Additional information for Robot & Frank, which has a domestic theatrical release set for August 17, 2012. The film is being distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films and has not yet been rated. Robot & Frank has a total running time of 89 minutes.
PG-13
USA
G
Canada
7
Switzerland
7
Sweden
12A
UK
PG13
Singapore
12
South Korea
IIA
Hong Kong
12A
Ireland
o.Al.
Germany
M/12
Portugal
G
Japan
89min
A robot és Frank
Hungary
Frank e o Robô
Brazil
Robô & Frank
Portugal
Robot & Frank
France
Robot i Frank
Croatia
Robot u'Frank
Israel
Un amigo para Frank
Spain
January 20, 2012
USA
March 29, 2012
USA
June 15, 2012
USA
August 17, 2012
USA
August 24, 2012
Canada
August 31, 2012
France
September 14, 2012
France
September 19, 2012
France
September 20, 2012
Kosovo
September 20, 2012
Kuwait
September 23, 2012
Croatia
September 25, 2012
Switzerland
October 03, 2012
Belgium
October 04, 2012
United Arab Emirates
October 05, 2012
Pakistan
October 12, 2012
Taiwan
October 24, 2012
Netherlands
October 25, 2012
Austria
October 25, 2012
Germany
November 01, 2012
Netherlands
November 02, 2012
Sweden
November 15, 2012
Australia
November 15, 2012
New Zealand
November 28, 2012
Italy
December 27, 2012
Israel
January 31, 2013
Hong Kong
February 13, 2013
Hungary
March 08, 2013
Ireland
March 08, 2013
UK
March 14, 2013
Portugal
April 19, 2013
South Africa
May 24, 2013
Spain
August 10, 2013
Japan
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Set in the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.
Set in the near future, an aging ex-convict and thief named Frank (Frank Langella) lives alone and is experiencing increasingly serious mental deterioration and dementia. Frank's son Hunter (James Marsden), an attorney with a family of his own, grows tired of making weekly visits to his father's home, but is reluctant to put his father into fulltime care, so he purchases a robot companion (voiced by Peter Sarsgaard), which is programmed to provide Frank with therapeutic care, including a fixed daily routine and cognitive enhancing activities like gardening.
Initially wary of the robot's presence in his life, Frank warms up to his new companion when he realizes the robot is not programmed to distinguish between legal recreational activities and criminal ones, and can assist him in lock-picking. Together, the two commit a heist in order to win the affection of the local librarian (Susan Sarandon): they steal an antique copy of Don Quixote from the library, which is being renovated and turned into a community center in the wake of declining interest in print media.In the meantime, Frank's daughter Madison (Liv Tyler), who is away on a philanthropic trip in Turkmenistan, learns of the robot and returns to convince her father to get rid of the machine, which she finds ethically objectionable. Frank insists on keeping the robot, and they commit one last heist, stealing jewels from Jake (Jeremy Strong), the rich young developer at the head of the library renovation project. The police become involved and begin to question and monitor Frank, who maintains his innocence, feigning deathly illness so that Hunter will return to see him. In order to cover his tracks, Frank is faced with the decision of whether or not to wipe the memory of his robot, even as his own memory rapidly deteriorates.Frank returns to the library where he discovers that the librarian is actually his divorced wife, whom he had forgotten. He then returns home where the robot convinces him to wipe his holographic memory, as he is not a person and his sole reason for existence is to help Frank. Frank is then sent to a 'Brain Center', where he receives help in coping with his dementia. The police do not recover the jewels that, as Frank explains in a note to Hunter, are hidden under the tomato plants in the garden that the robot made.
Jake Schreier
Director(s)
Christopher D. Ford
Writer(s)
Lance Acord
producer
Jeremy Bailer
executive producer
Jackie Kelman Bisbee
producer
Sam Bisbee
producer
Theodora Dunlap
associate producer
Erika Hampson
co-producer
Bob Kelman
executive producer
Galt Niederhoffer
producer
Bill Perry
executive producer
Ann Porter
executive producer
Danny Rifkin
executive producer
Cody Ryder
co-producer
Delaney Schultz
executive producer
Jenna Schultz
executive producer
Stefan Sonnenfeld
executive producer
Tom Valerio
executive producer
Producer(s)
Francis and the Lights
Composer(s)
Frank
Frank Langella
Hunter
James Marsden
Madison
Liv Tyler
Robot (voice)
Peter Sarsgaard
Jennifer
Susan Sarandon
Jake
Jeremy Strong
Sheriff Rowlings
Jeremy Sisto
Robot Performer
Rachael Ma
Ava
Bonnie Bentley
Shoplady
Ana Gasteyer
Shopgirl
Katherine Waterston
Freckles
Dario Barosso
Flattop
Joshua Ormond
Skinny Sheriff
James D. Compton
Additional Robot Performer
Dana Morgan
Musician
Susan Mitchell
Musician
Kurt Grelak
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Jesse Newman
Director(s)
Writer(s)
producer
Jeremy Bailer
executive producer
Jackie Kelman Bisbee
producer
Sam Bisbee
producer
Theodora Dunlap
associate producer
Erika Hampson
co-producer
Bob Kelman
executive producer
Galt Niederhoffer
producer
Bill Perry
executive producer
Ann Porter
executive producer
Danny Rifkin
executive producer
Cody Ryder
co-producer
Delaney Schultz
executive producer
Jenna Schultz
executive producer
Stefan Sonnenfeld
executive producer
Tom Valerio
executive producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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