| A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (2001)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Haley Joel Osment |
David
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| Jude Law |
Gigolo Joe
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| Frances O'Connor |
Monica Swinton
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| Brendan Gleeson |
Lord Johnson-Johnson
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| William Hurt |
Professor Hobby
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| Sam Robards |
Henry Swinton
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| Jake Thomas |
Martin Swinton
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| Ken Leung |
Syatyoo-Sama
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| Michael Mantell |
Dr. Frazier
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| Michael Berresse |
Stage Manager
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| Haley Joel Osment |
David Swinton
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| Jude Law |
Gigolo Joe, Lover Mecha
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| Brendan Gleeson |
Lord Johnson-Johnson, Flesh Fair Owner
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| Sam Robards |
Henry Swinton, Monica's Husband
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| William Hurt |
Professor Allen Hobby, the Visionary
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| Jake Thomas |
Martin Swinton, Monica's Son
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| Michael Mantell |
Dr. Frazier at Cryogenic Institute
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Sci-Fi; Fantasy |
| Director |
Steven Spielberg |
| Writer |
Ian Watson; Brian Aldiss |
| Studio |
Warner Brothers |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG13 |
| Running Time |
2 hr 25 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Based on the 1969 short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss, this science fiction fantasy bears similarities to Pinocchio (1940) and originated as a long-gestating project of director Stanley Kubrick that passed to his friend Steven Spielberg after Kubrick 's death. Haley Joel Osment stars as David, a "mecha" or robot of the future, when the polar ice caps have melted and submerged many coastal cities, causing worldwide starvation and human dependence upon robotic assistance. The first mecha designed to experience love, David is the "son" of Henry ( Sam Robards ), an employee of the company that built the boy, and the grief-stricken Monica ( Frances O'Connor ). David is meant to replace the couple's hopelessly comatose son, but when their natural child recovers, David is abandoned and sets out to become "a real boy" worthy of his mother's affection. Along the way, David is mentored by a pleasure-providing mecha named Gigolo Joe ( Jude Law ) and a talking "super toy" bear named Teddy. His adventures take him to the Roman Circus-style "Flesh Fair," where mechas are destroyed for the amusement of humans; Rouge City, where Gigolo Joe narrowly avoids capture by police; and finally a submerged New York City, where David's creator William Hurt reveals the secrets of the boy's creation. Brendan Gleeson and narrator Ben Kingsley co-star in A.I ., which was adapted from Kubrick 's treatment by Spielberg , in his first crack at screenwriting since Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). — Karl Williams |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
47 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/1/2003 |
| Tape Label |
14 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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