Bicentennial Man

Rupert Burns:

What do they say?

Andrew Martin:

That you can lose yourself.

Everything.

All boundaries.

All time.

That two bodies can become so mixed up, that you don't know who's who or what's what.

And just when the sweet confusion is so intense you think you're gonna die... you kind of do.

Leaving you alone in your separate body, but the one you love is still there.

That's a miracle.

You can go to heaven and come back alive.

You can go back anytime you want with the one you love.

Rupert Burns:

And you want to experience that?

Andrew Martin:

Oh, yes, please.

Rupert Burns:

So do I.

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President Marjorie Bota:

Andrew Martin

Andrew Martin:

I've always tried to make sense of things.

There must be some reason I am as I am.

As you can see, Madame Chairman, I am no longer immortal.

President Marjorie Bota:

You have arranged to die?

Andrew Martin:

In a sense I have.

I am growing old, my body is deteriorating, and like all of you, will eventually cease to function.

As a robot, I could have lived forever.

But I tell you all today, I would rather die a man, than live for all eternity a machine.

President Marjorie Bota:

Why do you want this?

Andrew Martin:

To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less.

Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that recognition.

This has been the elemental drive of my existence, and it must be achieved, if I am to live or die with dignity.

President Marjorie Bota:

Mister Martin, what you are asking for is extremely complex and controversial.

It will not be an easy decision.

I must ask for your patience while I take the necessary time to make a determination of this extremely delicate matter.

Andrew Martin:

And I await your decision, Madame Chairman, thank-you for your patience.

[turns to Portia and whispers]

I tried.

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Portia:

I like you.

I even understand you some of the time.

But I'm not about to invest my emotions in a machine.

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Portia:

What's right for most people in most situations isn't right for everyone in every situation!

Real morality lies in following one's own heart.

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Portia:

But if this really works between us?

You and I will never be accepted.

We can't be married or anything.

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Andrew Martin:

Do you know what it feels like to be in love with someone that is about to marry someone else?

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Andrew:

[Immediately following the death of "Little Miss"]

Will every human being that I care for just... leave?

Portia:

I'm afraid so...

Andrew:

That won't do.

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Galatea:

In the words of the great Andrew Martin, "It's a pleasure to be of service".

Portia:

[looking to Andrew]

See you soon.