In the futuristic 1987 film Robocop it was depicted as a crime-ridden city left in ruins after years of financial decline. The film's writer Ed Neumeirer scribbled 'the future left Detroit behind' on the first page of the script to sum up the city where the story is set. Little did he know, his prophetic note would become an apt description of modern-day Detroit after the city filed the biggest municipal bankruptcy in American history with debts of around $18 billion earlier this month. Scroll down for video On the brink: The 1987 film Robocop, pictured, written by Ed Neumeirer is set in a futuristic crime-ridden Detroit on the verge of financial collapse
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Futuristic film Robocop was set in a crime-ridden and dangerous Detroit
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Writer Ed Neumeirer scribbled 'the future left Detroit behind' on the script
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His note proved to be an accurate depiction of modern-day Detroit
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City has filed the biggest municipal bankruptcy in American history with debts of around $18 billion earlier this month
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