''OMG, I'm a Robot?!'' (

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" dubbed by

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. It was produced by Amir Manor, shot by Tomer Shani and edited by Yiftach Paul Shoshan.

Premise

Danny is amazed to find out he is a deadly robot. With renewed hopes and robotic forces, and with the help of his macho boss and a small Jewish "R2D2" (Dubbed by Rob Schneider), Danny sets off to rescue the love of his life.

Cast

* as Danny Bernstein *

Tzahi Grad Tzahi Grad (; born February 28, 1962) is an Israeli film and television actor, screenwriter, and film director. Awards *2009: Israeli Television Academy Award: best actor in comedy series *2006: Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor in ''Someone ...

as Goldschmidt, Danny's boss * as Noa, Danny's girlfriend * as Dimitry * Inna Bakelman as Maya *

as Robo Joseph (voice only) *

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as Netta * as Moyshe'le * Ori Yaniv as Yossi (a bully) * Yossi Marshek as Herzl (a bully) * Guy Gior as Hot guy in the Park with a dog *

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as Policeman No. 1 * Ilan Kovach as Policeman No. 2

Release

The film was screened at all major Israeli cinemas. The film had his international premiere on 14 October 2016 at the

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, Spain, and was selected as an official nominee in the festival's "Midnight Extreme" competition. In 2017 the film screened in several genre film festivals, including Italy's

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, Portugal's

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, Brazil's

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and was selected to be the opening film of the Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival. The film is available for home entertainment on Israeli

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Reception

The film was nominated by the Sitges Film Festival for "Best Feature" award at the "Midnight Extreme" competition. The film was also nominated for an

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by the

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members for "Best Art Design". It was awarded "Best Feature Film Editing" at the Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival in

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References

Reviews

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OC Movie review, The Robots Are Coming, from Israel. 26 November 2019
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External links

* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, robot_awakening
OMG, I’M A ROBOT on HBO Special

OMG, I’M A ROBOT on I24
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