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W.I.S.O.R.
Scientists create a high-tech robot programmed to do critical repair work under the streets of Manhattan.
- Premiere Date
- October 1, 2001
- Length
- 75 minutes
- Funding Initiative
- Series and Special Projects
Producer
Michel Negroponte
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The Film
W.I.S.O.R., a high-tech, experimental documentary, is equal parts real life and science fiction. A group of scientists create a robot to do critical repair work under the streets of New York City. W.I.S.O.R. gives the robot a voice that grinds out opinionated commentary on its impossible mission and expounds on the cacophony of invention.
