RoboCop (franchise) RoboCop (franchise) RoboCop is an American superhero cyberpunk media franchise featuring the futuristic adventures of Alex Murphy, a Detroit, Michigan police officer, who is mortally wounded in the line of duty and transformed into a powerful cyborg, brand-named Robocop, at the behest of a powerful mega-corporation, Omni Consumer Products. Thus equipped, Murphy battles both violent crime in a severely decayed city and the blatantly corrupt machinations within OCP. The franchise began in 1987 with the film "RoboCop". "RoboCop 2" followed in 1990, and "RoboCop 3" in 1993. There have also been various television series, video game and comic book tie-ins.
The Cry of the Owl (1987 film) It made its US premiere on October 16, 1991 in New York City. Although released on VHS in many countries, the American DVD is the only available digital release for the home media market at present (2011). Also in 1987, German writer-director Tom Toelle directed an adaption for German television titled "Der Schrei der Eule". A third film adaptation written and directed by Jamie Thraves and starring Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine was released in 2009. The Cry of the Owl (1987 film) The Cry of the Owl (Original: "Le cri du hibou") is a 1987 French-Italian thriller film, adapted