" from the instant they roll off the assembly line. When U.S. Robotics founder Dr. Alfred Lanning apparently commits suicide, Spooner is assigned to investigate. It appears that Dr. Lanning, the father of robotics, was murdered by a prototype of the latest generation robot, an NS-5 named Sonny. Dr. Susan Calvin, a specialist in robot psychology is assigned to assist Spooner. She cannot believe that a robot could commit a crime, let alone a murder. That would mean the Sonny has violated the Three Laws. If robots can break the laws, there is nothing to stop them from taking over the world, since humans have grown completely dependent upon them. Perhaps ... they already have?

MPAA rating: Rated PG-13 for intense stylized action, and some brief partial nudity; Canadian Home Video rating: PG for violence, coarse language.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; DTS, 5.1 Dolby surround, Dolby surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation, preserving the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition.

In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.