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The Order to Stop Construction (movie)

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Alternative title:
Construction Cancellation Order
Interrompete i lavori! (Italian)
Trabajos de construcción suspendidos (Spanish)
工事中止命令 (Japanese)
Genres: science fiction
Themes: robots
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A snooty salaryman is sent by his bosses to the jungle to stop a completely automated construction job, and spends several days there arguing with the robots.
User Ratings: 114 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Excellent: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:4, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 34 votes (sub:18, dub:11, ?:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 28 votes (sub:21, dub:5, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Decent: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, raw:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 149 users, rank: #4428 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.491 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5963, rank: #1902 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.541 (Very good−), rank: #1518 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.56 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.535 (Very good−), rank: #1251 (of 7289)
Running time: 18 minutes
Vintage: 1986-04-15
Premiere date:
1986-04-15 (Japan)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Screenplay: Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Music: Mickie Yoshino
Original story: Taku Mayumura
Character Design: Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Art Director: Takamura Mukuo
Animation Director: Takashi Nakamura
Director of Photography: Kinichi Ishikawa

Background Art:
Hiromi Kōno
Hiroyuki Yokoyama
Mimiko Satoo
Editing: Harutoshi Ogata
In-Between Animation:
Chizu Kawajiri
Jiro Kanai
Masaki Takei
Motoki Yagi
Murasaki Ikeda
Wakako Ueda
Yūsuke Takahashi
Yutaka Okamura
In-Between Check:
Kimiko Murakami
Motoko Hiraishi
Naoshi Ozawa
Key Animation:
Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Kōji Morimoto
Kunihiko Sakurai
Takashi Nakamura
Music producer: Hikaru Ishikawa
Paint:
Emiko Matsumoto
Fumiko Satō
Kiyomi Tomita
Kuniko Kishi
Paint Check:
Michiyo Iriomote
Yoshiko Okimoto
Yuki Hisada
Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi (Madhouse)
Recording: Ichiro Tsujii
Yū Mizushima as
Tsutomo Sugioka 
Tsutomu Sugioka

Hiroshi Ohtake as Robot 444-1

Iemasa Kayumi as
Department head 
Maruyama
Yūsaku Yara as Newscaster

Jouji Yanami
Kazumi Tanaka
Yūsaku Yara
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Mukuo Studio
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel
Distributor: TOHO
Production: Madhouse
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Carl Macek
ADR Script: Ardwight Chamberlain
Robert Axelrod as Tsutomu Sugioka

Jeff Winkless as Robot 444-1
English companies
Distributor:
ADV Films
Streamline Pictures (expired)
Italian cast
Italian staff
(none)
Simone D'Andrea as Tsutomo Sugioka

Daniele Demma as Numero Uno

Marco Balzarotti as Supervisore
Italian companies
Distributor: Dynit

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