W.I.S.O.R. ROBOT

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W.I.S.O.R. ROBOT

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Designed to repair Manhattan's rapidly decaying underground steam pipe system, W.I.S.O.R. (Welding and Inspection Steam Operations Robot) is a robot whose time has come--at least according to its creators. But as they find themselves far over budget and thousands of hours behind schedule, the scientists and engineers struggle to get the job done. Adding witty, voice-over narration for the robot, this documentary from the director of Jupiter's Wife presents a stranger-than-fiction story set below the streets of New York. "The furthest thing from a dry, jargon-filled industrial film...humorously goes out of its way (sometimes too far) to blur the lines between reality and science fiction" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times). Michel Negroponte---USA---2001---75 mins.