The point-of-view shots from RoboCop include references to MS-DOS.
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The film has several subtle references to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Ironically, it would be this film that was screened for Universal Studios when they decided to hire Richard Franklin to direct Psycho II (1983).
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Italian censorship visa # 73459 delivered on 27 April 1979.
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The screenplay for this picture by Everett De Roche was written several years before the movie was made.
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Flashing strobe lighting is featured in one sequence in this movie.
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Special eye drops were used on Robert Thompson so he could hold his eyes open for up to a minute without blinking.
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This movie was the third film in a year from production house Australian International Film Corporation.
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First suspense-thriller theatrical feature for Australian director and Alfred Hitchcock protégé Richard Franklin. His subsequent films in this genre included Road Games (1981), Cloak & Dagger (1984), Psycho II (1983), Link (1986) F/X2 (1991) and Visitors (2003).
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Susan Penhaligon received top / first billing, Robert Helpmann received second billing, Rod Mullinar received third billing.
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British actress Susan Penhaligon was imported from England to headline this Australian feature film.
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Hollywood special-effects expert Conrad Rothmann was imported from the USA especially to do f/x work on this Australian movie.
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Publicity described the character of Patrick as "a 170 pounds of limp meat attached to a comatose brain" which is also how Dr. Roget (Robert Helpmann) describes him.
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Everett De Roche: The film's writer as a S.E.C. Worker.
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The title character, Patrick, has no spoken dialog throughout the entire film. Nor does Patrick blink at all throughout the movie.
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Apparently, Goblin's alternate music score for this picture not only featured on prints in Italy but in other parts of Europe as well and was partially composed from outtakes from another of their scores for a TV series for Italian director Dario Argento. Reportedly, Brian May's original score was replaced for the Italian release because the Italian film distributors did not care for it.
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This movie can be considered as part of a late 1970s - early 1980s cycle of movies that dealt with telekinesis and psychokinesis. The pictures include (amongst others) Carrie (1976), The Fury (1978), The Sender (1982), Firestarter (1984), Scanners (1981), The Medusa Touch (1978), The Dead Zone (1983), and The Kirlian Witness (1978).
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Patrick - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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