Half-Assed Internet Research
Research covers the costly suit, writers, Dallas locations, Nixon promotion, killer cop names, set incidents, ratings fight, Ford Tauruses, VHS success, and Leza Gibbons.
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- The RoboCop suit reportedly cost between $500,000 and $1 million.
- Edward Neumeier developed the story with Michael Miner.
- Dallas was selected because its architecture suggested the near future.
- Richard Nixon received $25,000 to promote the home video and donated the money.
- The cops are said to be named after notorious killers.
- Verhoeven reportedly took prescription medication for insomnia and behaved manically on the set.
- An unexpectedly large explosion sent actors scattering and Ray Wise reported glass hitting his face.
- The movie was refused its R rating repeatedly before approval.
- The police cars were 1986 Ford Tauruses.
- RoboCop had a long VHS rental waiting list in 1988.
- Leza Gibbons’s later show, marriages, family, and rescue dog are discussed.